A Laboratory Course in Making Visual Aids for Mathematics Education

A Novel course is being given at the University of Michigan for prospective teachers of mathematics. It provides an opportunity to make aids that illustrate basic concepts and principles of mathematics. Although teachers of mathematics have long used such learning aids as blackboards, graphs, models, etc., the fact is that most mathematics classrooms are too barren of things- of aids that illustrate concepts and principles. The student teacher completing this course may be far too busy when he starts carrying a heavy load on his first job to make learning aids himself. However, with the info rmation gained he should be able to so manage that each semester a few ingenious high school pupils will make them for use by the class, and thus contribute effective learning aids to the permanent equipment of the mathematics classroom.

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A Tutoring Program for Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers

Mathematics Teacher ◽

10.5951/mt.64.8.0721 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 64 (8) ◽

pp. 721-724

Author(s):

James K. Bidwell

Keyword(s):

Student Teaching ◽

Prospective Teachers ◽

Secondary Mathematics ◽

University Of Michigan ◽

School Students ◽

Public School Students ◽

Secondary Mathematics Teachers ◽

Tutoring Program ◽

The University ◽

Additional Exposure

Relevance is one of the current key words in undergraduate methods classes for prospective teachers. We have long realized that “talking about” teaching does not provide a sufficient basis even for student teaching experiences. Generally, contact with public school students is desirable prior to student teaching. However, it is often difficult to make the necessary administrative arrangements to provide additional exposure time for college students. As a partial answer to this problem, an experimental tutoring program was instituted at the University of Michigan. What follows is an account of the origin of this program and its development during the school years 1969-70 and 1970-71.

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Things you can try: Dominoes in the mathematics classroom

The Arithmetic Teacher ◽

10.5951/at.18.1.0053 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 53-59

Author(s):

Charlotte W. Junge ◽

Tom E. Massey

Keyword(s):

Mathematics Classroom ◽

Ninth Grade ◽

Laboratory School ◽

University Of Florida ◽

Effective Learning ◽

Mathematics Program ◽

Ninth Grade Students ◽

The University ◽

Traditional Game

During a summer mathematics program for ninth-grade students at the P. K. Yonge Laboratory School of the University of Florida, the mathematics staff found a traditional game to be a very popular and effective learning aid. The game of dominoes was enjoyed and played frequently by students of all levels of ability.

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Novae in the Magellanic Clouds

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100073334 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 96-101

Author(s):

J.A. Graham

Keyword(s):

Large Magellanic Cloud ◽

Magellanic Cloud ◽

Magellanic Clouds ◽

University Of Michigan ◽

The Past ◽

Spectroscopic Information ◽

Objective Prism ◽

The University ◽

Small Cloud ◽

Low Dispersion

During the past several years, a systematic search for novae in the Magellanic Clouds has been carried out at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. The Curtis Schmidt telescope, on loan to CTIO from the University of Michigan is used to obtain plates every two weeks during the observing season. An objective prism is used on the telescope. This provides additional low-dispersion spectroscopic information when a nova is discovered. The plates cover an area of 5°x5°. One plate is sufficient to cover the Small Magellanic Cloud and four are taken of the Large Magellanic Cloud with an overlap so that the central bar is included on each plate. The methods used in the search have been described by Graham and Araya (1971). In the CTIO survey, 8 novae have been discovered in the Large Cloud but none in the Small Cloud. The survey was not carried out in 1974 or 1976. During 1974, one nova was discovered in the Small Cloud by MacConnell and Sanduleak (1974).

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