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Rene Descartes' Contributions

In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Mathematics and Creative Classroom Approaches

or curriculum used" (Pearce, 1998). To make these changes teachers must gain an...

Mathematics' History and Critical Milestones

that of harmony and resonance in music. The fact that musical pitches correlate directly to numbers, they concluded that this rein...

Cognitive Development and Social Development

Olga, May 2009, Gender Differences and Cognitive Correlates of Mathematical Skills in School-Aged Children, Child Neuropsychology,...

Islamic Art Symmetry

Herman Weil; " Symmetry establishes a ridiculous and wonderful cousinship between objects, phenomena and theories outwardly unrela...

Calculus' History

pass another mid point, and so on into infinity (OConnor and Robertson, 1996). The argument looks at this as proving that motion m...

A Mathematical Instruction Through Nature Classroom Case Study

of Theory Cognitive learning is the process in which knowledge is acquired. It involves an individual being cognizant of h...

Whole Numbers and Fractions

The physical class of learning is self descriptive, this is where the student will learn from physical experiences that they under...

Changing a Personal Behavior

friend or family member in order to make this identification. It has been noted frequently in empirical literature that there ha...

'Numbers' of Pregnancy

after fertilization, the conceptus becomes a group of about 16 to 20 cells, which is than called a "morula, which means "ball of c...

Equity Arbitrage Theorem of Modigliani and Miller

who is considering making a investment and buying either company U or company L, he could buy company L and then borrow the same a...

Summary of Article Dealing with the Difficulties Encountered by Disabled Students in Solving Mathematical Word Problems

"basic concepts, listening vocabulary, problem solving and fractions" (Yan and Jitendra, 1999, p. 207). They had the most difficul...

Schizophrenia as Portrayed in A Beautiful Mind

his mind takes off into schizophrenic delusions. It is only towards the end of the movie that the audience realizes most of these...

Systems Analysis, Computer Design, and Mathematics

several combinations to come up with the best system for the user, based on the specified requirements (Systems analyst, 2004). Th...

Montessori, Piaget, Logico-Mathematical, Liebeck

They see clocks, signs, calendars, television channels, and so on (Brown, n.d.). The exposure to numbers becomes a good opportunit...

Montessori, Piaget And Logico-Mathematical Knowledge

(Durell, 2001). The child is involved in three types of knowledge and goes on to higher cognitive functioning through a variety o...

Logico-Mathematical Knowledge, Montessori, Piaget

experiences. At these early stages, the child does not have conscious awareness of the process of learning (Montessori, 1994). M...

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...

Stuik’s “A Concise History of Mathematics”

and the development of the numbers such as three being the adding of the words for one and two being put together. When talking ...

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...

Audition, Vision and Fourier's Mathematical Findings

one to distinguish various sound waves as amplitudes of the existing constituent sine waves, a collection of numbers that provides...

A Business Mathematical Principles' Analysis

helping to predict how much product should be manufactured in order to meet anticipated demand. This paper will examine so...

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...

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,...

Benoit Mandelbrot's Mathematical Term Fractals

In five pages the fractals concept is examined with Gaston Julia and Helge von Koch's contributions also discussed. Six sources a...

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 ...

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...

Mathematical Decidability Issues

In eight pages student posed calculus type questions involving decidability are answered. Five sources are listed in the bibliogr...

Race And Public Policy

all across the country make their respective appeals for racial equity that much more poignant. Frederick Douglass What To ...

Saint Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274)

tutelage of Peter of Ireland to study logic and natural sciences (Kennedy, 2006; McKerny, 2002). It was there that he first met me...