Comparative Study of Secondary Mathematics Curriculum between Malaysia and Singapore

Is November 1917 the Florida State Department of Education and the college of Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida sponsored a study under my direction to determine ways of improving certain parts of the present secondary mathematics curriculum. Thirty-six secondary mathematics teachers, representing all areas of subject matter, all types of schools, and all sections of the state were selected to make the study. Work on the project was begun at the University of Florida on June 14, 1948.

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Difference Equations

Mathematics Teacher ◽

10.5951/mt.81.7.0540 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 81 (7) ◽

pp. 540-544

Author(s):

Alton T. Olson

Keyword(s):

Difference Equations ◽

Major Part ◽

Mathematics Curriculum ◽

Secondary Mathematics ◽

Discrete Mathematics ◽

Computing Power ◽

Continuous Quantities

Much talk is heard these days about the importance of including topics from discrete mathematics in our secondary mathematics curriculum. They are characterized by their treatment of discrete quantities rather than continuous quantities and limit processes. The mathematics of continuity and limit processes leading into calculus will continue to be a major part of our mathematics curriculum. At the same time topics from discrete mathematics will take on more importance because of the presence of inexpensive computing power that is fundamentally finite and discrete.

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Teaching Descriptive and Inferential Statistics Using a Classroom Microcomputer

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10.5951/mt.76.5.0318 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 76 (5) ◽

pp. 318-322

Author(s):

Betty Collis

Keyword(s):

Mathematics Curriculum ◽

Secondary Mathematics ◽

Inferential Statistics

There is no doubt that statistics should be an important part of the secondary mathematics curriculum. A single classroom microcomputer can be valuable for work in both descriptive and inferential statistics. This article presents a framework for integrating a microcomputer into a statistics unit and includes descriptions of some programs suitable for the Apple microcomputer and ideas for lessons.

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Activities: Iterating Linear Functions—An Introduction to Dynamical Systems

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10.5951/mt.90.2.0122 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 90 (2) ◽

pp. 122-136

Author(s):

Jonathan Choate

Keyword(s):

Mathematics Education ◽

Dynamical Systems ◽

Numerical Methods ◽

Mathematics Curriculum ◽

Secondary Mathematics ◽

Linear Functions ◽

Exponential Functions ◽

Numerical Iteration ◽

Symbolic Methods ◽

And Mathematics

The arrival of computers has caused some major changes in both mathematics and mathematics education. One of the biggest shifts has been from an emphasis on symbolic methods to one on numerical methods. One field of mathematics, dynamical systems, requires considerable number crunching and is just coming into its own because we currently have the ability to perform extensive calculations easily. This article introduces students to this new field. The study of sequences created by using numerical iteration provides interesting new ways to approach many of the concepts central to the secondary mathematics curriculum, such as functions in general and linear and exponential functions in particular.

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