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Calculator Usage In Secondary Level Classrooms: The Ongoing Debate, Nicole Plummer May 2014

Calculator Usage In Secondary Level Classrooms: The Ongoing Debate, Nicole Plummer

Honors College Theses

With technology becoming more prevalent every day, it is imperative that students gain enough experience with different technological tools in order to be successful in the “real-world”. This thesis will discuss the debate and overall support for an increased usage of calculators as tools in the secondary level classroom. When the idea of calculators in the classroom first came to life, many educators were very apprehensive and quite hesitant of this change. Unfortunately, more than 40 years later, there is still hesitation for their usage; and rightfully so. While there are plenty of advantages of calculator use in the classroom, …


The Effectiveness Of The Flipped Classroom, Raymond Szparagowski Jan 2014

The Effectiveness Of The Flipped Classroom, Raymond Szparagowski

Honors Projects

This research study explores the “flipped” or “inverted” classroom and its effects on student learning. The flipped classroom is a form of education in which students learn new content during out-of-class-time instead of the traditional review exercises that are normally given, which opens up class time for activities, problem solving, and other forms of instruction. During this study, a flipped classroom was implemented in a high school mathematics course. Data was collected from student grades, a pre and post survey, a class interview/discussion, and my personal notes from teaching. My results indicate that some potential benefits of the flipped classroom …


El Uso Del Texto Escolar Para El Desarrollo De Competencias Matemáticas En El Componente Geométrico - Métrico En Grados 8° Y 9° De Tres Instituciones Distritales De La Ciudad De Bogotá, Lina Yovana Paipa Reyes, Jenny Carolina Pérez Rojas, Hermeht Pérez Caro Jan 2014

El Uso Del Texto Escolar Para El Desarrollo De Competencias Matemáticas En El Componente Geométrico - Métrico En Grados 8° Y 9° De Tres Instituciones Distritales De La Ciudad De Bogotá, Lina Yovana Paipa Reyes, Jenny Carolina Pérez Rojas, Hermeht Pérez Caro

Maestría en Docencia

El texto escolar es una de las herramientas pedagógicas que a través del tiempo ha servido como apoyo en el proceso de enseñanza, especialmente en el área de matemáticas, debido a ello, toma relevancia identificar el uso que da el docente del texto escolar para desarrollar competencias matemáticas, comenzando por determinar los criterios de selección del texto escolar, las intenciones de uso por parte del docente y el establecimiento de relaciones entre las competencias destacadas en el texto escolar de matemáticas y las que el docente pretende desarrollar en la asignatura de geometría . De acuerdo con los objetivos propuestos, …