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Illinois Science Academy: A Proposal To The State Of Illinois, Corridor Partnership For Excellence In Education, Friends Of Fermilab

IMSA History

There is a widely recognized perception that the nation facing a crisis in fulfilling its needs for citizens trained in the fields of science, mathematics and technology. In particular, the State of Illinois has an obligation toward this national issue and to .its own need to develop these human resources that are so intimately coupled to economic leadership in a post-industrial society. This is a very broad challenge; here we propose to address only one important aspect: the nurturing of creative excellence in students of science and mathematics. We are concerned with the extraordinarily gifted person--the upper few tenths of …

Letter To Ms. Marjorie G. Bardeen President, Board Of Education, Leon Lederman

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This is to invite you to participate in a novel workshop to be held on December 9 - 11, 1983. The purpose of this workshop is to produce a curriculum for a new kind of "magnet" school, described in the enclosed proposal. You are one of about thirty-five invitees, including high school teachers, college teachers, and others, according to the recipe contained in the proposal. All expenses, including travel, meals, etc., will be covered by the Corridor Partnership for Excellence in Education (CPEE). The participating institutions are also listed.

Proposal To Establish A Public Middle School Academy, Leon Lederman

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The objectives of the Academy would be to accept gifted high school juniors and, in three years, provide students completely prepared to enter college as juniors.

It is proposed that the school be very strong in math-science, but it does not take too much thought to realize that it must be almost as strong in English, Social Studies and the Humanities. As a pilot project, an entrance class of 300 students per year with an average population of 800 students may represent a reasonable scale. Some of the virtues of this Academy, as contrasted with a Science High School, are …

High School Faculty Institute For Chemistry Teachers, Babu George

Chemistry & Physics Faculty Publications

The High School Faculty Institute for Chemistry Teachers was established at Sacred Heart University in April 1980 with the long term goal to assist teachers in inspiring students to take up chemistry as a career or to continue studies in chemistry.

Mathematics: The Loss Of Certainty, Calvin Jongsma

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1983

Morris Kline was a contentious mathematician and author, documenting (as he saw it) both the deficiencies of mid-twentieth-century reformist trends in mathematics education and formalist views of the foundations (and practice) of mathematics. This brief introduction to a discussion of Kline's 1980 book and its mixed reception by the mathematics community provides a context for assessing his ideas as part of his overall views on the nature of mathematics.

Arrogance And Humility In The Philosophy Of Mathematics, James Murdock

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1983

This paper explores the philosophical, sociological, and theological questions related to the field of mathematics and whether or not it is ethical to pursue when its discoveries are used for evil.

The Activitiy And Application Of Mathematics, R. S. D. Thomas

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1983

There are four so-called philosophies of mathematics that I regard as totally discredited, formalism, intuitionism, logicism, and Platonism. It is a common feature of the ism philosophies of mathematics that they do not take the application of mathematics very seriously. This paper examines a view of mathematics that takes applications seriously.

Using Mathematical Concepts To Illustrate Scriptural And Spiritual Ideas, Robert Brabenec

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1983

Christian mathematics faculty and students respond in differing ways to this idea of applying mathematics to Scripture, and vice-versa. Mathematics is man-made, while Scripture is inspired by God, so they should be disjoint entities. However, it is well known that the Scripture used analogies of familiar human objects and ideas in order to explain spiritual ideas. This paper discusses various mathematical concepts and how they illustrate Scriptural and spiritual ideas.

A Comparative Study Of Christian Mathematical Realism And Its Humanistic Alternatives, Paul Zwier

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1983

This paper explores what sort of stance a Christian should have on important mathematical questions such as realism.

Introduction (1983), Robert Brabenec

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1983

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents (1983), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1983

A Fourth Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective

Edited by Robert L. Brabenec, Wheaton College

The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 22-23, 1983 [Program, 95th Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.

95th Session Iowa Academy Of Science Awards Luncheon, April 22, 1983, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Program:

--- Introduction of Head Table - Harry T. Horner, President, Iowa Academy of Science
--- Recognition of students participating in various state-wide activities - Gary Downs, Chair, Student Programs Committee
--- Presentation of students selected to present papers at the 1983 Iowa Academy Meeting and announcement of those selected to represent Iowa at the American Junior Academy of Science Meeting, New York, May 1984 - Mary Sievert, Director, Iowa Junior Academy of Science
--- Presentation of the Excellence in Science Teaching Award in Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Elementary Science, Junior High Science, and Physics - David McCalley, University of …

Abstracts Of Papers, 95th Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, April 22-23, 1983, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Presentation abstracts from the annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science

Estudo Dos Currículos Do Curso De Engenharia Civil Da Escola Politécnica Do Rio De Janeiro: Introdução A Um Método De Analise Quantitativa [A Study Of The Curricula Of The Civil Engineering Program Of The Polytechnic School Of Rio De Janeiro: Introduction To A Quantitative Method Of Analysis], Karl M. Lorenz, Elisabeth Genehr, Elisabeth Drechsel

Karl M Lorenz

O trabalho aplica o Sistema de Analise Quantitativa do Currículo para descrever um conjunto de currículos do Curso de Engenharia Civil da Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro, para os anos de 1810 a 1931.
The work applies a System of Quantitative Analysis of the Curriculum to describe a set of curricula of the Civil Engineering Program of the Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro, for the years 1810 to 1931.

Iowa Science Teacher Section Fall Conference, 1983, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

--- Featured Speaker: Mike Lozano
--- Presidential Award in Science Teaching 1983: Karen Murphy; Carolyn Brockway
--- Sessions
--- Excellence in Science Teaching Awards, Fall 1983
--- Iowa Science Teachers Section Outstanding Service Award 1983: Carolyn Brockway
--- Governor's Science Medal, December 1983: Dr. Lois Tiffany
--- Iowa Academy of Science Officers

Iowa Academy Of Science Leadership Directory And Membership Roster, 1983-84, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Table of Contents:

Board of Directors ... 3
Section Chairs ... 4
Section Vice Chairs ... 7
Committees ... 9
Award Recipients ... 21
Past Presidents ... 23
Constitution, Article III ... 24
Membership Roster ... 26

Concept And Scope Of Aerospace Education, Merridee L. Matson

All Graduate Projects

A teacher's guide, answering frequently asked questions about aerospace education, was developed to enhance a teacher's ability to study and describe the concept and scope of aerospace education. The questions determined the components of an aerospace education taxonomy. A major category of components included history, concept, reasons, resources·, methods, and people. Five additional categories were suggested. Major aerospace education publications from 1903 to 1983 were reviewed. A selection of documents best describing the concept component were included in the project.

The Cousteau Log Centering On Marine Animals For Elementary School Children, Annie Suffron

All Graduate Projects

"Centering on Marine Animals for Elementary School Children" was a multi-curricular learning center design in four parts. It consisted of an introduction on Bubbles the Whale, including a picture, a puppet, a song, a Sea Script, and task cards. Following the introduction were three units on Sea Monsters of the World, the Migration of the Grey Whale, and the Ecology of the Southern Sea Otter. Each unit contained a picture of the sea animal, a puppet, a song, a Sea Script, a Quiz, map(s), and task cards.

Pattern And Mathematics: Math Enrichment Activities For Gifted Fourth, Fifth And Sixth Grade Children, Janet K. Zuber

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project is to provide assistance to the elementary math teacher in meeting the needs of the student gifted in the area of math. A collection of activities is provided to use with gifted intermediate students and should serve as an example of the type of activities appropriate for the gifted student. These activities would be most appropriately used with gifted students in grades four through six. The activities would be of greatest benefit if students were grouped in a homogeneous manner with one teacher taking responsibility for their math needs, Homogeneous grouping would allow for faster-paced …

Computer Banking And Cross-Referencing Of Mathematical Materials For The Elementary Grades, Daniel Jordan Martin

All Graduate Projects

The specific area and focus of this project will be that of arranging District and program math learning objectives for eventual computer banking along with materials cross-referenced to those objectives. In addition, the cross-referenced materials will be labeled as to grade level, interest level, mode of learning, and time needed for their use. The computer banking will facilitate use and prescriptive accessibility to given objectives.

The justification for such a project can be broken down into several areas: (1) the need of the elementary math teachers to have a bank of supplementary materials cross-referenced to facilitate their instruction of math …

Student Learning Objectives For A One Semester Junior High Aerospace Course, Jerry Wayne Salstrom

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to write a list of instructional objectives for a one semester introductory aerospace course at the junior high level. The objectives would be classified by topic for the aerospace class or for interdisciplinary use by teachers in other subject areas. While not all-encompassing, the list would be broad enough to allow some selection by individual teachers in developing their own programs.

Educational Developmentalism In Nigeria: Education For The Masses Or Just Mass-Education?, William W. Cobern, Mohammad I. Junaid

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

In 1983 there was an impressive amount of education news in the media. The western papers and especially the American ones carried numerous articles on the strengths of educational programmes in various countries. There were often articles about strident, high-pressure schooling in Japan; and one read about the Soviet's extreme emphasis on science and, mathematics education. It was the start of the run-up year to elections in the United States and suddenly there was a deluge of campaign rhetoric about education. Both the Democrats and the Republicans deplored the sorry state of American education vis-à-vis the educational strength of America's …

Internationales Symposium Über Die Erforschung Biologischer Ressourcen Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik, Michael Stubbe, W. Hilbig, N. Dawaa

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

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Vom 29. 8. b is 2. 9. 1983 organisierte die Sektion Biowissenschaften der Martin-Luther-Universität gemeinsam mit der Biologischen Gesellschaft der DDR in Halle/ Saale die bisher größte internationale wissenschaftliche Konferenz über die Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der MVR.

166 Biologen, Fachleute anderer Disziplinen der Naturwissenschaften, der Landwirtschaftswissenschaften und Medizi aus der UdSSR (18), CSSR (15), MVR (13), VR olen (3), Frankreich (2) und der DDR (115) nahmen an diesem Symposium teil, um in einem intensiven Erfahrungsaustausch Fragen der Erforschung der biologischen Ressourcen der MVR zu beraten.

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Survey Of In-Service Needs Of Iowa Science Teachers, Timothy Cooney, Darrel Hoff

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

National concerns about science education have suggested a number of factors which are contributing to what is now being called a crisis. One such factor is that colleges and universities are producing fewer certified science teachers, even as many science teachers are leaving the classroom to pursue other employment. A second factor is that the average age of the science teacher is increasing and many teachers have not continued to update their training. A third factor; which may be a result of the first two, is that the number of secondary students taking science and the number of courses they …

Perceptions Of Science Of Third, Seventh, And Eleventh Grade Students Enrolled In Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Schools, Stuart O. Yager, Robert E. Yager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

As a part of the Third Assessment of Science for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (National Assessment, Note 1.), an extensive battery of items dealing with the affective domain were included for the first time. Information for the National Assessment of Educational Progress is gathered from a stratified sample drawn from the entire United States. All questions are reviewed by education specialists (including science educators, measurement experts, and lay persons). The questions are administered to 2,500 persons selected to represent varying age levels. For NAEP studies, four samples are used, namely 9, 13 and 17-year-olds and a young-adult sample.

The Identification Of Unknown Bacteria, Steve Ziser

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A major activity of most college level introductory microbiology courses is the identification of one or more unknown bacterial species. The ways suggested in many lab manuals for identifying bacteria are often unorganized and difficult to follow. In addition, the huge volume of information often required to make a diagnosis may overwhelm beginning microbiology students who are largely incapable of weighing the importance of many of the tests in trying to decide how to best proceed with the identification. Microbiology manuals too often overlook the fact that identification is an orderly process of moving from general characteristics to more specific …

Reading Rocks: Early History Of Paleontology, Mary Simonis-Parish, Doris A. Simonis

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The word paleontology is taken from the Greek words 'palaios' meaning old, 'ontos' a being, and 'logos' to study (Hamlyn, 1968). It is usually loosely translated to mean 'the study of past life', or 'the study of fossils'. Though the word itself has been used only in recent times, an interest in fossils (as interesting objects literally "dug out of the earth") is probably as old as humankind. The subject of this paper is the development of ideas that deal with the significance and origin of fossils. The explanations range from ancient times up to the nineteenth century when fossils …

Collecting Reptiles And Amphibians For Classroom Use, Donald J. Perschau

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The advantages of living organisms in the classroom are well known to biology and elementary teachers. Live animals and plants spark interest, provide color and movement, can be used as teaching materials, and can generally improve the classroom environment. Organisms commonly found in classrooms include plants from the genera Coleus, Dracena, Philodendron, and many others, and animals which are often small mammals or perhaps tropical fish. Seldom does one find more primitive vascular or non-vascular plants, invertebrate animals, reptiles or amphibians. It has been my experience that these organisms have much to add to the classroom and …