Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics
MATHEMATICS ACROSS CULTURES: THE HISTORY OF NON-WESTERN MATHEMATICS edited by Helaine Selin Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, 479 pp. Mathematics Across Cultures is an exciting collection of papers on ethnomathematics and...
October 1, 2002; Mathematics and Computer Education
How Manipulatives Affect the Mathematics Achievement of Students in Nigerian Schools
Mathematics is a very important subject in Nigeria. Yet, for more than twenty years, mathematics education in Nigeria has been in a sorry state. Mathematics achievement has been very low and frustrating. So far, every effort made to save Nigerian...
September 1, 2007; Educational Research Quarterly
Impact of online discussion on elementary teacher candidates' anxiety towards teaching mathematics (1).(Report)
Mathematics anxiety is a well documented phenomenon and has been...primary reason for this extensive attention is that mathematics anxiety is prevalent among students of all levels and...well (Martinez & Martinez, 1996). Additionally, mathematics anxiety not only directly affects the teaching and ...
June 22, 2008; Education
Multicultural mathematics instruction: approaches and resources.
Mathematics, like all other subject areas, is embedded in cultural...These applications must form an integral part of the mathematics curriculum. They must inspire students to think critically...not to do it at all! (p. 53) Cultural contexts give mathematics its purpose and meaning. They establish a ...
September 1, 2002; Teaching Children Mathematics
nticipated mathematics teaching style and reducing anxiety for teaching mathematics among pre-service elementary school teachers
Changing Anticipated Mathematics Teaching Style and Reducing Anxiety for Teaching Mathematics among Pre-service Elementary School Teachers1 Prior to participating in a mathematics methods course, pre-service elementary school teachers reported...
June 1, 1998; Educational Research Quarterly
No time like the present: reflecting on equity in school mathematics.
Mathematics education has traditionally paid little attention to...to move equity from the margins to the mainstream in mathematics education and make it a focus of teacher reflection...equity, we describe the beliefs of a group of high school mathematics teachers. We argue that the teachers' views of ...
June 22, 2003; Theory into Practice
ssing mathematics tradebooks: do they measure up?
Mathematics textbook publishers often include recommended tradebooks to be used in mathematics instruction. Teachers, however, remain unaware of the...recommendations. Using Schiro's (1997) standards for assessing mathematics in children's literature, this inquiry assessed the...
September 22, 2005; Reading Improvement
Mathematics, Definition of
Mathematics, Definition of Over the centuries, people have thought of mathematics, and have defined it, in many different ways. Mathematics is constantly developing, and yet the mathematics of 2,000 years ago in Greece and of...
January 1, 2002; Mathematics
Reading comprehension in mathematics.(Special Section: Reading Comprehension as a Social Act - Implications for Secondary Schools)
Mathematics is a remarkable, intriguing, fun, complex, frustrating, frightening, enlightening, and mysterious...many of my students. Part of its mystery, I think, derives from my students' beliefs about what mathematics is and about what it takes to do mathematics. They often think that mathematics ...
November 1, 1998; The Clearing House
Language proficiency and mathematics learning.(RESEARCH IN brief)(Report)
Mathematics is important for success in school, not just for some students but for each and every student (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 2000). However, learning mathematics is not an easy task for many students, especially those who also need to overcome the language...
March 1, 2008; School Science and Mathematics
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