References for Mathematics Teachers: The high-school mathematics library—I

1954 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-125
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
School Library ◽  
Atomic Energy ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
Average High School ◽  
High School Library

The average high-school library usually carries on its shelves a goodly number of books on science. And why not? A science-conscious public is attracted by an abundance of popularized science literature, and the irresistible glamor of atomic energy, electronics, space ships, rockets, and the like. Regrettably, the same cannot be said for the mathematics shelf. To be sure, the celebrated man-in-the-street is not as conscious of mathematics, or, if so, he rather fears it; nor is the glamor as obvious. Yet there is no great dearth of books about mathematics for high school students and their teachers.

scholarly journals Junior high school mathematics teachers’ knowledge in calculators

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Isaac Bengre Taley ◽  
Matilda Sarpong Adusei
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Real Life ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
High School Mathematics Teachers

Helping junior high school students to use calculators and computers for problem solving and investigating real-life situations is an objective of the junior high school mathematics curriculum in Ghana. Ironically, there is a technological drought in junior high school mathematics instruction in Ghana, with a suspicion that mathematics teachers’ competency in the use of calculators for teaching may be the source of this lack of use. This study sought to establish a correlation between junior high school mathematics teachers’ competence and the motivation supporting the use of calculators in teaching.  A descriptive survey comprising of a test and questionnaire was used to collect data from junior high school mathematics teachers in an educational district in Ghana. Teacher characteristics such as educational attainment, age, and gender in relation to teachers’ competency in the use of calculators were discussed in the study. The results showed that about 70% of the teachers exhibited a low level of calculator competence. Besides, novice teachers outperformed expert teachers in the calculator competency-based test. Additionally, mathematics teachers’ enthusiasm for using calculators in teaching was directly associated with the teachers’ level of competency. The findings may send a signal to stakeholders in their efforts to revising the Ghana JHS curriculum in order to actualize the curriculum desire for the integration of technology in the teaching and learning of JHS mathematics.

Impact of Educational Software on Teaching Mathematics (Case Study of Application of Zambak Interactive Form)

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet CAKIR
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Educational Software ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

This article presents the results of a quantitative and qualitative research on the attitudes of students and beliefs of teachers about educational software prepared for mathematics lessons. It will be helpful for high school mathematics teachers as well as for researchers in the field of teaching mathematics. The aim of the article is to investigate the beliefs and attitudes of high school students and mathematics teachers about some educational software, including “Zambak Interactive Form” that is prepared for mathematics lessons. In the article, the following questions are answered: “What are the criteria for selecting or preparing an educational software for mathematics lessons?”, “How are the attitudes of high school students about the educational software for mathematics lesson?” and “What are the beliefs and attitudes of mathematics teachers about the educational software and Zambak Interactive Form?” For the research part of the article, two questionnaires were developed by the researcher; one for high school students and another for mathematics teachers from 9 countries. Student’s questionnaire searches the attitudes of students towards educational software. Teacher’s questionnaire searches the beliefs of mathematics teachers about educational devices and software. It was found that the use of appropriate software and technological devices in education have a positive effect on the attitude of students in mathematics lessons. The administrators need to support their teachers to find or prepare effective software for their schools. Also, majority of the teachers are aware of the importance of using appropriate educational software.

Sound Off!: Why Do So Many Students Perform So Poorly in Higher-Level Mathematics

2003 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-104
Author(s):  
Kathryn Risher
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematics Courses ◽  
Do So ◽  
High School Mathematics Teachers

As high school mathematics teachers, my colleagues and I face this sad reality on a daily basis. After years of experience instructing teenagers in algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus, we have recognized a number of forces that impede the success of high school students in higher-level mathematics courses. Many students and their parents either fail to recognize these forces or refuse to face them.

Astronomical Math

1999 ◽  
Vol 92 (9) ◽  
pp. 786-792
Author(s):  
Robert Ryden
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
The Sun ◽  
The Moon ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
Orbital Periods ◽  
High School Mathematics Teachers

High school mathematics teachers are always looking for applications that are real and yet accessible to high school students. Astronomy has been little used in that respect, even though high school students can understand many of the problems of classical astronomy. Examples of such problems include the following: How did classical astronomers calculate the diameters and masses of Earth, the Moon, the Sun, and the planets? How did they calculate the distances to the Sun and Moon? How did they calculate the distances to the planets and their orbital periods? Many students are surprised to learn that most of these questions were first answered, often quite accurately, using mathematics that they can understand.

scholarly journals Improvement of Teacher Competency In Mathematics Olympiad Trainers For Junior High School Students in Madiun District

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Tohir
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
Practice Questions ◽  
High School Mathematics Teachers

The objective of this research is to describe the improvement of the competence of Olympic workshop participants in problem-solving of mathematics Olympiad for mathematics teachers of Junior High Schools in the Madiun Regency by using the qualitative descriptive approach. The subjects of this research were 66 participants of junior high school mathematics teachers workshop organized by Mathematics teachers in each junior high school or MGMP in collaboration with the Depatment of Education and Culture of Madiun Regency. The data collection were carried out with a written test in the description form consisting the results of pre-test, post-test, practice questions, presentations from each group and observation results during the workshop. The results indicated that the mathematics Olympiad workshop activities for Junior High School mathematics teachers in Madiun Regency could increase the understanding of workshop participants in solving mathematics Olympiad questions. This improvement could be seen from the answers of practice questions as well as from the presentations session whereas the teachers could clearly describe several topics such as an algebraic, number theory, geometry, combinatorics, and statistics. However, an advanced Olympics workshops are still needed to help the teachers of Junior High School mathematics Olympiad in Madiun Regency.

scholarly journals Integrating Information Technology Into and Across the Curriculum: A Short Course for Secondary Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Eleanor B. Howe
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Students ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Electronic Search ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
High School Library

The installation of technology in the school library is only the first step in its effective use by students. Many search engines are not intuitively obvious to users, and although students love computers, they often need help with searching. The author combines the results of action research in the high school library with conclusions in the professional literature to argue that systematic formal instruction in electronic search skills is necessary for awareness of library software and competence in its use. The paper focuses on the why, what, when, where, and how of teaching electronic search skills to high school students.

Teaching Algebra and Geometry Concepts by Modeling Telescope Optics

2008 ◽  
Vol 101 (7) ◽  
pp. 490-497
Author(s):  
Lauren M. Siegel ◽  
Gail Dickinson ◽  
Eric J. Hooper ◽  
Mark Daniels
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Geometer's Sketchpad ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Teaching Algebra ◽  
Questions And Answers ◽  
Telescope Optics ◽  
Traditional Proof

Preparation and delivery of high school mathematics lessons that integrate mathematics and astronomy through The Geometer's Sketchpad models, traditional proof, and inquiry-based activities. The lessons were created by a University of Texas UTeach preservice teacher as part of a project-based field experience in which high school students construct a working Dobsonian telescope. Eleven investigations with questions and answers are included.

A Geometric Puzzle That Leads to Fibonacci Sequences

1998 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
Benjamin Ruff
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Mathematical Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Fibonacci Sequences ◽  
Informal Approach

Mathematics teachers are constantly challenged to find problems that bring to their students the intellectual pleasure of searching, discovering, generalizing, and finding new and unexpected relationships. An elementary geometric puzzle, familiar to many high school students and teachers, offers a means to roam into several seemingly unrelated areas. The following investigation suggests a way to do some mathematical research while maintaining a playful and informal approach.

scholarly journals Pippi's Pancakes - Culinary Jam Sessions in the School Library

2021 ◽  
pp. 341-350
Author(s):  
Marianne Ageberg ◽  
Margaretha Holstenson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Library ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
New Thinking

Project-based learning is a way of working which is gaining ground in Swedish schools. The Swedish Government has recently decreed that senior high school students must carry out a fairly extensive piece of research in the form of a project. The project has to be finished in one and a half years from preparatory planning to final presentation. Working with projects has now more clearly made the School Library in Sweden into an educational resource. In our seminar we will give you some idea of how project-based learning is being practised as teamwork between librarians, students and teachers in two Swedish senior high school libraries. We show how we guide teachers and students in our libraries, now well equipped with traditional media as well as modern technology. We will also point out specific problems that we meet and draw attention to new thinking about learning in modern society.

scholarly journals Inappropriate Strategies That Senior High School Students Use When Solving Routine Problems in Basic Algebra

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Kwabena Amoakoh
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Basic Algebra ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Mathematics Text

The purpose of the study was to identify the inappropriate strategies that senor high school students used when solving routine problems in basic algebra. The study was conducted with second year students of Eguafo Senior High School, Edinaman Senior High School and Komenda Secondary Technical School; all situated in the Central Region of Ghana. The data used in the analysis were collected form 120 students of the various programmes in the Senior High School. The simple random sampling method was used in the selection of the sample and the descriptive sample survey was the research design used. Essay type achievement tests and interview were used in the data collection. The test involved 20 independent test items under 10 routine problems in basic algebra. The test items were carefully selected from various Senior High School Mathematics text books and WAEC past questions under the supervision of the supervisor. Students were assembled in their classrooms for the administration of the tests. The tests were administered during official school hours. A total of thirty students, ten from each school were interviewed individually on their solutions to the test items. The failure strategies identified were observed to have comprised one or some combinations of a number of errors classified into six types as follows: a. Sign Errors, Misconception, Slip-shod Errors, Misapplication of RulesComputational Errors and Miscellaneous Errors. It was recommended that textbook authors in their text books should caution students on the possible common mistakes students make with each topic.  

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