Rethinking Science and Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction: Feminist Perspectives in the Computer Era

1991 ◽  
Vol 173 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne K. Damarin
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum And Instruction ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Feminist Perspectives ◽  
And Mathematics

scholarly journals The level of the skills of scientific thinking and mathematical thinking among the students of the primary stage: مستوى مهارات التفكير العلمي والتفكير الرياضي لدى طالبات المرحلة الإبتدائية

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilham Bent Ali Al Shalabi ◽  
Shatha bint Ahmed Al Khalifa
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Scientific Thinking ◽  
Primary Stage ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
And Mathematics

The purpose of this study was to know the level of scientific thinking skills and the level of mathematical thinking skills. Is there a correlation between the skills of scientific thinking and the mathematical thinking skills of sixth grade students? A study was used to measure the level of scientific and athletic thinking skills. The sample consisted of 455 sixth grade students The total number of female students was 29,680. The descriptive descriptive approach was used to find the relationship between the level of the skills of scientific thinking and mathematical thinking. The most important results of the study were that the level of scientific and sports thinking skills was medium And the level of skills of mathematical thinking, as the higher the level of scientific thinking skills, the higher the level of mathematical thinking skills among students in the sixth grade of primary The study presented several recommendations, the most important of which are the holding of training courses for teachers during the service to train them to employ thinking and skills and train teachers to design scientific positions and implants within the curriculum and address the weakness and lack of thinking skills that appear during teaching and the development of teachers Wu The most important proposals of the study are the study of the auxiliary aspects and the obstacles to the teaching of thinking in the school environment, the extent to which teachers are aware of the skills of thinking and whether they are integrated and taught through teaching, analysis of the content of science and mathematics curriculum developed for the primary stage to learn Availability of basic thinking skills in curricula.

scholarly journals CULTURAL HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF IRANIAN SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM: THE ROLE OF COMPUTATIONAL THINKING

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-426
Author(s):  
Abolfazl Rafiepour ◽  
Danyal Farsani
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Curriculum Changes ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
School Mathematics Curriculum

In this paper, six mathematics curriculum changes in Iran will be reviewed, spanning from 1900 until the present time. At first, change forces, barriers, and the main features of each curriculum reform will be represented. The first five curriculum changes are described briefly and the sixth and most recent curriculum reform will be elaborated. In this paper, we call the last reform as contemporary school mathematics curriculum change. This recent (contemporary) curriculum reform will be explained in more detail, followed by a discussion of the effect of globalization and research finding in the field of mathematics and mathematics education (in the Iranian mathematics curriculum). In total, three key ideas are distinguished as an effect of globalization which is “New Math”, “International Comparative Studies”, and “Computational Thinking”. Finally, the paper comments on the necessity of paying more attention to information and communication technology as part of globalization; in particular, recall policy-makers to consider “Computational Thinking” as an important component of future curriculum design.

Using Neuro-Fuzzy Technique to Classify and Predict Electrical Engineering Students’ Achievement Upon Graduation Based on Mathematics Competency

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usamah Bin Mat ◽  
Norlida Buniyamin
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Low Achievers ◽  
University Management ◽  
Key Performance Index ◽  
Neuro Fuzzy ◽  
And Mathematics

<p>This paper discusses the findings of a case study that uses neuro-fuzzy tool to classify and predict Electrical engineering students graduation achievement based on mathematics competency. In this study, achievement upon graduation and mathematics grades were classified as the key performance index. It's based on longitudinal progress and cross validation model on two mathematics subjects, semesters’ performance, and graduation achievement of electrical students. The outcomes indicated that there is a correlation between mathematics competency with electrical engineering performance, and it’s interesting to note that weak and satisfactory students in mathematics are not able to achieve first class upon graduation, and yet there is small percentage of excellent and good students in mathematics couldn’t graduate with high achievement. The findings conclude that the combination of statistical analysis and machine learning can help us to extract knowledge and enable university management to help low achievers at early stage. It’s hoped that the findings can help faculty management to review mathematics curriculum with respect to increasing range of engineering field.</p>

Activating Assessment Alternatives in Mathematics

1992 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Teaching Program ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
Pencil And Paper ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Assessment Strategies

The Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 1989, 1, 2) emphasizes the role of evaluation “in gathering information on which teachers can base their subsequent instruction.” This strong sense of assessment's informing instructional practice is also evident in the materials arising from the Australian Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching Program (Clarke 1989: Lovitt and Clarke 1988, 1989). Both projects offer their respective mathematics-education communities a set of goal much broader than those traditionally conceived for mathematics instruction. The adoption of these goals by mathematics teachers and school systems demands the use of new assessment strategies if the restructuring of the mathematics curriculum and mathematics-teaching practice is to be effected. Mathematics education must not restrict itself to those goals that can be assessed only through conventional pencil-and-paper methods.

A Convergence of Transformative Multicultural and Mathematics Instruction? Dilemmas of Group Deliberations for Curriculum Change

1997 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 767-782
Author(s):  
Khaula Murtadha-Watts ◽  
Beatriz S. D'Ambrosio
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Teacher Research ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Deliberative Process ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Personal Histories ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Definition Of

In the work described here we report on our collaborative efforts to produce a multicultural mathematics curriculum for Grades K—6 that was socially transformative. We drew insights and direction from the following discourses: multicultural education, socially proactive mathematics, and preservice and in-service teacher deliberations. Through group deliberations, the analysis of existing mathematics and multicultural curricula, and the sharing of personal histories, we planned our teacher-research activities. Our goal was to define mathematics as a tool for social analysis. In this article we describe the perplexity of issues related to the definition of multicultural curricula and mathematics curricula for social transformation, the complexities of the group deliberative process, and the demands involved in the teacher-research process.

Mathematics Learning in English as a Second Language

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-144
Author(s):  
Gilberto J. Cuevas
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Language Of Instruction ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
And Mathematics

When the language of instruction is English, the learning of mathematics by students for whom English is a second language raises some important issues. The complex process of learning a second language becomes especially difficult when the language forms learned first arc those of the classroom. The learning of mathematics requires a variety of linguistic skills that second-language learners may not have mastered. Furthermore. special problems of reliability and validity arise in assessing the mathematics achievement of students from a language minority. A mathematics curriculum is needed that would develop second-language skills, and more research is needed into the relation between second-language learning and mathematics learning.

Review: Equity and Mathematics: Not a Simple Issue

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 609-615
Author(s):  
Nel Noddings
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Curriculum And Pedagogy ◽  
Nature Of Mathematics ◽  
And Mathematics

All four of the books reviewed here are deeply concemed with issues of equiry in mathematics education. I'll say a bit about each book in order to orient readers, and then I'll organize my remarks around the themes that arise again and again: the nature of mathematics. mathematics curriculum and pedagogy, and the philosophical and cultural factors inside and outside classroom that affect our educational efforts.

Activities: Iterating Linear Functions—An Introduction to Dynamical Systems

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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