Metric Week—the Capitol Way

1989 ◽  
Vol 82 (6) ◽  
pp. 454-458
Author(s):  
L. Diane Miller ◽  
Jim Miller
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
Baton Rouge ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Instructional Time ◽  
National Council ◽  
Slow Process ◽  
The World ◽  
International Measurement

Metrication in the United States has been a long, slow process. In fact, some people continue to question the necessity for conversion. Why should instructional time and teachers' energies continue to be committed to improving our students' knowledge of metric measures? Because in addition to being more logically constructed and more convenient to use than our customary system of measurement, the metric system, known as Systeme International (SI), is the system of measurement being used in the world in which we are preparing our students to live. A lack of metric sense will, for some, be a handicap as they seek to participate in careers and leisure activities that involve international trade and travel. It is time to renew our commitment to helping our students understand and use this system of international measurement. This article illustrates how the faculty of Capitol High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, accepted the responsibility of helping students gain a better working knowledge of metric measures during the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics National Metric Week, 4-10 October 1987.

scholarly journals YouTube: An international platform for sharing methods of cheating

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M Seitz ◽  
Muhsin M Orsini ◽  
Meredith R Gringle
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
The United States ◽  
Instructional Videos ◽  
Video Sharing ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The World ◽  
Traditional Technologies ◽  
Written Assignments ◽  
Age Range

This study investigated the video sharing website www.youtube.com for the presence of instructional videos that teach students how to cheat on academic work. Videos were analysed to determine the methods of cheating, the popularity of the videos, the demographics of viewers and those uploading the videos, and the opinions of viewers after watching these types of videos. A total of 43 videos were included in this study. Those featured in the videos taught viewers how to cheat on exams, homework, and written assignments using modern and traditional technologies. The far majority of those featured in the videos, and their viewers, were males within the age range of those who attend middle school, high school, and college. Videos were watched by people from several different nations, including the United States (US), Canada, Australia, India, and the United Kingdom (UK). The study's results suggest that instructional cheating videos are popular among students around the world. Positive viewer feedback indicates that the videos have educated and motivated students to put the methods of cheating found in the videos to use. Educators should consider YouTube as a resource in order to become familiar with various methods of cheating.

The Organization, The Goals, and Some Activities of The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

1973 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 476-480
Author(s):  
H. Vernon Price
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Council ◽  
The World ◽  
The French Revolution

The great watchword of the French Revolution was Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Although a great oversimplification, it has been said that France exemplifies liberty, Great Britain equality, and the United States fraternity. Without attempting to apportion these virtues among the nations of the world, I should like to dwell for a few moments on fraternity as it applies in the United States to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, I believe it is in this domain that we have developed into the largest mathematical organization in the world and—we should like to think—one of the most influential.

A global therapeutic recreation discussion: An overview from Rimini, Italy

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miklos Banhidi, PhD ◽  
Fran Stavola Daly, EdD, CTRS ◽  
Eduardo De Paula Azzine, MS ◽  
Rodney B. Dieser, PhD ◽  
Shannon Hebblethwaite, PhD ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
The United States ◽  
Therapeutic Recreation ◽  
National Council ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Leisure Education ◽  
Academic Labor ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender

The 2012 World Leisure Congress (hosted by the World Leisure Organization) took place in Rimini, Italy, from September 30 to October 3. The World Leisure Organization currently has 12 global commissions on various topics (eg, children and youth, leisure education, tourism and the environment, and women and gender), which is focused on having global interactions and discussions related to the three main objectives of research, information dissemination, and advocacy.1 The purpose of this article is to summarize the World Leisure Commission on Accessibility and Inclusion academic labor related to the topic of global therapeutic recreation. To this end, the question at hand for this global commission to discuss was as follows: Is the United States National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC) an appropriate credentialing framework for professionals in different countries who are dedicated to working with people with disabilities/special needs in the area of accessibility, inclusion, and therapeutic recreation? The purpose of this article is to share, to the wider United States therapeutic recreation profession, responses and thoughts of members of the global therapeutic recreation commission.

If the World Were a Village: Learning Mathematics While Learning About the World

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-228
Author(s):  
Eva Thanheiser ◽  
Courtney Koestler
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Population ◽  
National Council ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
The World ◽  
Share Data

[The If the World Were a Village book (Smith, 2011) and activity (described in this article)] was a really good way to open one’s perspective. As an American, I tend to be a bit focused on the United States, so to see how much [or how little] of the world is actually represented in my perspective was enlightening. Living in the United States . . . I was surprised that only 5% [of the world population] were from North America. Long-standing and ongoing calls exist for making mathematics meaningful, relevant, and applicable outside the classroom. Major mathematics education organizations (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics [NCSM], Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators [AMTE], TODOS: Mathematics for ALL) have called for mathematics to be seen as a tool for understanding and critiquing the world. To prepare students and teachers to do this, we must go beyond “everyday" contexts and include analysis of social justice issues into our courses. We share an activity designed to address these calls while also addressing the mathematics goals of the course. We share data showing that prospective teachers learned mathematics while also learning about their world and reframing their view of mathematics as a tool to make sense of the world.

Modern Curriculum Problems in the Teaching of Mathematics in Secondary Schools

1939 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 118-128
Author(s):  
W. D. Reeve
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Enrollment ◽  
The Other ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Of Mathematics

The United States has more children above fourteen years of age in school than all the other countries of the world. In many communities, we have sixty per cent and in a few cases as high as ninety per cent of the ten million pupils of eligible age in school. High school enrollment has grown five times as fast as the population in general. According to Douglass,

Ten Observations on High School Economics Textbooks

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don R. Leet ◽  
Jane S. Lopus
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Education ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Comprehensive High School ◽  
National Council

This study focuses on the content of eleven high school economics textbooks currently being used throughout the United States. We reviewed them with regard to their attention to the Voluntary National Standards in Economics developed under the auspices of the National Council on Economic Education. In the process of our analysis we made ten observations about these texts, including the statement that these books fall into one of two categories: large, encyclopedic volumes which we label as ‘Comprehensive’ or shorter books aimed at a specific audience which we label as ‘Specialty’ textbooks. While many of the texts have specific shortcomings, we see that the majority of them include more material than the national standards require. Overall there is less variation in the quality of high school textbooks today than was seen in earlier generations of texts; and we argue that the majority of the current crop of comprehensive high school economics texts provides a solid introduction to the economics discipline.

Messages of Sympathy

1967 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-18
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Council ◽  
The World

Telegrams and letters have poured into the New York Secretariat from all parts of the world. President Eugen Pusic and others close to the work of the Inter national Council on Social Welfare have also received many messages of sympathy. Miss Williams' colleagues and friends in the United States have expressed their sympathy in countless messages and calls. We reproduce here only those telegrams and letters that have come from Ruth Williams' colleagues in the international field.

Officers of the NCTM Affiliated Groups

1959 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 418-425
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Roudebush
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Council ◽  
The World

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics as a dynamic, growing organization furnishes leadership in mathematics education in the United States of America and Canada. At present the membership of more than 20,000 comes from all parts of the world. The publications of NCTM are excellent, and give help and inspiration to every member.

The Most Crucial Element in Development - Training

1970 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Council ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Crucial Element ◽  
The World ◽  
National Council Of Churches

Agricultural Missions, a unit of the Division of Overseas Ministries of the National Council of Churches, considers training one of its most important concerns in its efforts toward development of disadvantaged peoples around the world. Besides sponsoring three training sessions in the United States for furloughed missionaries and nationals from the developing countries, the organization helps conduct training laboratories and sponsors other training experiences in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The training of youth in the rural areas of Africa, to enable them to help lead their own communities toward a more productive way of life, is here described in excerpts from YOUTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, a Report of the Commonwealth Africa Regional Youth Seminar, Nairobi, November 1969.

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