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The Endangered And Uncommon Amphibians And Reptiles Of Iowa - Lizards, James L. Christiansen, Russell R. Burken Jan 1978

The Endangered And Uncommon Amphibians And Reptiles Of Iowa - Lizards, James L. Christiansen, Russell R. Burken

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Iowa has 23 amphibian and reptilian species whose known populations or ranges within the state are so small as to justify their inclusion in the state's endangered or threatened list (Roosa, 1977). This paper is intended to inform the Iowa scientific teaching community of the plight of these species and to recruit help in gathering information relative to their distribution. Most of the information presented here has been accumulated by Christiansen and Bailey (manuscripts in preparation or in press) in their work on the amphibians and reptiles of Iowa.

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A Curriculum Unit To Provide Enrichment Activities For Talented Students In Biology, Mary Angela Gibson Morrissey Jan 1978

A Curriculum Unit To Provide Enrichment Activities For Talented Students In Biology, Mary Angela Gibson Morrissey

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

It is suggested in this paper that Mastery Learning Units can be successful in encouraging the talented students to excel in their interests and capabilities. The intent of this paper is to show how enrichment activities and centers can be easily implemented in the biology curriculum by the use of Mastery Learning Units. In so doing, only one mastery unit is included for the purpose of demonstration. It is suggested that teachers write the units that they will be using for their students. This would allow their units to fit their own particular objectives, as well as the needs and …

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The Integration Of Reading And Science To Aid Problem Readers, Genevieve J. Minge Jan 1978

The Integration Of Reading And Science To Aid Problem Readers, Genevieve J. Minge

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this paper is to explain a curriculum package which was designed for science students at Orange Park IX, ninth grade center, Clay County, Florida. The target population consists of those students who read below the sixth-grade level according to the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) scores and who are enrolled in a general science class. These students are also enrolled in a Reading Skills class and some are in the SLD and ED programs as well. Although there will be interaction with the reading, SLD, and ED teachers, the classes will not be team taught. Therefore, the science …

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Individualized Science Instruction In The Middle Schools & Junior High Schools In Kentucky, Rita Byars Aug 1977

Individualized Science Instruction In The Middle Schools & Junior High Schools In Kentucky, Rita Byars

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A study was made of the individualized science instruction in the middle schools and junior high schools of Kentucky. The status of the programs was investigated by an information survey. The instrument sought answers as to the size of the schools, organization of the schools, kinds of science taught and the frequency of use of individualized science approaches. Methods of financing and the administering plans, the objectives of the plans, and the strategies implemented to achieve these were parts of the study. Questions designed to elicit details about the requirements of an individualized program included the increase in laboratory activity …

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A Point System For Maintaining Accurate Grading In A Psi Course, Terry E. Mcsween Aug 1977

A Point System For Maintaining Accurate Grading In A Psi Course, Terry E. Mcsween

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

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Science Curriculum Change As It Occurred In A Small Rural Community: A Case Study, William J. Pollard Aug 1977

Science Curriculum Change As It Occurred In A Small Rural Community: A Case Study, William J. Pollard

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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A Systems Analysis Of Laboratory Report Editing, Suanne A. Williams Aug 1977

A Systems Analysis Of Laboratory Report Editing, Suanne A. Williams

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

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Existence In Mathematics, Willis Alberda Apr 1977

Existence In Mathematics, Willis Alberda

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

Contemplation of the existence of mathematical entities for very apparent reasons generates a mental cycling of arguments dealing with the nature of mathematical truth, meaning in mathematics, and the obviously related question of which of these two problems should be solved first. The problem of the existence of mathematical entities dates from the first thoughts and ideas of a mathematical nature. The problem of existence in mathematics is fundamental to the domain of speculation and research on the foundations of mathematics. When we try to put ourselves in the place of those philosophers who first explored this problem we must …

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Infinity & Reality, John W. Warner Apr 1977

Infinity & Reality, John W. Warner

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

This paper examines the topics of infinity and reality as relevant to the conference, proposing a possible relationship between the two in order to stimulate further discussions.

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Epistomology To Ontology, Charles R. Hampton Apr 1977

Epistomology To Ontology, Charles R. Hampton

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

This paper offers commentary on the various philosophical approaches to the foundations of mathematics and then indicates how these ideas have implications in consideration of the existence question.

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Recent Problems In The Foundationsof Mathematics, Terence H. Perciante Apr 1977

Recent Problems In The Foundationsof Mathematics, Terence H. Perciante

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

This paper examines the foundational crises that have haunted twentieth-century mathematics, beginning with a brief review of the effects generated by Gauss, Lobachevsky, and Bolyai who each developed non-Euclidean parallel axiom. Though of mathematical interest in their own right, the significance of the new geometries was greatly magnified when it was discerned that they could be used to adequately model physical space, even to the extent that Einstein’s theory of relativity later employed as its model a non-Euclidean geometry developed by Riemann. The question that obviously presented itself was how could any given geometry be called true when it and …

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The Foundations Of Mathematics And The Mathematics Curriculum, Bayard Baylis Apr 1977

The Foundations Of Mathematics And The Mathematics Curriculum, Bayard Baylis

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

In teaching the foundations of mathematics within the framework of a Christian college, and particularly that of a Christian liberal arts college, there are two groups of students which must be served. The first consisted of the non-mathematics majors—those non-scientifically oriented “general anything” students who, as a catalog might put it, are to receive “an introduction to and an appreciation of the history, foundations, culture and applications of mathematics.” The second group consists of the mathematics majors, and the few science majors who have not been frightened away by the calculus. The gulf between these two groups is sufficiently large, …

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A Brief Introduction To Gödel’S Theorems, Michael Detlefsen Apr 1977

A Brief Introduction To Gödel’S Theorems, Michael Detlefsen

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

Gödel’s two famous incompleteness theorems are results that have come up a number of times in the discussions at the 1977 ACMS conference. This paper provides a brief and relatively non-technical statement on these results and of their significance for the foundations of mathematics.

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Current Work On Mathematical Truth, Michael Detlefsen Apr 1977

Current Work On Mathematical Truth, Michael Detlefsen

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

The overall aim of this paper is to serve as an introduction to the work currently being done on the topic of mathematical truth. It provides an overview of the major developments concerning mathematical truth and also evaluates those developments as potential contributions to mathematician’s understanding of the subject.

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Recent Parallels Between The Philosophy Of Science And Mathematics, Joseph Spradley Apr 1977

Recent Parallels Between The Philosophy Of Science And Mathematics, Joseph Spradley

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

Following World War I European philosophy of science formed an alliance with mathematics culminating in an attitude of certainty and autonomy that rejected all non empirical claims to truth and purported to make all science presupposition less. The rise and fall of logical positivism has been one of the major themes of of twentieth century thought and illustrates the danger of placing too much emphasis on science and mathematics as an ideal for all knowledge. The restriction of rational inquiry to the modes of scientific verification and the processes of mathematical logic was far too confining for the containment of …

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Formalizing The Liar Paradox, Frank Meyer Apr 1977

Formalizing The Liar Paradox, Frank Meyer

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

No abstract provided.

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God: All Sufficient Or Infinite, Thomas E. Iverson Apr 1977

God: All Sufficient Or Infinite, Thomas E. Iverson

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

No abstract provided.

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Getting Their Interest - Initiating Students Into The Study Of Foundational Issues In Mathematics, Harold Heie Apr 1977

Getting Their Interest - Initiating Students Into The Study Of Foundational Issues In Mathematics, Harold Heie

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

No abstract provided.

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Wanted: Christian Perspectives In The Philosophy Of Mathematics, Arthur F. Holmes Apr 1977

Wanted: Christian Perspectives In The Philosophy Of Mathematics, Arthur F. Holmes

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

This paper describes the three types of theory about universals, beginning in each case with a classical historical formulation and moving to its restatement in recent analytic philosophy. It will then suggest ways in which Christian perspectives bear on theories of universals and so on mathematics.

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A Christian Point Of View, A. Wayne Roberts Apr 1977

A Christian Point Of View, A. Wayne Roberts

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

Does the fact that you are a Christian affect the way that you teach mathematics? This paper seeks to answer the question, what contributions can a mathematics teacher in a Christian school make to the distinctive purpose of such a school?

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Of Men, Models, And Mathematics, Charles Hatfield Apr 1977

Of Men, Models, And Mathematics, Charles Hatfield

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

No abstract provided.

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Skolem’S Paradox And The Predestination/Free-Will Discussion, Gene B. Chase Apr 1977

Skolem’S Paradox And The Predestination/Free-Will Discussion, Gene B. Chase

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

The purpose of this paper is to show that both sides of the predestination/free-will discussion are admissible in a way that is more profound than simply the wave-particle duality of light. In wave-particle duality there are two competing physical models of reality which are contradictory. This paper will show that not a contradiction but a difference in viewpoint is the fundamental issue in the discussion of predestination and free will. A discussion of Skolem’s paradox is helpful in this demonstration.

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Introduction (1977), Robert Brabenec Apr 1977

Introduction (1977), Robert Brabenec

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

No abstract provided.

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Table Of Contents (1977), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences Apr 1977

Table Of Contents (1977), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977

No abstract provided.

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The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 22-23, 1977 [Program, 89th Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science Apr 1977

The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 22-23, 1977 [Program, 89th Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.

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Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents Jan 1977

Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

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Two New Nsta Publications Jan 1977

Two New Nsta Publications

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The following publications were recently introduced at the 25th Annual National Science Teachers Association's Convention held in Cincinnati.

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Mca Award Jan 1977

Mca Award

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Manufacturing Chemists Association (MCA), again in 1978, will present awards to high school, two-year and four-year college chemistry and chemical engineering teachers.

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Snow (Part I), Janet Morley Jan 1977

Snow (Part I), Janet Morley

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

When most of us think of snow, we think of snowmobiling, skiing, shoveling or poor driving, but there is much more to snow than this. Have you ever really looked at snow?

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Iowa Snow Facts, Paul Waite Jan 1977

Iowa Snow Facts, Paul Waite

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Heaviest 13 Hour Snowfall : 24.0 in. - Northboro (Page County)

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