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Questions and Prompts Mathematical Thinking

a student agreeing to do some of the work (Brousseau, 1997). It may be argued that this contract between teacher and student is ea...

The Six NCTM Principles Of High Quality Math Programs

The Teaching principle then addresses both the act of teaching and the act of continually improving ones abilities and knowledge ...

Jordanus Nemorarius And Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci

to those given by al-Khwarizmi" (OConnor and Robertson, 2003). Jordanus proofs had to do with "the method of completing the square...

Multicultural Education And Technology

the perfect duo? Teacher Competence to Teach Multicultural Education It seems the first question that needs to be addressed is w...

Efficacy of Tutoring Programs & Math

education students within inclusive classrooms are peer tutoring and content mastery labs. The purpose of the following proposed r...

Current Mathematics Instruction Methods of Assessment

is one of the most important factors for choosing between a norm-based test and a criterion-related test. Since norm-based tests ...

Elementary Schools' Innovative Programs

In five pages this research paper discusses program innovations for American schools that assist reading, science, and math educat...

Mathematics and Cooperative Learning

In five pages the benefits of cooperative learning when applied to the teaching of mathematics are examined. Five sources are cit...

Action Research and Education

In five pages this essay subdivided into 2 sections considers the merits of action research in a new math class for high school st...

Students with Learning Disabilities and the Teaching of Mathematics

In eight pages this paper discusses how to teach math to students who are learning disabled by such methods as mixed ability, whol...

Language Impaired Children and Math Performance Impact

In five pages this paper examines children with SLI or a specific language impairment in a consideration of characteristics and ho...

Theories of Chaos and Numbers

In ten pages this paper examines chaos theory in an overview that includes history, theorists, mathematics, and also discusses suc...

Philosopher and Mathematician Pythagoras

In fifteen pages Pythagoras' life and his contributions to science, mathematics, and philosophy are discussed. There are 6 source...

Public Relations Field and Mathematics

graphs. People in this field must be able to create them. They should for example know how to compare two sets of numbers and calc...

Fixing California's Budget

years in the absence of current action. Voters rejected higher tax rates and totally new taxes in 2009; all that currently remain...

New Methods of Instruction for Teachers at all Levels

help teachers meet the demands of their students and motivate teachers and enhance teacher performance. Background...

Mathematical Concepts Relating to Cameras Including Aperture and Focal Points

In nine pages the relationship between mathematics and cameras is outlined in an examination of camera types along with focal leng...

Overview of the Life of Greek Mathematician Euclid

In ten pages this paper discusses Euclid of Alexandria's life and his contributions to geometry and mathematics. There are 5 sour...

Math and Why There Are Some People Who Hate It

of history and not understand anything about ancient Egypt and yet still be able to comprehend history in the 17th century in Euro...

College Math 'Survival'

with students, days with one solitary teacher standing well off in the distance addressing the class over a microphone and detaili...

Children with Down Syndrome

are smaller than average (Hunter, 1999). Their arms and legs are also shorter in relation to the rest of their bodies, and hands a...

Math Lesson Design

of curriculum development model is utilised there is the need to engage the pupil and facilitate their learning as well as allow f...

Questions on Math Instruction

the mathematical concepts they are learning in the classroom to life outside the classroom (Montagna, 2005).How often do we hear s...

Year Long Mathematics Program Planning for the Fifth Grade

will be able to classify polygons. 3.) Students will identify triangles by sides and angles. * Data analysis and probabilities: 1....

Traditionalism and Constructivism in the Teaching of Math

lack of statistically significant differences between the two models, constructivist and traditionalist, the researcher commented ...

Reviewing 2 Mathematics Textbooks

order of this particular book -- it seems as though Chapter 2, which deals with "The Real Number System" should, in fact, be first...

Mathematics and Peer Tutoring Benefits

of homogeneously and heterogeneously grouped teams and the impact on gifted and talented students (Melser, 1999). Because the col...

Multiple Intelligences, Behaviorist Approaches, and the Teaching of Math

approaches. For example, the humanist approach focuses on the affective side of learning or the feelings and emotional components ...

Mathematics One on One Tutorial and Peer Alternatives

person-environment link and it plays a direct role in cognitive development, language development, and social development. Each o...

Math Instruction in High School and Diversity

current math performance and the skills required to meet future goals (Miller and Mercer, 1997). Fuchs (2003) conducted a study ...