Training elementary mathematics teachers using interactive multimedia

Two studies were conducted wherein an interactive, multimedia-based instructional system was piloted with preservice elementary school teachers. Mathematics methods classes experienced conventional instruction with a new interactive technological-instructional system as supplemental course material. An analysis of interview data indicated that students were more likely to incorporate the knowledge they acquired from the system into their teaching repertoire. Many students thought that this mode of presentation enhanced their learning of mathematics teaching methods and their teaching in other fields.This project was supported, in part, by a grant from the National Science Foundation (Award # TPE-8950317) and International Business Machines.     

A model of gameful design for learning using interactive tabletops: enactment and evaluation in the socio-emotional education classroom

Educational technology research and development - Building on established pedagogy and technological advancement, this article presents a model of gameful design for learning using interactive...     

An economic evaluation of elementary education for dropouts in Indonesia

The article presents the results of benefit-cost analysis for an experimental and prototype elementary education program in Indonesia which is designed to solve a serious dropout problem. The program will use nonformal and self-paced methods to return 10, 000 children to elementary school in order to complete grades four through six.Alternative benefit-cost ratios are calculated using differing assumptions regarding probable lifetime earnings-enhancement and alternative discount rates. The calculations consider only private benefits and opportunity costs in addition to the project budget; however, several of the problems and unresolved questions that arose in the process of making the evaluation in a less developed country are discussed.     

情境教学在小学数学教育中的应用研究

数学新课程的教学设计尤其注重充分发挥学生的主体作用,这就要求教师要在教学中设计合适的教学情境和教学条件,充分调动学生的学习热情和动力,引导学生主动参与到教学之中。本文以情境教学在小学数学教学中作用、实现情境教学的方法和应注意事项为重点,对情境教学在小学数学教育中的应用开展了较为详细的研究。     

小学教育专业高等数学教学探析

从三个方面对小学教育专业高等数学的教学进行了探讨，即：充分展示数学思维过程；突出数学思想方法；突出高等数学与初等数学在内容上的互补性。     

An evaluation of health and sexuality education in Turkish elementary school curricula

Research was undertaken to evaluate whether and to what extent the health‐related domains, including sexuality education, specified by the Development of Health Awareness in Adolescent Project Science Committee overlapped with the goals and objectives of the 2002/03 elementary school curricula (grades one to eight; ages 7–14 years) in Turkey. For this aim, the goals and objectives of the courses in the curricula that include health‐related and sexuality‐related subjects were compared by the seven domains with a total of 230 subcategories. The analysis demonstrated that 147 of the 230 subcategories matched the goals and objectives of the curricula with the highest frequencies in the domains of physical development, protection from detrimental‐external factors and healthy living habits. However, the domain of healthy beginning to life was found to have the lowest frequency. Moreover, subcategories such as pregnancy–birth, unintended pregnancy, sexual identity, changes in adolescence, sexual violence and abuse, birth control and sexual discrimination were not covered at all. These results are discussed in relation to the missing points that might have implications for policy and practice in health and sexuality education in Turkey.     

高师数学教育如何适应基础教育新课程改革的要求

基础教育新数学课程的实施对中小学数学教师的教育教学工作提出了许多新的要求。从而也为培养中小学数学教师的高师数学教育提出了更高的要求．为了适应基础教育新课程的改革．高师数学教育应加强对师范生的情感态度及价值观的教育，调整高师的课程体系与内容，倡导新的学习方式，转变传统的教学方式。改革传统的评价方式.     

浅析高等数学思想方法在初等学科教育中的重要作用

数学思想方法是数学的灵魂,渗透于整个数学的学习与应用过程.本文论述了数学思想方法的含义,并结合实例阐述了高等数学思想方法在初数学及其他学科学习中的重要的作用.     

An inclusive pedagogy in mathematics education

In this article, the author discusses characteristics in feminist pedagogy literature and situates them with respect to four dialectical aspects. These characteristics are then combined with non-discriminatory classroom practices to develop a frame of reference for an inclusive pedagogy in mathematics education.     

面向问题解决能力培养小学数学教育游戏设计研究

当今具有问题解决能力的人才越来越受到社会的欢迎,基于此教学改革势在必行,而基础小学教学也随之适应形式,积极采取自身改革,将"问题解决能力"作为教学目标。本文依照小学四年级上册教材的教学内容,根据已有的面向问题解决能力培养的小学数学教育游戏设计时要遵循的设计理念与策略,进行了世界案例的概念设计,并对其教学功能进行了详细的阐述,并解释了如何在小学数学教育游戏中实现问题解决能力的培养。     

Conceptualizing, investigating, and enhancing adaptive expertise in elementary mathematics education

Some years ago, Hatano differentiated between routine and adaptive expertise and made a strong plea for the development and implementation of learning environments that aim at the latter type of expertise and not just the former. In this contribution we reflect on one aspect of adaptivity, namely the adaptive use of solution strategies in elementary school arithmetic. In the first part of this article we give some conceptual and methodological reflections on the adaptivity issue. More specifically, we critically review definitions and operationalisations of strategy adaptivity that only take into account task and subject characteristics and we argue for a concept and an approach that also involve the sociocultural context. The second part comprises some educational considerations with respect to the questions why, when, for whom, and how to strive for adaptive expertise in elementary mathematics education.     

高等数学思想在初等数学中的渗透

本文通过笔者的教学实践,对高等数学方法在初等数学的渗透作系统总结,突出高观点下的数学教学的理念。     

数学教育与人文教育的整合

数学教育的目的不仅要教会学生掌握这门科学的基本原理和方法,更要在数学教学过程中体现数学的人文教育功能.在教学设计中应该充分挖掘数学教学内容中的人文素材,设计合理的教学方式和评价方式,实现数学教育与人文教育的整合.     

新基础教育改革下的课程评价

课程评价对课程的实施起着重要的导向和质量监控作用,因此如何理解评价的目的功能和方法,将直接影响着课程培养目标的实现.本文通过对课程评价历史的、现实的及理论上的考察,希望对帮助人们正确理解新课程评价标准,转变评价观念,实施新的评价方法起一点作用.     

矢量在初等数学中的应用

利用矢量,可以把三维欧氏空间的几何结构有系统的代数化,从而使某些初等数学问题更简洁地得以解决．就初等数学中常见的几类问题,给出了用矢量法解决的新思路、新途径．