The study of space experiences: a framework for geometry for elementary teachers

1976 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-174
Author(s):  
Donald R. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
College Courses ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Geometric Shapes

Elementary school teachers, preservice or inservice, are not usually given the background in geometry that they need. Some college courses for elementary teachers contain no study of geometry. Those courses that do contain geometry may be limited to traditional topics in measurement, some terminology, and certain facts concerning familiar geometric shapes; or they may review the definitions, theorems, and proofs that the teacher has already had in high school. Judging on hearsay, experience, and an analysis of current mathematics texts for teachers, few courses are providing the teacher with what is needed.

scholarly journals Associating Psychological Factors With Workplace Satisfaction and Position Duration in a Sample of International School Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross C. Hollett ◽  
Mark McMahon ◽  
Ronald Monson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Stress Tolerance ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Workplace Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Attributes

To be an effective teacher, a combination of specific professional skills and psychological attributes are required. With increasingly fluid employment conditions, particularly in the international context, recruiters and schools are under considerable pressure to quickly differentiate candidates and make successful placements, which involves more than just determining if a candidate holds an appropriate qualification. Therefore, the aim of this cross-sectional study was to measure theoretically and empirically valuable psychological attributes in an international sample of schoolteachers to determine the most valuable correlates of satisfaction and position duration. An international sample (N = 335) of elementary, middle and high school teachers completed an online survey to capture their workplace satisfaction, position duration and measure 15 psychological attributes using validated instruments. Linear associations were estimated using hierarchical regression with this analysis complemented and compared with follow-up non-linear neural network models. Using regression, lower agreeableness (less people-oriented) emerged as the strongest correlate of longer position duration throughout the cohort. In elementary school teachers, lower impulsivity and higher organizational commitment emerged as the strongest correlates of longer position duration. In high school teachers, better stress tolerance and higher organizational commitment emerged as the strongest correlates of longer position duration. Using neural networks to suggest predictive models, low levels of neuroticism and impulsivity were the strongest predictors of longer position duration in elementary school teachers. High stress tolerance also predicted high work satisfaction in elementary teachers, whereas it was lower impulsivity that most strongly predicted higher work satisfaction in high school teachers. Innovation tendencies, perhaps surprisingly, appeared as a consistent predictor of lower levels of workplace satisfaction across teaching levels. Honesty-humility also emerged as a predictor of shorter position duration, particularly for primary/elementary teachers scoring above the mean. Taken together the results suggest an interesting balancing act that needs to be struck between hiring people-oriented and innovative teachers who may be more effective and adaptable but also at greater risk of changing position, possibly due to an increased interest and ability to transition into new social environments.

A geometry course for elementary teachers

1973 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 457-467
Author(s):  
Marilyn J. Zweng
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Euclidean Plane ◽  
Plane Geometry ◽  
Coordinate Plane ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Educators

Mathematics educators generally agree that elementary school teachers should know “something” about geometry. There is little agreement, though, about what that “something” ought to be. If one were to use the textbooks which claim to provide a course in “Geometry for Elementary Teachers” as a guide, we might conclude that the course should be a rehash of the synthetic Euclidean plane geometry of the high school with one chapter on the geometry of the coordinate plane tossed in for flavoring. There arc a couple of notable exceptions to this generalization, but these exceptions, which are in fact quite different from the course described above, do not have an apparent underlying scheme or intent.

ONE POINT OF VIEW: The morning after

1971 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-214
Author(s):  
Henry Van Engen
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Prospective Elementary Teachers ◽  
The Past

Events in the past ten years have made it necessary and desirable for colleges and universities to increase their course requirements in mathematics for elementary school teachers. There has been little or no opposition to this trend except as one finds it in individual colleges when there is a proposal to change course requirements. In mathematics the change has been in the direction of doubling or trebling the number of credits in mathematics required of prospective elementary teachers.

Elementary teachers’ ability to understand concepts used in new mathematics curricula

1968 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-371
Author(s):  
Carol Kipps
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Mathematics Curricula ◽  
Service Experiences

Today there is widespread concern for helping e leme nta ry school teachers acquire new mathematical knowledge. This is reflected in the vast number of inservice programs being conducted across the country. As yet, however, there has been no gene ral agreement on important goals or reasonable levels of achievement to be expected after a series of prescribed in-service experiences. Characteristically there has been no attempt to find out how much of the new mathematics curricula elementary school teachers understand.

The Dual Progress Plan in the Elementary School

1959 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 302-305
Author(s):  
Glen Heathers ◽  
Morris Pincus
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
National Council ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Enrichment Programs ◽  
Recent Meeting

At the recent meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics held in New York City,* one elementary school panel dealt with the problem of providing better instruction in mathematics to gifted students. Thus far, most attempts to meet the needs of gifted students have depended upon horizontal enrichment. A difficulty has been that most elementary teachers lack sufficient knowledge of mathematics to make enrichment programs successful. The mathematics preparation of elementary school teachers must be improved.

Doing Algebra in Grades K-4

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 346-356
Author(s):  
Zolman Usiskin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Elementary Grades ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
High School Geometry ◽  
School Geometry

About thirty-five years ago the movement to incorporate geometry into the elementary grades began. To many elementary school teachers, the mention of the word geometry brought back memories of a high school geometry course that dealt with abstraction and proof. The thought of teaching children this geometry was naturally viewed with incredulity.

Links to Literature: The Polar Express to Early Algebraic Thinking

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 300-307
Author(s):  
Debra Johanning ◽  
William B. Weber ◽  
Christine Heidt ◽  
Marian Pearce ◽  
Karen Horner
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Algebraic Thinking ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Early Grades ◽  
Education Community

Algebra in the early grades (pre-K-2) is a relatively new focus area in the mathematics education community. As students, many of today's elementary school teachers did not study algebra until they were in high school.

scholarly journals Pelatihan Pembuatan Google Form bagi Guru SD Sebagai Media Evaluasi Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh (PJJ) Masa Pandemi

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Rifky Maulana Yusron ◽  
Rica Wijayanti ◽  
Anindita Trinura Novitasari
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Community Service ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Direct Training ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Form Evaluation ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

Distance Learning (PJJ) began to be applied by all teachers in Indonesia during the Covid Pandemic including teacher who taughtat the Elementary School (SD) level. The application of this learning is not as easy as what many people talk about, because teachers must be able to select and design instrucctional media using technology. The problem ezperienced by teacher, especially in the regions, is the lack of knowledge in making technology-based learning media, especially learning media that can be used as an evaluation material for Distance Learning (PJJ). As a solution tothis problem, our team conducted training on making google forms for elementary teachers as a medium for evauating Distance Learning (PJJ) during the pandemic. The ethod we provide for this community service activity is by providing direct training to elementary school teachers, making simole modules, and providing assitance in making google form evaluation media. The result of this services activity is that as many as 20 teachers who participated in the training were able to create and design their own google form according to the needs of each subject as a media for evaluation of Distance Learing (PJJ. In addition, based on the results of the questionnaire filled out by the teachers who attended the training, it shows that 90% of the teachers understand how to make google forms themselves and 100% of  the teachers   are happy with the training acivities that have been held.Keyword: google form, pjj, evaluation learning

scholarly journals PELATIHAN PENULISAN KARYA TULIS ILMIAH BAGI GURU SEKOLAH DASAR DESA SAGARANTEN KECAMATAN CIWARU KABUPATEN KUNINGAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arrofa Acesta ◽  
Sulistyani Puteri Ramadhani
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Classroom Research ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Know How ◽  
Good Article

Abstrak: Faktanya, masih ada beberapa guru SD yang menulis artikel di koran atau mempresentasikan artikel mereka di seminar regional / nasional. Akibatnya, mereka akan menghadapi kendala dalam meningkatkan nilai mereka. Berdasarkan survei, kami menemukan bahwa banyak guru SD di Desa Sagaranten Kecamatan Ciwaru Kab.Kuningan masih belum tahu bagaimana membuat artikel yang bagus. Juga, tidak ada Jurnal untuk guru SD sebagai media bagi mereka dalam mengirimkan artikel mereka untuk memiliki beberapa kredit. Berdasarkan kasus itu, tim layanan masyarakat mencoba memberi mereka beberapa pelatihan bagaimana merancang penelitian kelas, dan bagaimana membuat artikel yang bagus. Dengan memiliki ini, mereka diharapkan dapat menemukan topik mereka dan merancang penelitian kelas mereka, kemudian mereka akan membuat artikelnya yang dapat dikirim ke surat kabar atau jurnal. Secara otomatis, mereka akan memiliki beberapa kredit untuk menaikkan nilai mereka dan mereka akan sejahtera. Pelatihan diberikan kepada 50 guru SD dari Desa Sagarenten. Kami menemukan bahwa sebenarnya ada satu guru yang memiliki pengalaman dalam melakukan penelitian kelas, tetapi masih ada banyak guru yang kurang dalam membuat penelitian dan artikel. Setelah memahami materi, mereka mencoba membuat penelitian di ruang kelas dan merancangnya menjadi sebuah artikel.Kata-kata kunci; menulis artikel, penelitian kelas, kreditAbstract: In fact, there are still some elementary school teachers who write articles in newspapers or present their articles at regional / national seminars. As a result, they will face obstacles in increasing their value. Based on the survey, we found that many elementary teachers in Sagaranten Village Ciwaru District Kab.Kuningan still do not know how to make a good article. Also, there is no Journal for elementary teachers as a medium for them in submitting their articles to have some credits. Based on the case, the community service team tried to give them some training on how to design classroom research, and how to create good articles. By having this, they are expected to find their topic and design their classroom research, then they will create an article that can be sent to a newspaper or journal. Automatically, they will have some credit to raise their value and they will prosper. Training was given to 50 elementary school teachers from Sagarenten Village. We found that there is actually one teacher who has experience in conducting classroom research, but there are still many teachers who are lacking in making research and articles. After understanding the material, they try to make research in the classroom and design it into an article.Keywords; writing articles, research classes, credit

scholarly journals THE REPRESENTATIONS OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION AMONG ELEMENTARY TEACHERS IN ROMANIA: BETWEEN COGNITION AND CITIZENSHIP

2020 ◽  
Vol 13(62) (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
A. SAVARD ◽  
A. CAVALCANTE ◽  
D. CĂPRIOARĂ
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Rational Arguments

This paper presents a study conducted with 83 Romanian elementary school teachers about their representations of Financial Education (FE) and the importance of teaching it in school. The teachers responded to an online survey about their perceptions and their needs to teach Financial Literacy (FL). The preliminary results show that most of the teachers recognize the importance of learning FL. Their rationale for the importance of financial education in schools range from rational arguments, to citizenships arguments with sociocultural arguments in between.

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