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Ongoing Impact Of The “Advanced Diploma In Education: Mathematics”, Anjum Halai, Munira Amirali, Nadeem Kirmani, Razia Fakir Mohammad
Ongoing Impact Of The “Advanced Diploma In Education: Mathematics”, Anjum Halai, Munira Amirali, Nadeem Kirmani, Razia Fakir Mohammad
Book Chapters / Conference Papers
The Action Research Project in Mathematics Education was undertaken to study the impact on teaching and learning, of strategies introduced in the Advanced Diploma Programme in Education: Mathematics (2003), offered by AKU-IED. This programme is a one-year field-based programme. The main aim of the programme is to develop exemplary teachers who are reflective practitioners. Teachers from sponsoring schools participate in the programme which is designed such that seminars are held at AKU-IED during summer and winter breaks and on Saturdays, when most schools are off. During term time tutors visit the participants in the school. The purposes of field visits …
Learning To Teach Science Using A New Strategy: A Case Study Of A Primary Science Teacher, Nelofer Halai
Learning To Teach Science Using A New Strategy: A Case Study Of A Primary Science Teacher, Nelofer Halai
Book Chapters / Conference Papers
Constructivism has emerged as the dominant learning model in science educational reform. Despite this, there is a paucity of research studies on instructional strategies that might help the construction of knowledge that is in consonance with the established body of science. The use of activities based on discrepant events in teaching science at the primary level is seen as one way of encouraging this construction. Hence, Science Teachers enrolled in science methods courses / programmes at AKU-IED are exposed to this instructional strategy. The four-member team of science teacher educators, teaching on an eight-week in-service programme, chose to look at …
Mathematics Association Of Pakistan (Map): A Network For Teachers’ Learning, Sikunder Ali Baber
Mathematics Association Of Pakistan (Map): A Network For Teachers’ Learning, Sikunder Ali Baber
Book Chapters / Conference Papers
Mathematics Association of Pakistan (MAP) came into being on July 4, 1997, after the conclusion of a course with the Andover Dartmouth Institute of Philips Academy, USA. The participants of the course decided to form a forum that would enable them to take charge of their own professional needs on a sustained and ongoing basis. Since its inception, MAP has initiated several innovative programmes with the aim to create a positive culture of learning of mathematics. Over the period, the qualitative increase in both MAP’s programmatic activities and membership demonstrate that the members value its work and see it as …
Science Teacher Education And The Nature Of Science: A Voice From Pakistan, Nelofer Halai
Science Teacher Education And The Nature Of Science: A Voice From Pakistan, Nelofer Halai
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
The purpose of this paper is to advocate that tenchcrs be encouraged nnd helped to develop an overt and deaf epistemological understanding of the methods and structure of science, i.e., the nature of science (NOS). I have tried to define the concepts that constitute NOS essential for school science. I also want to highlight some of the challenges faced in attempts to introduce NOS in inservice teacher education in Pakistan.
The Inverse Problem: Christianity Through A Mathematical Lens, Sharon K. Robbert
The Inverse Problem: Christianity Through A Mathematical Lens, Sharon K. Robbert
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
An inverse problem is a partner problem that reverses some type of direct problem. Usually the inverse problem is more challenging to solve than the direct problem: integration is more challenging than differentiation, factoring large numbers is more challenging than multiplying numbers. In this paper, the author poses that using mathematical thinking to understand the concepts of theological principles is the direct problem to the much more challenging inverse problem of using theological thinking to influence understanding in mathematics. Acknowledging that a problem is difficult allows one to be satisfied with understanding small pieces and progressing slowly to a complete …
The Search For The Real Josephus Problem, Eric Gossett
The Search For The Real Josephus Problem, Eric Gossett
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
Many of the problems that mathematicians and computer scientists dearly love have been around for a long time. One such problem is known as the Josephus Problem, named after the first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. Josephus did not invent the problem. Instead, an event from his life served as the inspiration for the problem statement. Many current books refer to "Mathematical Recreations and Essays" by W. W. Rouse Ball [originally published in 1892] for the problem statement. The problem is quite interesting (and will be solved here). However, the story, as quoted in Bell, is not completely accurate.
A Greater Tantalizer, Andrew Simoson
A Greater Tantalizer, Andrew Simoson
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
The children’s puzzle, sometimes called the Great Tantalizer, consists of four blocks each of whose faces have been colored with four colors; a solution consists in stacking the blocks so that on each stack face, all four colors appear. This article renders the puzzle as six octahedral blocks, each of which is colored with six colors, and describes a scheme to successfully stack all six.
What Is A Random Event? A Project For Finite Math Or Statistics, Jeremy Case
What Is A Random Event? A Project For Finite Math Or Statistics, Jeremy Case
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
Randomization is an important idea in Finite Mathematics and Statistics. One main idea in these courses is that events that appear to be performed in a random fashion are often not random. Here we present a simple project involving "randomly" opening the Bible. This activity leads to deeper philosophical questions such as how to study the Bible and whether an event can be considered random if God intervenes.
Sos Checks And Career Management, Russell W. Howell
Sos Checks And Career Management, Russell W. Howell
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
This paper compares the careers of King Saul and King David in the Bible and how they inform the career management methods of a Christian.
Mathematical Models And Reality, John Byl
Mathematical Models And Reality, John Byl
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
This paper examines the nature and function of mathematical models, using illustrations from cosmology, space geometry and atomic physics. Mathematical models enable us to make precise calculations and predictions; they serve as analogies and conceptual frameworks that lead to new discoveries; and they bridge the gap between appearance and reality. Their success implies that the universe had a mathematical structure. However, one must be careful not to confuse models of reality with reality itself. A variety of models can represent the same data; any model can be given different physical interpretations. The choice of a model and its interpretation depends …
Integrating Laptops Into A Mathematics Curriculum, Mary Wagner-Krankel
Integrating Laptops Into A Mathematics Curriculum, Mary Wagner-Krankel
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
In 1999, St. Mary's University in San Antonio received a Title V Grant, providing $2.1 million over five years. The money was used to help finance computers for students, fund faculty training for computer-related curriculum, convert traditional classrooms into technology or "Smart classrooms", and upgrade the school's Internet connections. This article discusses specific software and hardware advancements made at the University through this grant. The article also describes how the Math department specifically integrated the laptops into their courses using software programs such as Mathcad and Blackboard.
Linear Regression As A 1-Variable Optimization Exercise, Ken Constantine
Linear Regression As A 1-Variable Optimization Exercise, Ken Constantine
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
Derivation of the least squares line for a set of bivariate data entails minimizing a function of two variables, say the line's slope and intercept. Imposing the requirement that the line pass through the mean point for the data reduces this problem to a 1-variable problem easily solved as a single-variable Calculus exercise. The solution to this problem is, in fact, the solution to the more general problem. We illustrate with a dataset involving charitable donations.
Exploiting The Confidence Interval-Hypothesis Test Equivalence In Basic Statistics Classes, Ken Constantine
Exploiting The Confidence Interval-Hypothesis Test Equivalence In Basic Statistics Classes, Ken Constantine
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
An emphasis is offered for the inference portion of an elementary Statistics course: the equivalence between confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses. This equivalence is rarely mentioned in basic texts but seems helpful to students. Student reference sheets which employ this equivalence are available on-line.
A Christian Appraisal Of Stephan Wolfram's A New Kind Of Science, Gene B. Chase
A Christian Appraisal Of Stephan Wolfram's A New Kind Of Science, Gene B. Chase
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
Wolfram exposes some ideas about informatics that relate to Christian Scholarship: Does Wolfram's definition of free will permit God to have free will? Will human souls resurrected to a new body–as described by St. Paul and Aquinas–by like software that is moved to new hardware? Jesus' incarnation as in-form-ation in the Aristotelian sense.
Creationism - A Viable Philosophy Of Mathematics, Jonathan Zderad
Creationism - A Viable Philosophy Of Mathematics, Jonathan Zderad
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
The purpose of this essay is to try to answer the ontological and epistemological question of mathematics. Specifically, "What, if any, of mathematics exists in the objective sense?" And, "How do we as humans know that our knowledge of mathematics is correct?" These questions will be investigated by looking at the applications or mathematics, the practice of mathematicians, and most telling, the content of mathematics. Mathematics, admittedly, can only go so far in answering its own philosophical questions, even when aided by recent developments in the field of logic. The overwhelming evidence, as will be shown, points toward a theistic, …
Making Connections: Using Analogies To Enrich Understanding Of Mathematical Ideas And Biblical Truths, Ron Benbow
Making Connections: Using Analogies To Enrich Understanding Of Mathematical Ideas And Biblical Truths, Ron Benbow
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
Recent standards and research, published by mathematics education professional organizations, place a great emphasis on “connections” in all grade levels. Through this emphasis on interrelatedness, students begin to see the subject not as a collection of separate strands, but rather as an integrated field of study. When linkages between diverse domains of knowledge are formed (by comparing, contrasting, analyzing, and applying), we have increased the likelihood that we develop deeper understandings within both domains. This paper explores some specific examples of the use of analogies to connect mathematical and Biblical concepts.
Mathematics, Science, And George Macdonald, David L. Neuhouser
Mathematics, Science, And George Macdonald, David L. Neuhouser
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
In writing about George MacDonald choosing a college major, biographer William Raeper wrote that he chose “chemistry, a strange choice perhaps for a future novelist and poet and not an easy one for him to make.” He further conjectured that MacDonald’s choice was based on “common sense and sound economics” rather than “his poetic yearnings.” Many would agree with Raeper that science is a strange choice for a future poet and novelist. This paper argues that the role of beauty and imagination is very similar in science, mathematics, and literature, so it might not be so strange that someone could …
Men Are From The Server Side, Women Are From The Client Side: A Biblical Perspective On Men, Women And Computer Science, Kim Potter Kihlstrom
Men Are From The Server Side, Women Are From The Client Side: A Biblical Perspective On Men, Women And Computer Science, Kim Potter Kihlstrom
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
The percentage of women in computer science is small and has decreased over the last twenty years. Why is this the case, when computer science is a wonderful and growing field with many opportunities? I believe that the situation has its roots in the basic differences between men and women, differences that were present from the beginning of creation and are a part of the way that God made male and female uniquely. In order to ensure that both talented men and women are attracted to computer science, we need to understand the differences between men and women, and how …
Introduction (2003), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
Introduction (2003), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
Fourteenth Conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Schedule (2003), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
Schedule (2003), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
Fourteenth Conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Table Of Contents (2003), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
Table Of Contents (2003), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2003
Fourteenth Conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Measuring The Environmental Attitudes Of Children In Grade 4: A Study In Clark County, Amir Khawaja
Measuring The Environmental Attitudes Of Children In Grade 4: A Study In Clark County, Amir Khawaja
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The purpose of this study was to examine whether there is an increased positive effect on children's attitude when they are taught about the environment in an outdoor/hands-on setting versus an indoor traditional classroom setting. The study focused on grade four students in the Clark County School District. Half of the group was comprised of students that were taught about the environment using traditional classroom learning materials while the other half consisted of students that were taught using the outdoor/hands-on approach. In order to test the results, the students were given a survey. The questionnaire created by Malkus and Musser …
Working With Teachers: Practical Suggestion Stimulates Teacher’S Self-Reflection, Harcharan Pardhan
Working With Teachers: Practical Suggestion Stimulates Teacher’S Self-Reflection, Harcharan Pardhan
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
No abstract provided.
Stemtec Ii Evaluation Report For Year 1 -- Fall 2002/Spring 2003, Joseph B. Berger, Stephen G. Sireci
Stemtec Ii Evaluation Report For Year 1 -- Fall 2002/Spring 2003, Joseph B. Berger, Stephen G. Sireci
STEMTEC
No abstract provided.
Oregon Collaborative For Excellence In The Preparation Of Teachers – An Overview, M. Enneking
Oregon Collaborative For Excellence In The Preparation Of Teachers – An Overview, M. Enneking
Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations
No abstract provided.
Peer-Led Team Learning In Introductory Biology And Chemistry Courses: A Parallel Approach, A. Tenney, B. Houck
Peer-Led Team Learning In Introductory Biology And Chemistry Courses: A Parallel Approach, A. Tenney, B. Houck
Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations
Peer-Led Team Learning has been in use in Introductory Biology and Introductory Chemistry since Fall 1999 at the University of Portland. lts effect on improved conceptual understanding, retention of students, and improvement in study skills will be discussed. An ancillary, but no less important benefit in the development of interest in science teaching among the peer leaders, is also addressed.
Journal Of Mathematics And Science: Collaborative Explorations
Journal Of Mathematics And Science: Collaborative Explorations
Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations
No abstract provided.
The Development Of Instruments For Assessment Of Instructional Practices In Standards-Based Teaching, C. L. Wainwright, L. Flick, P. Morrell
The Development Of Instruments For Assessment Of Instructional Practices In Standards-Based Teaching, C. L. Wainwright, L. Flick, P. Morrell
Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations
We provide a description and rationale for the development of two instruments: 1) a classroom observation protocol; and, 2) a teacher interview protocol—designed to document the impact of reform-based professional development with undergraduate mathematics and science faculty, and its impact on the resultant preparation of teachers. Constructed upon review of the research on teaching and standards documents in mathematics and science, these instruments form the basis for data collection in a three-year longitudinal study of teaching practice among early career teachers as well as undergraduate college faculty. In addition, we suggest further applications of the observation protocol beyond the original …
A Descriptive Comparison Of One University Instructor's Instruction During Pre-Service Mathematics Courses And The Subsequent Mathematics And Science Instruction Of Three Of His Students During Their Student Teaching Experience, S. Blair
Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations
No abstract provided.
Making Upper Division Mathematics Courses Relevant For Pre-Service Teachers, G. Hill
Making Upper Division Mathematics Courses Relevant For Pre-Service Teachers, G. Hill
Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations
This article addresses the disconnect that in-service and pre-service secondary school teachers feel between the material presented in upper division mathematics courses and high school classroom practice. Two examples are given from an abstract algebra course in which this problem is addressed.