Science and Mathematics Education Commons^™

Upaya Menumbuhkan Dan Meningkatkan Keterampilan Mahasiswa Prodi Pendidikan Matematika Fmipa Uny Dalam Membuat Media Kartun Untuk Pembelajaran Statistika Dan Peluang Di Smp Dan Sma, Kana Hidayati, Djamilah Bondan Widjajanti, Mathilda Susanti, Elly Arliani, Retno Subekti

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan dengan tujuan untuk menumbuhkan dan mengembangkan keterampilan mahasiswa Prodi Pendidikan Matematika FMIPA UNY peserta kuliah Statistika Elementer semester Februari-Juni 2006 dalam membuat media kartun untuk pembelajaran Statistika dan Peluang di SMP dan SMA.Kegiatan penelitian dilaksanakan dalam dua siklus. Pada siklus pertama, setelah mahasiswa memahami materi penyajian data yang disajikan menggunakan media kartun, mahasiswa diberi tugas membuat media kartun untuk pembelajaran Statistika di SMP dan SMA khusus materi penyajian data. Media kartun hasil karya mahasiswa ini selanjutnya dievaluasi oleh tim peneliti, terutama untuk kesesuaian media dengan jenjang pendidikan siswa dan kebenaran media dalam merepresentasikan materi, serta …

Studi Tentang Strategi Guru Dalam Pembelajaran Matematika Menyikapi Pergeseran Paradigma Pendidikan Teacher Centered Ke Student Centered, Endang Listyani

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Educational system in Indonesia has been changing from teacher centered to student centered paradigm. The teacher leads to have an important responsibility to involve in the paradigm changing. Regarding that responsibility, the teacher must have a competency to use the appropriate learning strategy that can engage the student activity in class. The propose of this research is to know the teacher strategy in mathematics learning toward the changing of educational paradigm from teacher centered to student centered. The respondents in this research are the entire mathematics teachers in SMA Negeri at Kotamadya Yogyakarta consisting of 11 schools. Each school has …

Upaya Peningkatan Kualitas Pembelajaran Kalkulus Diferensial Dengan Menggunakan Program Maple Pada Mahasiswa Prodi Matematika Fmipa Uny, Atmini Dhoruri, Endang Listyani, Raden Rosnawati, Sri Andayani

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan prestasi belajar dan minat mahasiswa dalam matakuliah Kalkulus Diferensial dengan menggunakan program Maple .Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian tindakan kelas, dengan mengambil langkah-langkah : observasi awal, perencanaan, implementasi tindakan, observasi dan refleksi. Kegiatan ini berulang dalam 3 siklus, dengan tindakan perkuliahan yang disertai dengan praktikum komputer dengan program Maple. Instrumen penelitian terdiri dari tes prestasi belajar, lembar observasi dan angket minat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) Pada siklus I dosen telah mengupayakan terlaksananya pembelajaran yang baik, namun keberanian mahasiswa untuk mengemukakan pendapat dan pertanyaan, diskusi untuk menyelesaikan masalah masih dalam taraf cukup. Dalam pelaksanaan …

Upaya Peningkatan Kemampuan Mahasiswa Dalam Penguasaan Teknologi Pembelajaran Melalui Tugas Pembuatan Media Berbasis Komputer Dalam Perkuliahan Pemrograman Komputer, Sri Andayani, Kuswari Hernawati, Sahid Sahid

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Penelitian tindakan kelas ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan mahasiswa dalam penguasaan teknologi pembelajaran melalui tugas pembuatan media berbasis komputer. Penelitian dilaksanakan dalam dua siklus. Tindakan dalam siklus I adalah pemberian tugas kepada mahasiswa untuk membuat program komputer dalam bahasa Pascal berkaitan dengan masalah sehari-hari. Berdasarkan refleksi siklus I, maka dalam tindakan siklus II mahasiswa diberi tugas membuat media pembelajaran berbasis komputer, yang materinya merupakan pengembangan program yang telah disusun dalam siklus I. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terjadi peningkatan kemampuan mahasiswa terhadap penguasaan teknologi pembelajaran yang ditunjukkan dengan adanya media pembelajaran berbasis komputer yang telah disusun mahasiswa. Sebanyak 87% mahasiswa mendapatkan nilai …

Memotivasi Siswa Belajar Geometri Dengan Lingkaran Titik Sembilan, Sugiyono Sugiyono

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Sudah tidak asing lagi jika ada siswa SMP atau SMA yang tidak senang pada pelajaran matematika khususnya Geometri. Hal tersebut mungkin karena mereka belum terbiasa menggeluti atau belajar lebih dalam tentang Geometri Apabila mereka sudah terbiasa belajar atau menekuni lebih dalam tentang geometri ini dimungkinkan mereka justru akan memandang geometri adalah sangat menyenangkan dan terasa indah sekali . Oleh karena itu di sini akan ditunjukkan salah satu keindahan dari geometri yaitu adanya lingkaran titik sembilan. Diharapkan dengan melihat keindahannya siswa akan senang pada Geometri khususnya dan Matematika pada umumnya. Lingkaran ttitik sembilan yang juga disebut lingkaran Feuerbach adalah lingkaran yang …

Hambatan-Hambatan Dalam Mengembangkan Kecerdasan Logical/Mathematical Pada Pembelajaran Terpadu Model Webbed Berbasis Kecerdasan Jamak Di Tkit Salman Al Farisi Ii Yogyakarta(Studi Eksplorasi), Caturiyati Caturiyati, Kana Hidayati, Himmawati Puji Lestari

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

One of the important intelligent component for children's future and need to be developing early is logical/mathematical intelligent. Integrated learning is carried out in learning process that integrates sistematically and holistically the effort of developing child. One of the integrated learning model is webbed model, a learning model that integrates learning and developing for children in a topic that covers some subjects. TKIT Salman Al Farisi II applies learning with themes where those themes become a learning guide in class. It needs to investigate the constraints in optimizing of developing child's logical/mathematical intelligent by integrated learning in TKIT Salman Al …

Peningkatan Kualitas Pembelajaran Pemrograman Komputer Melalui Perkuliahan Online Pada Mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika Fmipa Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Sri Andayani, Kana Hidayati, Sahid Sahid

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kualitas pembelajaran Pemrograman Komputer melalui perkuliahan online. Jenis penelitian yang dilakukan adalah penelitian tindakan kelas, yang dilaksanakan dalam 2 siklus dengan subjek penelitian adalah mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika FMIPA Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta yang menempuh mata kuliah Pemrograman Komputer semester gasal tahun akademik 2005/2006. Kegiatan siklus I meliputi perencanaan, tindakan, monitoring, refleksi dan evaluasi. Kegiatan siklus II merupakan tindak lanjut dan modifikasi dari siklus I. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah angket kemampuan awal mahasiswa dalam memanfaatkan komputer, ujian tertulis dan tugas, angket respons mahasiswa, dan lembar observasi pelaksanaan pembelajaran.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa melalui …

Meningkatkan Kreativitas Siswa Melalui Problem Posing, Ali Mahmudi

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Di dunia yang begitu cepat berubah, kreativitas menjadi penentu keunggulan. Daya kompetitif suatu bangsa sangat ditentukan pula oleh kreativitas sumber daya manusianya. Tidak sebagaimana pandangan klasik yang menganggap kreativitas sebagai kemampuan yang hanya dimiliki oleh individu luar biasa, pandangan terkini mengenai kreativitas menempatkannya sebagai kemampuan yang dapat dibentuk atau dikembangkan melalui berbagai usaha, termasuk melalui kegiatan pembelajaran yang terencana dengan baik. Dalam artikel ini dikemukakan mengenai keterkaitan problem posing yang diterapkan dalam kegiatan pembelajaran dan pengembangan kemampuan siswa terhadap tiga dimensi utama kreativitas, yaitu kefasihan (fluency), fleksibilitas (flexibility), dan kebaruan (novelty).
Kata kunci: kreativitas, problem posing

Analisis Peubah Respon Biner, Kismiantini Kismiantini

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Pada regresi linier klasik, peubah respon diasumsikan merupakan peubah yang bersifat kontinu. Bila peubah respon tidak lagi kontinu melainkan berupa kategori (biner, cacahan) maka model regresi linier klasik tidak dapat digunakan. Permasalahan tersebut dapat diatasi dengan model linier terampat. Model linier terampat yang digunakan dalam menganalisis peubah berskala biner adalah model logit, model probit dan model complementary log-log. Pada tulisan ini akan dikaji penggunaan ketiga model tersebut dalam menganalisis peubah respon biner. Bila nilai galat baku Pearson semakin kecil maka semakin baik pula model yang digunakan.
Kata kunci : peubah respon biner, model logit, model probit, model complementary log- log

Probability And Statistics For Third Through Fifth Grade Classrooms., Melissa Taylor Mckinnon

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This document contains a variety of lesson plans that can be readily used by a teacher of intermediate students. This thesis contains two units in Probability and one unit in Statistics. Any educator can supplement this document with any curriculum to teach lessons from vocabulary to concept.

Integration Of Fifth Grade Math And Science Curriculum, Accompanied By Increased Parental Involvement, Produces Higher Virginia Test Scores., Kathy Diane Perkins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The National Educational Society, through much research and testing, discovered that American students are not performing as well on the academic level as their counterparts. As a nation the math and science scores fell behind other tested disciplines. The Virginia Department of Math and Science Report Card scores confirm that students are struggling in these areas.

As a resolution to correct this problem a proposal for the integration of fifth grade math and science curriculum accompanied by increased parental involvement was devised. The program involved thirteen elementary students and their parents. Pretesting, math and science labs, worksheets, posttesting, and a …

General Education Course In Intuitive Quantum Physics, Michael C. Wittmann

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

This project improves student conceptual and epistemological knowledge in the sciences while developing a template for formative assessment in a general education course at the University of Maine. A general education course in Intuitive Quantum Physics is being created in which non-science students learn quantum physics through simple observations, basic logical reasoning, and graphical analysis. Materials from three proven curricula are being adapted to include explicit discussions of epistemological issues. The three curricula (developed in part with NSF funding) that are being adapted to create the Intuitive Quantum Physics course include Activity-Based Tutorials in wave mechanics, New Model Course in …

College Of Engineering Senior Design Competition Fall 2007, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Fred and Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition Projects

Part of every UNLV engineering student’s academic experience, the senior design project stimulates engineering innovation and entrepreneurship. Each student in their senior year chooses, plans, designs, and prototypes a product in this required element of the curriculum. A capstone to the student’s educational career, the senior design project encourages the student to use everything learned in the engineering program to create a practical, real world solution to an engineering challenge.

The senior design competition helps to focus the senior students in increasing the quality and potential for commercial application for their design projects. Judges from local industry evaluate the projects …

The Polygon Game, Kyla Hall

Department of Mathematics: Master's of Arts in Teaching, Exam Expository Papers

The Polygon Game ‐ Take a regular, n‐sided polygon (i.e. a regular n‐gon) and the set of numbers, {1, 2, 3, …, (2n‐2), (2n‐1), 2n}. Place a dot at each vertex of the polygon and at the midpoint of each side of the polygon. Take the numbers and place one number beside each dot. A side sum is the sum of the number assigned to any midpoint plus the numbers assigned to the vertex on either side of the midpoint. A solution to the game is any polygon with numbers assigned to each dot for which all side sums are …

What Allows Teachers To Extend Student Thinking During Whole-Group Discussions, Nesrin Cengiz

Dissertations

Research indicates that extending students' mathematical thinking during whole-group discussions is challenging, even for the most experienced teachers. That is, it is challenging for teachers to help students move beyond their initial mathematical observations and solutions during whole-group discussions. To better understand this phenomena, the teaching of six experienced elementary school teachers, who had been teaching aStandards-based curriculum for several years and had participated in a multi-year professional development project focused on that curriculum, is explored in this study. In particular, two issues are addressed: what it looks like to extend student thinking during whole-group discussions and how …

Learner-Centered Assignments In Computer Literacy, Martha E. Myers, Meg C. Murray, Mario Guimaraes, Debra B. Geist

Faculty and Research Publications

Literacy is a concept that is understood to be the identifier of an educated populace. In today's world, literacy includes computer literacy, as well as language and quantitative literacy. This paper describes exercises developed to improve first year students' computer literacy through more learner-centered engagement. Exercises are designed to support learner-centered goals of independent and responsible learners, appropriate breadth and depth of content, teacher as facilitator, and assessment woven into learning. Exercise topics include purchase of a personal computer, basic logic via spreadsheets, an annotated bibliography built with electronic resources, and an integrated assignment customized by and for each student.

Education In The Environment: A Strategy For Continued Interagency Outdoor Education Programming: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending November 30, 2007, Environmental Education Strategy For Nevada

Reports (PLI Education)

During the past three months, the focus of the university’s efforts has included the following highlights:

• Progress was made on three projects to meet SNAP strategic messaging needs: an anti-litter exhibit; a volunteer restoration program with educational components; and activity stations to tell the story of Lee Meadows restoration efforts.
• Interpretive planning is underway for Mountain’s Edge Explorer’s Interpretive Trail.
• A Spanish class tailored to meet the communication needs of environmental educators and interpreters will be offered January 2008.
• Forever Earth was scheduled for 15 days and benefited 411 individuals.
• Eight Discover Mojave Outdoor World events were conducted for 102 …

Ists E-Newsletter, November 15, 2007, Iowa Academy Of Science

ISTS Newsletter

In this issue:

--Message from the ISTS Chair, Traci Maxted

--Message from the Fall Conference Chair, Gale Vermeulen

--Message from the Vice Chair, Morgan Masters

--Observations of a Well-Seasoned Middle School Science Teacher

--Your ISTS Leadership Team

New Ways Of Teaching Science, Naheed Anwar

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

No abstract provided.

Integrating The Wasl Into The High School Algebra Curriculum, Kent Stafford Pearsons

All Graduate Projects

Most Algebra courses in Washington are supplemented with Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) material. However, in the last two years, little more than half of Washington sophomores passed the math portion of the WASL; for about half of tenth graders the extra worksheets did little to no good. Students need relevant WASL material that correlates with the current math they are studying. In this manner, even though questions may be phrased differently, the material is familiar and so answering questions are more possible. Also, since new worksheets have multiple choice, teachers can discuss how most wisely to answer this …

Problem Solving And Proving Via Generalisation, Michael De Villiers, Mary Garner

Faculty and Research Publications

No abstract provided.

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V03n3, Autumn 2007, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Iowa Science Teachers Section Fall Conference

--Myrle Burk Scholarship Winners

--Project WET Update

--Academy Awards

--Opportunities for Learning

--ISTS Fall Conference Workshops

--Increasing Academy Membership and Recognition Across the State

--Financial Statement

Models Of Interdisciplinary Research And Service Learning At Hope College, Aaron A. Best, Matthew Dejongh, Amanda J. Barton, Jeff R. Brown, Christopher C. Barney

Publications

"Children love to explore the world around them. In doing so they are not aware of disciplinary boundaries or even of disciplines. They move freely from watching ants (biology) to building structures (engineering) to counting rocks (mathematics and geology) to seeing what things dissolve in water (chemistry). Only as they go to school do they learn that humans divide up the way we learn about the universe and start to think within disciplinary boundaries. In doing so, those children, who are now us, lose the ability to think broadly and use the insights of various ways of thinking to solve …

Promoting Mathematical Communication And Community Via Blackboard, Kris H. Green, Erica L. Johnson

Mathematical and Computing Sciences Faculty/Staff Publications

Major changes in mathematics pedagogy include writing as pedagogy and the role of community in learning. The classroom community is naturally extended by the use of online discussion boards. In this paper several models for student use of online discussion boards that have been successfully used to promote mathematical discourse are presented. Structured and unstructured examples that are easily adaptable and transportable to a variety of mathematics classroom settings are offered. These assignments facilitate student engagement and interaction outside of the classroom. Assessment, utility, and transferability are offered. Although the authors use the discussion boards provided by Blackboard, this particular …

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network – Fall 2007

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network

Content:

Master’s Online Course to Improve Teachers Science Knowledge by Lindsey Mohlman

Teacher Spotlight: Susan Frack by Susan Frack & Lindsey Mohlman

Nebraska View: A Resource for K-16 Educators by Milda Vaitkus

Mueller Planetarium Goes “Fulldome” by Jack Dunn

ANDRILL Antarctic Geological Drilling by Frank Rack

Toyota USA Foundation Grant to UNL will Promote K-12 Science Education by UNL Office of Communications

Evaluation Of An Adult Education Technology Program, Iwasan D. Kejawa Ed.D

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the adult education technology program at a chartered alternative adult education center in Florida. The adult education center had a low rate of students passing the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). This study examined the impact of the use of computer technology in an effort to improve student learning in mathematics, reading, and science. Computers at the institution were used by all students for tutorials to prepare them for the FCAT and to obtain a high school diploma. The research questions for this study were as follows: 1. Is the education technology …

Breaking The Math Barrier, Bilqees Patel

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

No abstract provided.

Ists E-Newsletter, September 15, 2007, Iowa Academy Of Science

ISTS Newsletter

In this issue:

--Message from the ISTS Chair, Traci Maxted

--Message from the Fall Conference Chair, Gale Vermeulen

--Message from the Vice Chair, Morgan Masters

--Attend the Fall Conference

--Announcements, Opportunities, News

--Your ISTS Leadership Team

Collaborative Project: Developing A Tutorial Approach To Enhance Student Learning Of Intermediate Mechanics, Michael J. Wittmann

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

There is a need among science students for increased conceptual and mathematical understanding in courses beyond the introductory level. Future scientists, future secondary science teachers, and future engineers who take these courses must create an effective bridge between the mathematical reasoning emphasized in most physics classes and the physical intuition that will guide their future work. Using past success as a template, the collaborating PI's are developing Intermediate Mechanics Tutorials, a set of at least 23 tutorials, including pencil-and-paper conceptual tutorials (15), mathematical tutorials (4), and computer-based tutorials (4), for the purpose of enhancing instruction in intermediate mechanics. Each tutorial …

Making Use Of Bilingual Interview Data: Some Experiences From The Field, Nelofer Halai

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

This paper describes the challenges faced, and rules devised, while dealing with bilingual interview data as part of a life history study of a female science teacher’s conceptions of the nature of science while teaching in a school in Karachi. The interview data generated was both in Urdu and English, which underwent a number of processes (transcription, translation, and transliteration) to evolve into “interim texts,” to finally become a part of the data analysis process. I have called these translated materials “transmuted texts,” as they reflect the original, but have been recreated. This paper is significant because as globalization connects …