Soundoff: New Federal Programs for Mathematics Education

1985 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-9
Author(s):  
Alphonse Buccino
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
American Education ◽  
Federal Programs ◽  
National Debate ◽  
Mathematics And Science Education ◽  
Mathematics And Science

Those of us who work in mathematics and science education have the sense that a national debate has been raging for some time about weaknesses in American education, especially in these subjects, and have been expecting some resolution of the debate by the federal government. The resolution appears to be at hand. This note reviews the major features of the debate and describes some of the new programs that have resulted.

scholarly journals Forces for Change in Mathematics Education—: The Case of TIMSS

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald S. Macnab
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
International Study ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
The Third ◽  
Mathematics And Science Education ◽  
Mathematics Curricula ◽  
Mathematics And Science ◽  
Selection Of

The results of the Third International Study in Mathematics and Science Education (TIMSS) were published in 1996/7. Since that time the participating countries have reacted in a variety of ways to the comparative performance of their students. This article investigates the diverse effects these reactions have had on mathematics curricula and teaching methodologies in a selection of these countries, within the context of a wider analysis of the motivations which determine change in education.

scholarly journals Argumentation in K-12 Mathematics and Science Education: A Content Analysis of Articles

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Hendra Kartika ◽  
Mega Teguh Budiarto ◽  
Yusuf Fuad
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Research Trend ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
Mathematics And Science Education ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Education Science ◽  
Mathematics And Science

The current study employed a content analysis approach to analyze and compare argumentation research in K-12 mathematics and science education published on top five academic journals with the highest impact factor from 2010 to 2019. It includes 9 research articles in the field of mathematics education and 77 research articles in the field of science education. The objectives of this study are to examine the similarities and differences in number of articles, contributors by nationality, method and design, subject, model, setting, and research topics. The results show that despite the argumentation research trend in both contexts tends to decrease, there are more researches related to argumentation on science subject compared to mathematics at K-12 level. These results have an impact on the increasingly diverse categories of argumentation studies in K-12 science. The implications of this research can obviously provide insights to the study of argumentation for mathematics education, science, and education researchers.

Psychology’s role in mathematics and science education.

2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 538-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora S. Newcombe ◽  
Nalini Ambady ◽  
Jacquelynne Eccles ◽  
Louis Gomez ◽  
David Klahr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Mathematics And Science Education ◽  
Mathematics And Science

scholarly journals Algebraic competences and emotional intelligence of first year Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Science Education students at the Copperbelt University in Zambia

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-195
Author(s):  
Allan Musonda
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Self Report ◽  
First Year ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Bachelor Of Science ◽  
Mathematics And Science Education ◽  
Algebra Achievement ◽  
Mathematics And Science

This study examined the relationship between algebraic competences and emotional intelligence offirst yearBachelor of Science in mathematics and science education students at Copperbelt University in Zambia. All (143) first year Bachelor of Science in mathematics and science education students, in 2016, were purposively selected for the study. The study was motivated by evidence that students generally do not perform well in their first year university mathematics examinations despite the students having very good university entry grades in secondary school mathematics. This poor academic performance may be due to many factors. However, this study identified and focused on emotional intelligence as one such factor. Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to identify, assess and manage the emotions of one’s self, of others and of groups. It is argued that emotional intelligence represents an ability to reason with emotions and to use emotions to facilitate thought. On the other hand, Algebra was chosen as the focus of the study because of its centrality to the whole offirst yearuniversity mathematics content. Algebra is found in all branches of mathematics directly or indirectly. Therefore, the study explored the algebraic competences of the first year students and examined possible relationships with their emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence was measured using the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT), and algebraic competences were measured through a Grade 12 level algebra achievement test and a university level algebra achievement test constructed by the researcher. Data were analysed using non-parametric statistical techniques: Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation (rho) and the Mann-Whitney U Test. Results showed that there is a significant positive correlation between Grade 12 level andfirst yearuniversity level algebraic competences. Results also showed that there is no significant relationship between students’ algebraic competences and their emotional intelligence. Furthermore, the study reviewed that female students have higher levels of emotional intelligence than their male counterparts.Published online: 30 November 2017

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