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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...

Mathematics; Anxiety And Commutative, Associative, And Distributive Laws

such as money is used, but in the way meals are made and served, schedules are personal schedules are put together and managed how...

Using Technology In The Elementary School

scores on the states Comprehensive Assessment Report were strongly related to increases in technological use (Page, 2002, p. 389)....

“A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity”

use of mathematics generalizations could be made from certain observations which could be applied to other observations, that patt...

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...

Mathematical Errors in 7th Grade

The following is a breakdown of the problem example given and the way in which the problem can be used to demonstrate why the mult...

Knowledge and the Importance of Knowing the Past

ranging from the advancement of technology, to wide-ranging theoretical, philosophical and cultural issues, the impressions and de...

Gender Bias and the Developmental Stages of Kohlberg

can negatively influence a persons choice of careers in either science or mathematics (Adams, 1998). As a result, these fields ar...

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...

Pyramid Constructions and Mathematical Applications by the Ancient Egyptians

advanced understanding of the subject because their exploits in engineering, astronomy and administration would not have been poss...

War and Mathematics

of terrorist attacks -- more specifically, the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Centers in New York City....

Harvard Business Review's 1990 Article 'The Core Competence of the Corporation' Reviewed

that also has not made the effort to identify and enhance its core competencies. This is one route to losing competitive advantag...

Mathematician Leonhard Euler's Life and Works

of lieutenant, but gave up his military commitments when he became professor of physics in 1730: since this mean that he was a ful...

6th Grade Student, Mathematics, and Methodology

school students being displayed for comparison. GENERAL MATH FOR LIBERAL EDUCATION For most students the question arises at some...

Accounting Practice and the Use of Mathematics

can do on silicon. But that is not math. That is accounting. Real math is not crunching numbers but contemplating them and the mys...

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 ...

Methodology on a Study Regarding Student Outcomes and Parent Involvement

organizing parent help at school, home, or other locations (Sheldon and Epstein. 2005, p. 196; Jones, 2001, p. 36). * Type 4. Lear...

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...

Philosophical Basis for the Music of Greece

In five pages this research paper discusses how philosophy has laid the foundation for Greek music in a consideration of its relat...

Analysis of the Pluralism Philosophy

In twelve pages this research paper examines the evolution of pluralism in a consideration of such philosophies as David Hume's em...

Quantitative Literacy and the Mathematical Knot Theory

In five pages this paper discusses how quantitative literacy can be illustrated by the knot theory of mathematics. Seven sources ...

Planning and Scheduling from a Mathematical Perspective

In five pages this paper examines how mathematics is factored into planning and scheduling in a discussion of schedule processors,...

Is Knowledge True, or False, or Does It Reside Somewhere in the Middle?

would provide an explanation for celestial motion (Greer 356). For hundreds of years, Newtons laws of physics remained unchalleng...

Alternative Mathematics Assessment

In seven pages this paper examines elementary and secondary classrooms in a consideration of the alternative mathematics assessmen...

Educational Methods and Elementary Mathematics

In five pages the controversy regarding teaching elementary mathematics is discussed with the position taken that problem solving ...

Latchkey Children and Mathematics Teaching

In twenty three pages this paper discusses how to approach mathematics teaching to latchkey children who lack supervision during t...

Pros and Cons of One Gender Classroom Approaches

In six pages this paper considers the teaching of technology, science, and mathematics in this evaluation of the one gender approa...

Elementary Mathematics Writing

use the rules and processes of elementary math. There has been a shift in teaching strategies from the "teaching by telling," m...

UK Mathematics and GCSE Level Expansion

and A/S levels. The A level is the two year course and is seen as the traditional course, however, there is also an A/S level, thi...