Joan Armistead, Coach of First MATHCOUNTS National Champions

1985 ◽  
Vol 78 (7) ◽  
pp. 508-511
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
First Year ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
National Champions

Mathcounts is a nationwide competition for seventh- and eighth- grade students. NCTM participated in developing the MATHCOUNTS materials and is one of five major sponsors. The Editorial Panel of the Mathematics Teacher felt that an interview with Joan Armistead, the coach of the team to win highest honors in the first year of the competition, would be interesting to readers.

Using Active Learning Strategies to Motivate Students

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-51
Author(s):  
Kimberly R. Boyer
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
First Year ◽  
Mathematical Connections ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Active Learning Strategies

Icouldn't believe my ears when i heard a colleague make this statement during my first year of teaching: “Eighth grade is the year that the students' brains are turned off.” Was it true? Were eighth-grade students really that hopeless? In my early years of teaching, I was on a mission to be the best mathematics teacher I could be by incorporating problem solving, reasoning, communication, and mathematical connections into each lesson. I wanted to take time to involve my students personally so that they could see how mathematics directly affects their lives. However, I quickly learned that there is “no one way to be a topnotch teacher” (Harmin 1998, p. 2).

Relative Validity of the Orleans-Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test in the Prediction of Girls' and Boys' Grades in First-Year Algebra

1985 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald S. Hanna ◽  
Joan L. Sonnenschein
Keyword(s):  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
First Year ◽  
Relative Validity ◽  
Eighth Grade Students

The relative predictive validity of girls' and boys' success in algebra is examined. Eighth-grade students took the Orleans-Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test. These prognosis test scores were correlated with grades that 519 girls and 421 boys subsequently earned in first-year algebra. Algebra grades of girls proved to be more predictable than those of boys ( p <.05). Comparison of the present findings with those of an earlier study suggest that no changes during a 14-year period in the differential predictive validity of the sexes is evident. Implications for counselors and teachers are drawn and discussed.

How Big is Your Foot?

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 476-481
Author(s):  
Suzanne Levin Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Real World ◽  
Upper Elementary ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
First Year ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
School Grades ◽  
First Year Teacher ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Elementary And Middle School

Concepts relating to fractions and measurement are difficult for students in the upper elementary and middle school grades to grasp (Bright and Heoffner 1993; Coburn and Shulte 1986; Levin 1998; Thompson 1994; Thompson and Van de Walle 1985; Witherspoon 1993). As a first-year teacher, I learned the value of relating difficult concepts, especially abstract concepts, to students' real-world experiences. The “How Big Is Your Foot?” project grew out of a question that I asked my eighth-grade students during my first year of teaching. We had just finished studying conversions in the metric system and had begun working with conversions in the customary system. As a warmup question, I asked my students to describe the distance from my desk to the door of the classroom. I wrote their responses on the chalkboard as they called out estimates: 1 meter, 60 meters, 25 feet, 300 inches, 300 centimeters.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN KOMUNIKASI MATEMATIS SISWA DITINJAU DARI MINAT BELAJAR SISWA PADA PEMBELAJARAN DARING DIMASA PANDEMI COVID 19

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-141
Author(s):  
Roslian Lubis ◽  
Muhammad Syahril Harahap ◽  
Pia Paramita Tarihoran
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Mathematical Communication ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Communication Ability ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Learning Interest

The aims of this study is to describe students’ mathematical communication ability in term of learning interest in learning online during the Covid-19. The approach of the research used qualitative descriptive with 11 students and 1 mathematics teacher at the eighth grade students as the subject of the research which taken by using purposive sampling technique. Questionnaire, test, and interview were used in collecting the data. The result of the research shows average of students’ mathematical communication ability 57.48 (average category) and average of students’ learning interest is 70.36 (good category). Furthermore, the result of the research shows students’ learning interest is high then students’ mathematical communication ability is high, students’ learning interest is average then students’ mathematical communication ability is average, students’ learning interest is low then students’ mathematical communication ability is low.

ENGARUH MODEL PEMBELAJARAN AKTIF COURSE REVIEW HORAY TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR BIOLOGI SISWA KELAS VIII SMP NEGERI 10 BATAM

SIMBIOSA ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramses Ramses ◽  
Nurhaty Purnama Sari ◽  
Harni Lainy Br.Bakkara
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
T Test ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Homogeneity Test ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Biology Learning

This study aims to know the influence of active learning model Course Review Horay to biology learning outcomes at eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 10 Batam academic year 2013/2014. This research design is  randomized experiment using posttest only control-group design. The study population is all the eighth grade students of  SMP Negeri 10 Batam with reached population consist of 7 classes. The sampling technique using a simple random sampling. Samples were selected class VIII5 as control class and VIII8 as experiment class. The instrument  that use in this research is the form of the test. Requirement have been in the form of normality and homogeneity test, which showed that normal and homogeneous data. Technique of data analysis conducted by the t test. The result analysis of data using the t test showed the tvalue 3.01 and ttable is 2.00 (tvalue > ttable). The results showed that the active learning result model Course Review Horay give effect to increase student learning outcomes from the average of the experimental class 82,57 and control class 76,04. Thus, the hypothesis put forward acceptable significance level (α = 0.05). Thus, it can be concluded that the using of active learning model Course Review Horay influential on learning outcomes of biology at eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 10 Batam. Keywords: Course Review Horay, Biology Learning Outcomes.

PEGARUH PENGGUNAAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF DAN GAYA BELAJAR KOGNITIF TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR ILMU PENGETAHUAN SOSIAL

Akademika ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
Nursanita Nasution ◽  
Acep Nurulah
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Experimental Comparison ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Eighth Grade Students

This study aims to determine the effect of cooperative learning models and studentlearning styles on the results of learning Social Sciences. Conventional learning models thatrely on reading books, multiplying practice exercises, teacher explanations in the classroom,students are expected to be more diligent in practicing questions suspected of influencingsocial studies learning outcomes. Conventional models are considered to be less than optimal,because basically students will easily feel bored because they have to open sheets per sheetby understanding the contents of the book and listening to the teacher's explanation in frontof the class verbally.This study uses an experimental comparison method containing activities planned and carriedout by researchers, 2x2 factorial design in this study to find out whether there are differencesin social studies learning outcomes between students who obtain learning with cooperativelearning models and students who obtain conventional learning. The population in this studywere all eighth grade students of Al-Kamil Middle School Islamic Boarding School in CianjurRegency, West Java. Affordable population there are eighth grade students of Al-KamilMiddle School Islamic Boarding School District. Cianjur numbered 120 students. The resultsof this study indicate that there is an interaction effect between learning models and learningstyles on the results of social studies learning at Al-Kamil Middle School Islamic BoardingSchool. Learning outcomes of students who have independent learning styles and followcooperative learning models are higher than students' learning outcomes that followconventional learning models. Likewise the learning outcomes of students who havedependent learning styles and follow cooperative learning models are higher than students'learning outcomes that follow conventional learning models

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