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Student Held Misconceptions Regarding Area And Perimeter Of Rectangles, Susan M. Carle

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

Students enter the classroom with individual schemas, based on their experiences and ideas, which influence the reception, interpretation, and recollection of new information. Effective teachers must understand the implications of these existing schemas. As an experienced classroom teacher, the author finds students often manipulate and apply new information well in class, only to forget or alter the material a few weeks later;. When misconceptions are woven into schemas, they interfere with reception of information. This thesis examines specific student-held misconceptions about the area and perimeter of rectangles and the process of their identification and eradication. Identification of the misconception is …

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network Newsletter – Fall 1993

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network

Content:

Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science Annual Meeting

K-12 Earth Science Teacher Activities, North Central/South Central Section, GSA Meeting, Spring 1995

Geology, Geologic Time and Nebraska, New Publication From the Conservation and Survey Division (CSD), UNL

Native Vegetation Map of Nebraska, Available from CSD, UNL

Nebraska Earth Science Video Exchange

Earth Science Resources for Teachers

NESEN Planning Committee

Thoughts on Earth Science Education

Calculus Workshop Groups As A Humanistic Experience, Martin Vern Bonsangue

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Faith In Mathematics, Dick Wood

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Developing A Mathematical Mode Of Thinking In An Undergraduate Program, Ida Doraiswamy

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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On Attracting Mathematics Majors, Kazem Mahdavi

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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The Basis For The Success Of The Potsdam Program, Rick Luttmann

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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A Humanistic Academic Environment For Learning Undergraduate Mathematics, Clarence F. Stephens

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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A Multicultural Matrix For Mathematics Education: Generic Ideas, Rheta N. Rubenstein

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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On Learning In The Mathematical Sciences: Statistics 200 As A Paradigm Of Everything Wrong In Mathematical Education, James M. Cargal

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 4, No. 4, July 1, 1993

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A New Look At An Old 3:16 An Acms Devotional, Russell W. Howell

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1993

This paper examines John 3:16 in the bible by examining the language and cultural backgrounds of the verse.

Knuth's (1, 2, 1) Unstacking, Paul J. Zwier

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1993

This presentation is dedicated to Donald Knuth who has proposed many interesting and challenging problems in the Problems Section of The American Mathematical Monthly. The problem considered ist hat proposed by Barry Hayes, Knuth, and Carlos Subi (E3267 [1988,456]). The published solution, due to Albert Nijenhuis, just recently appeared in the March 1993 Monthly, pages 292-294.

The problem is as follows. Suppose that we are given n piles of blocks; the i-th pile having ai blocks, i = 1, 2, …, n. Dismantle the piles by choosing a pile having 2 or more blocks, removing …

A Conjectured Paradigm Shift In 21st Century Mathematics Pedagogy, Paul Isihara

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1993

With greater and greater capacity for automated content delivery, the role of teachers may shift increasingly to providing the human touch in pedagogy such as love for students.

1993 Imsa Commencement, Stephanie Pace Marshall

Lectures, Speeches, and Talks

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Paper Abstracts, Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1993

Paradigm Shifts in the Mathematical Sciences

Introduction (1993), Russell Howell

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1993

Paradigm Shifts in the Mathematical Sciences

Schedule (1993), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1993

Paradigm Shifts in the Mathematical Sciences

Table Of Contents (1993), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1993

Paradigm Shifts in the Mathematical Sciences

Using American Sign Language With A Direct Instruction Mathematics Program To Affect The Mathematics Achievement Of Deaf Students, Annette J. Bass

Masters Theses

The effectiveness of supplemental instruction using a scripted direct instruction program, Connecting Math Concepts (Englemann & Carnine, 1992), with four lower elementary deaf students was compared to the effectiveness of supplemental instruction in their traditional math curriculum, Mathematics Today (Abbott, 1985). A two-phase multiple baseline design across students was used. During the first phase, the students' achievement on curricula-based math probes was assessed while using the Mathematics Today as a supplement. During the second phase, the students' achievement was assessed while using Connecting Math Concepts as a supplement. The teacher presentation scripts in this program were translated into American Sign …

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 4, No. 3, May 12, 1993

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The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 23-24, 1993 [Program, 105th Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Program Summary --- 5
General Session Speakers --- 9
Awards --- 12
Distinguished Iowa Science Teaching --- 12
Symposia Programs --- 13
STN Workshop --- 14
Poster Session --- 15
Campus Map --- Centerfold
Section Programs --- 18
Agricultural Sciences --- 18
Anthropology --- 18
Botany --- 19
Cellular & Molecular Biology --- 21
Chemical Education --- 24
Chemistry, Inorganic --- 24
Chemistry, Organic --- 26
Conservation --- 27
Earth Science Teaching --- 29
Elementary Science Teaching --- 29
Engineering --- 29
Geology --- 31
Linguistics --- 32
Nursing --- 32
Physics --- 33
Physiology --- 34
Psychology --- …

105th Session Iowa Academy Of Science Awards Luncheon, April 23, 1993, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Program:

--- Introduction of Head Table - William Deskin, President, Iowa Academy of Science
--- Recognition of students participating in various statewide activities - Larry Schwinger, Chair, Student Programs Committee
--- Presentation of scholarship winners and 1994 AJAS representatives - Peggy Tilgner, Wartburg College, Waverly
--- Presentation of Excellence in Science Teaching Awards - Roy Unruh, Director, ESTA Program

The Iowa Academy Of Science President's Banquet, 105th Session, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Program:

Introductions
Awards:
Distinguished Fellow: George Burnet
Distinguished Iowa Science Teaching: Jay P. Kopp
Awarding of the Runkel-Roosa Natural History Research Grant
President's Address - outgoing President William Deskin
Response - President Jean Prior
General Sessions II - Robert Monserrate, "Crime Scene Search and Forensic Analysis"

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 4, No. 2, April 14, 1993

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1993 Fifth Annual Imsa Presentation Day, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

IMSAloquium Event Booklets

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A Comparison Of The Hutchings’ Low-Stress, Factor Analysis, Hand-Held Calculator, And Conventional Addition Algorithms For Speed, Accuracy, And Preference With Regular Education Students, John C. Hampel

Masters Theses

Three repeated measures experiments were conducted to determine the efficiency with which medium and low math-achieving, fourth- and fifth-grade students computed two sizes of addition problems using each of four different algorithms. The experimenter selected the conventional algorithm and the hand-held calculator because they are currently in popular use. The experimenter selected the Hutchings' low-stress and factor analysis algorithms because of their demonstrated performance enhancing characteristics and unique design features. The three written algorithms represented a design continuum that facilitated a powerful deductive analysis.

In all conditions the Hutchings' low-stress algorithm produced incrementally superior performance consistent with its unique features. …

A Meta-Analysis Of The Relative Effectiveness Of Two Cooperative Learning Models In Increasing Mathematics Achievement, Frances Burton Spuler

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The meta-analysis compares two popular cooperative learning models, Student-Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD) and Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT), for their relative effectiveness in increasing mathematics achievement of K-12 students. The findings of the available research were integrated to determine both the magnitude and the direction of the effects of the cooperative learning models and effect sizes were calculated. More studies comparing the TGT cooperative learning model with a traditional learning model (81% of the studies) resulted in statistically significant higher gains in mathematics achievement than studies comparing the STAD model with a traditional learning model (51% of the studies). Other measures of relative effectiveness …

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 4, No. 1, February 8, 1993

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Geological Field Guide To The Cedar Point Biological Station, Keith County, Nebraska, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., Roger K. Pabian

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

This field guide was produced by staff members of the Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska originally in 1979 at the request of Dr. Brent Nickol, former Director of the Cedar Point Biological Station. It is an introduction to the geologic history and paleoecology of the Cedar Point area intended for students, staff, and other persons using the camp. This revision has been made some 15 years after the first version to reflect changes in ideas resulting from new data collected during that time.

Users of this guide should take care when studying the rock exposures described …