Search results for "Math Education"
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Hands-On Math and Art Exhibition Promoting Science Attitudes and Educational Plans
2017
The current science, technology, engineering, art, math education (STEAM) approach emphasizes integration of abstract science and mathematical ideas for concrete solutions by art. The main aim was to find out how experience of learning mathematics differed between the contexts of school and an informal Math and Art Exhibition. The study participants (N=256) were 12-13 years old from Finland. Several valid questionnaires and tests were applied (e.g., SRQ-A, RAVEN) in pre- and postdesign showing a good reliability. The results based on General Linear Modeling and Structural Equation Path Modeling underline the motivational effects. The experience of the effectiveness of hands-on learning at s…
Une quête d'exactitude : machines, algèbre et géométrie pour la construction traditionnelle des équations différentielles
2015
In La Géométrie, Descartes proposed a “balance” between geometric constructions and symbolic manipulation with the introduction of suitable ideal machines. In particular, Cartesian tools were polynomial algebra (analysis) and a class of diagrammatic constructions (synthesis). This setting provided a classification of curves, according to which only the algebraic ones were considered “purely geometrical.” This limit was overcome with a general method by Newton and Leibniz introducing the infinity in the analytical part, whereas the synthetic perspective gradually lost importance with respect to the analytical one—geometry became a mean of visualization, no longer of construction. Descartes’s…
Women in physics: A comparison to science, technology, engineering, and math education over four decades
2016
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Gender in Physics.] The dearth of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields has been lamented by scholars, administrators, policymakers, and the general public for decades, and the STEM gender gap is particularly pronounced in physics. While previous research has demonstrated that this gap is largely attributable to a lack of women pursuing physics in college, prior research reveals little in terms of the characteristics and career interests of women who do plan to major in physics or how these traits have evolved over time. To address these gaps, this study utilized nationwide data on first-time, full-time college stu…
VIII Colloque International –VIII International Conference - A.S.I. Analyse Statistique Implicative ––Statistical Implicative Analysis
2015
Le huitième colloque A.S.I. 8 s’est déroulé dans un contexte d’espérance stimulée pour la démocratie tunisienne avec l’attribution du Prix Nobel de la Paix pour 2015. Comme on a pu le lire dans les journaux : « Le comité Nobel norvégien a décidé de récompenser, vendredi 9 octobre 2015, le quartet menant le dialogue national en Tunisie, qui s’est distingué pour «sa contribution décisive dans la construction d’une démocratie pluraliste en Tunisie après la “révolution du jasmin” de 2011 » ». (Le Monde) Un tel contexte est de toute évidence plus propice à la créativité scientifique, à l’exercice de la pensée critique qui fonde les dimensions épistémologique et méthodologique des champs scientif…
VI Colloque International –VI International Conference - A.S.I. Analyse Statistique Implicative ––Statistical Implicative Analysis
2012
HIERARCHICAL AND NON-HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING METHODS TO ANALYSE AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE ON ALGEBRAIC THINKING
2016
In recent years, some papers have tried to develop detailed models of the reasoning competences of the student populations tested, or to subdivide a sample of students into intellectually similar subgroups, by using quantitative or qualitative analysis methods. It is worth noting that research papers using quantitative analysis methods to study student responses to open-ended questionnaire can be found in Science and Physics education (Springuel et al., 2007), but the same cannot be said for research in Mathematics education. In this paper we focus on the application of hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering methods referred to dendrograms and k-means approaches (Everitt, et al., 2011…
Collaborative Teaching in the Italian "Liceo Matematico": A Case Study of Co-Planning and Co-Teaching
2020
This contribution is centred on a case study of collaborative teaching, carried out among Upper Secondary School Math teachers. Here we present the context, the forms of the implemented collaboration and the effects that derived from the collaborative teaching. The used investigation tool was the semi-structured interview aimed to induce teachers to gradually reflect on their self and their teaching modus operandi. From the qualitative analysis emerged that collaborative teaching integrated different ways of teaching; it has been a stimulus for a etching “revision” and the possibility to improve the didactic-educational practice. For all teachers this way to define the teaching activities w…
MATHEMATICS AND REALITIES - MATHÉMATIQUES AND RÉALITÉS Actes/Proceedings of CIEAEM 66
2014
TEACHING AND LEARNING MATHEMATICS: RESOURCES AND OBSTACLES - ENSEIGNER ET APPRENDRE LES MATHEMATIQUES: RESSOURCES ET OBSTACLES. Actes/Proceedings CIE…
2015
The CIEAEM 67 conference was held in Aosta, Italy, from 21st to 24th July 2015 and successfully involved more than 120 participants from all over the world. Researchers, teachers, educators, and students from 20 countries (10 non-European) met to discuss, in a collaborative and inspiring environment, the most prominent problems, obstacles and resources in mathematics education; they also presented their latest research findings in the several conference activities: plenary talks, a round table, working groups, workshops, and poster presentations (forum of ideas). As in previous CIEAEM meetings, Working Groups constituted the beating heart of the conference, allowing the participants to frui…