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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 10, No. 9, December 31, 1998

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Nova, 1998-99 Fall-Winter, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Documents

To "bring the best minds in the world to IMSA," the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy launched its Great Minds Program in the Fall of 1998. Leading the program is Nobel Laureate Dr. Leon Lederman, a "founding father of IMSA."

This story is the first in a series to appear in upcoming NOVAs, charting the development of the program and its impact on IMSA students and staff, and other students and teachers in Illinois.

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network Newsletter – Fall 1998

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network

Content:

Everything is Connected to Everything Else - Dave Gosselin. NESEN Director

Terrestrial Trivia: The Treasures in Your Trash

NESEN's Summer in Summation

Earth Science in the Community

NESEN Summer Workshops

Educating About Environmental Change

http://nesen.unl.edu

IANR Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Earth Science Week

Nebraska ESIC Open House

STEDII

NATS

New Teacher Resources Available

National Ocean Sciences Bowl '99

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 10, No. 8, September 30, 1998

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Speakers: E. O. Wilson. October 13, 1998

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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 10, No. 7, August 31, 1998

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Potential For Greatness: Entelechy, Stephanie Pace Marshall

Lectures, Speeches, and Talks

No abstract provided.

The Judging Process For Sym Bowl: A High School System Dynamics Modeling Competition, Wayne W. Wakeland

Systems Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

This “paper” describes the judging process used to determine the winners in SymBowl, a high school system dynamics modeling competition held in Portland, Oregon the past three years. SymBowl was created by Ed Gallaher, a medical researcher at the Portland VA Hospital and Associate Professor at Oregon Health Sciences University.

The judging criteria and judging process were developed by Wakeland, who has served as the judging coordinating for past three years, overseeing the process, compiling results, etc. Wakeland is an Adjunct Professor of System Science at Portland State University where he teaches graduate-level modeling and simulation classes.

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 10, No. 6, June 24, 1998

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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 10, No. 5, May 15, 1998

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Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network Newsletter – Spring 1998

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network

Content:

Earth Science in the Community - A New Professional Development Opportunity, David C. Gosselin, NESEN Director

Terrestrial Trivia

1998 Summer Workshops - Join Us in July

Students Make Waves at International Groundwater Summit

A STEDII Spring

The Nebraska Earth Science Information Center

Now at ESIC

More Summer Opportunities

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 10, No. 4, April 25, 1998

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Students' Perceptions And Supervisors' Rating As Assessments Of Interactive-Constructivist Science Teaching In Elementary School., James Shymansky, Larry Yore, Laura Henriques, John Dunkhase, Jean Bancroft

Educator Preparation & Leadership Faculty Works

This study took place within the context of a four-year local systemic reform effort collaboratively undertaken by the Science Education Center at the University of Iowa and the Iowa City Community School District. The goal of the project was to move teachers towards an interactive-constructivist model of teaching and learning that assumes a middle-of-the-road interpretation of constructivism, where hands-on activities are used selectively and purposefully to challenge students' ideas, promote deep processing, and achieve conceptual change. The research focus of this study was to verify the use of students' perceptions and attitudes and the supervisor's ratings as measures of teachers' …

Do Students Really Notice? A Study Of The Impact Of A Local Systemic Reform., James Shymansky, Larry Yore, John Dunkhase, Brian Hand

Educator Preparation & Leadership Faculty Works

This paper describes a major reform effort of an elementary science curriculum called the Science: Parents, Activities, and Literature (Science PALs) Project. The goal of the project was to move teachers towards an interactive-constructivist model of teaching and learning that assumes a middle-of-the-road interpretation of constructivism where hands-on activities are used selectively and purposefully to challenge students' ideas, promote deep processing, and achieve conceptual change. The program also enriches the cross-curricular connections of the science units and promotes meaningful parental involvement. A broad question was raised as to whether or not students really notice. This study explored elementary school students' …

The Challenge: Magazine For The Center For Gifted Studies (No. 1, Spring 1998)), Center For Gifted Studies, Tracy Inman Editor, Marcus Duke, Designer

Gifted Studies Publications

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Promoting Science Teacher Education Through Dissonance And Discrepancy, Nelofer Halai, Alan E. Wheeler

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

While inquiry in science teaching has found a great deal of acceptance (Colletet and Chiapetta, 1989), there is a growing recognition that educators need a wider repertoire of inquiry strategies applicable to various situations. One promising approach is through the use of so-called ‘dissonant’ or ‘discrepant events’. This concept of discrepancy can be traced to the early work of Festinger (1975) and his Theory of Cognitive Dissonance in which he stated that the creation of dissonance is psychologically very uncomfortable and motivates individuals to actively reduce the level of dissonance and thereby return to a state of greater equilibrium or …

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 10, No. 3, March 20, 1998

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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 10, No. 2, February 27, 1998

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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 10, No. 1, January 19, 1998

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Annual Report, Morton Sternheim

STEMTEC

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1997-98 Annual Report, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Annual Reports

We are pleased to share with you the 1997-98 annual report of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. In this, we report some highlights of IMSA's 12^th year, including highlights of our residential educational program for IMSA students and our statewide service programs for Illinois teachers, other students, schools and policymakers.

The Art Of Creating A School. The Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy 1979-1986, Judith Mary Coates

IMSA History

The art of creating the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, (IMSA) covered in the following pages, occurred over a period of seven years. The events took place between the summer of 1979, and 'move-in' day, September 7, 1986, the day the students arrived on the IMSA campus for the first time.

Located in the Fox River Valley community of Aurora, Illinois, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy has earned international recognition for its unique curriculum and teaching strategies. It has grown into the most renowned three year residential math and science high school in the nation. Each year more than …

The Challenge: The Newsletter Of The Center For Gifted Studies (No. 2, Winter 1998), Center For Gifted Studies, Tracy Inman

Gifted Studies Publications

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Can Games Help Develop Mathematical Thinking?, Dilshad Ashraf, Habib Hussain, Abdul Ghafoor, Dulshon Shamatov

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

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Programa De Ensino Da Escola Secundária Brasileira: 1850-1951 [Teaching Programs Of The Brazilian Secondary School: 1850-1951], Karl M. Lorenz, Ariclê Vechia

Education Faculty Publications

O livro e uma coletânea de dezoito documentos que delineiam os conteúdos programáticos ensinados na escola secundaria brasileira de 1850 a 1951. Os documentos correspondem a reformas educacionais efetuadas neste período. Dentre os programas da coletânea, quinze foram elaborados especificamente para o Colégio Pedro II, no Rio de Janeiro. Os outros três foram expedidos pelo Ministério da Educação para serem implementados em nível nacional. Os programas de estudo contem informações sobre os itens de conteúdos das matérias e sua organização nas series, o numero de lições atribuídas a cada tópico, a carga semanal, e referencias a autores e livros textos …

How Can We Make Our Mathematics Lessons Meaningful And Enjoyable?, Takbir Ali

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Teachers' Understanding Of Word Problems, Mir Afzal Tajik

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Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network Newsletter – Winter 1997/98

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network

Content:

"Everything is Connected to Everything Else" by Dave Gosselin, NESEN Director

New Look for NESEN Web Site

New NESEN E-Mail Address

Web Membership List Updated

The POSSE (Promoters of Science and Science Education) Is Coming!

Register Now for Summer Workshop Series

STEDIIly into Winter

NESEN Gathering Feedback about Potential New STEDII Components

National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) Linked to NESEN; DROUGHT HAPPENS

New Publication from the Conservation and Survey Division

Did You Know that....

The Miracle Planet Series Now Available

School of Natural Resource Sciences

Groundwater University Taking Applications

Groundwater Guardian Starts Fifth Year; How About Your Community? – …

Students' Perceptions Of Science Teaching And Attitudes Toward Science Learning And Teachers' Self-Report Of Using Children's Ideas, Applications Of Science, And Use Of Print Resources As Indicators Of Interactive-Constructivist Teaching In Elementary Schools., Larry Yore, James Shymansky, Laura Henriques, Brian Hand, John Dunkhase, Joanne Lewis

Educator Preparation & Leadership Faculty Works

This paper describes a study that took place within the context of the Science: Parents, Activities, and Literature (Science PALs) project. Particularly, the study sought to determine answers to the following questions: (1) What are the internal consistencies and substantive, external, and structural validities of students' perceptions, teachers' self-reports, evaluations of videotaped classroom science teaching, and expert ratings? and (2) Can students' perceptions and attitudes and teachers' self-reports be used as acceptable surrogate measures for videotaped interactive constructivist science teaching? Findings suggest that instruments based on social constructivism do not completely and accurately document science teaching based on interactive-constructivist assumptions.

Calculators In Middle School Mathematics Classrooms, Debra Lynn Kuehne

Graduate Research Papers

Calculators can be a catalyst for all mathematical learning. Arithmetic skills are necessary life tools. Doing mental math requires basic facts mastery with estimation skills. Using a calculator successfully and evaluating the answer requires an understanding of the necessary arithmetic processes and the ability to identify a reasonable solution.

Like all technology available in the K-12 school setting, calculators should be viewed as tools to facilitate learning and logical reasoning. Students need to be prepared for the jobs of the future, many of which occupations have not yet even been created. The motivation for learning any skill in life is …

What Do Young Children Know About Numerosity? : Implications For Teachers, Keely J. Beam

Graduate Research Papers

"Numerosity" is the ability to count a set of objects using the correct number names in the proper order. Fuson and Hall (1983) assert that the use of cardinal words is one measure of the development of number knowledge. Using words in a cardinal context indicates that children are beginning to understand the "manyiness" of objects. The use of cardinal words is one of the best indicators that a child is beginning to understand counting and the underlying principles involved.

Numerosity is a concept which children often, but not always, demonstrate with overt behaviors. Understanding cardinality and numerical order, develops …