News Notes

1925 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-124
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Plane Geometry ◽  
Elementary Geometry ◽  
Technical High School ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Actual Space

Mr. J. O. Pyle of the Harrison Technical High School (Chicago) has recently published, with P. Blakiston's Son and Company, an experimental edition of a textbook in plane geometry. In that text, according to Mr. Pyle, the “solution of actual space problems by live students is given first importance. This is because problem solving is the more difficult and more meaningful for the student's life. Deductive reasoning is given that emphasis it merits and not more. What proofs are written out in full, are written with care, and are given as examples of what rigid proofs should be; sample arguments of all the different types usually occurring in elementary geometry.

Developing High-School Students´ Competences through Math Research Workshops – the M&L Project

2019 ◽  
pp. 587-592
Author(s):  
Ariana-Stanca Vacaretu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Research Workshop ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Math Concepts ◽  
The Way

Mathematics is or it should be about problem solving and math thinking. However, what mathematics students learn in schools is more about procedures for solving different types of math exercises and problems. In many cases, students learn by heart algorithms and words (math concepts) and use them for solving different math tasks. School math is very far from what mathematicians do and, in many cases, doesn’t motivate students for learning math. This paper presents the way we organized the assessment of the students’ skills developed through math research workshops and some of the assessment results. Even though we didn’t assess all the competences the students develop through the math research workshop, the findings show that the students certainly develop their problem-solving skills.

A Study of the Reliability of Test Questions

1915 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
George Gailey Chambers
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Plane Geometry ◽  
Text Book ◽  
School Year ◽  
High School Girls ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Comparison Of The Results

This paper is a study of a test on deductive reasoning and a comparison of the results of that test with the teachers’ marks in plane geometry. T his test was given to 49 high-school girls who had just completed a half year’s work in plane geometry covering during that time the first two books of Robbins & Somerville’s text-book. Previous to their study of geometry they had studied algebra through simultaneous quadratics, spending on that 5 periods a week for one school year and 2 periods a week of ¼ of a school year. That was followed by 2 periods a week for ¼ of a school year in constructive geometry. In the case of 5 of these girls we have been unable to obtain the teacher’s marks, so that in this paper the answers of only 44 girls are taken into account.

Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Problem Based Learning dalam Pembelajaran Matematika di Kelas VIII SMPN 28 Padang

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-236
Author(s):  
Andi Susanto ◽  
Sony Ariadi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Problem ◽  
Math Ability ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
Randomized Control

This reseach is aimed at knowing the students ability in both solving the math problem and connection those who are taught by Problem Based Learning at class VIII of the Junior High school 28 Padang 2017/2018. This research is categorized as quasy Experimental Research, by using Randomized Control Group Only Design. After implementing the Problem Based Leaning, the student was directly given the test as the result showed that the score  of the student who belong to the experimental class in  problem solving recorded as 74,00 while those who were in the control class only refers to 72,30. The test average score on the experimental class in term of math connection ability was 68,73; while in the control class recorded as 62,43. The T- Test showed that T-Table equals to 1,64 with the degree of reliability 95% . This fact reveals that the students’ ability in solving the problem after being taught through Problem Based Learning is higher than in control class with T-count equals to 3,71; while their connection math ability through Problem Based Learning Model in the Experimental Class is higher than control with T-count 2.17.Keywords: Problem Based Learning, problem solving, mathematics connection

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