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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"school mathematics curriculum"”.
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Using the Monte Carlo Method to Teach Probabilistic Problem Solving to Ninth Grade General Mathematics Students
For over fifty years, mathematical curriculum reform studies throughout the United States (and other countries) have advocated the inclusion of topics from probability and statistics within the secondary school mathematics curriculum. The advanced nature of the mathematics required for conventional …
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The place of discrete mathematics in the school curriculum: An analysis of preservice teachers' perceptions of the integration of discrete mathematics into secondary level courses
The integration of discrete mathematics into the secondary school curriculum (grades 7-12) is an important consideration because the mathematical area is dynamic and interesting, providing students the development of mathematical thinking. Also, it provides for teachers the opportunity to develop …
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Diagrammatic Reasoning Skills of Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers
… reasoning and geometric knowledge of pre-service mathematics teachers. Diagrammatic reasoning skills, as a sequence of steps from visualization, to interpretation, to formalisms, are at the core of teachers"™ content knowledge for teaching. However, there is no course in the mathematics curriculum …
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A comparison of the official primary mathematics curriculum in Ghana with the way in which it is implemented by teachers
The official school mathematics curriculum - textbooks, teacher's handbooks, and syllabus - has a powerful influence on classroom practice in a developing country like Ghana, where many teachers with low teaching qualifications hardly ever have access to other sources of information and activity …
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Mathematical warrants, objects and actions in higher school mathematics
'Higher school mathematics' connotes typical upper secondary school and early college mathematics. The mathematics at this level is characterised by moves to (1) rigour in justification,(2) abstraction in content and (3) fluency in symbolic manipulation. This thesis investigates these three …
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The Contribution of Cognitive Flexibility and Socioeconomic Status to Arithmetic Skills in Chinese Children
… arithmetic domain, a crucial part of the primary school mathematics curriculum, and investigates the associations between cognitive flexibility and three types of arithmetic knowledge – procedural, conceptual, and factual – in children aged 8 to 13 years from Jiangsu, China. Additionally, this …
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An Investigation of Sixth-grade Students' Conceptualization of Angle and Angle Measure: A Retrospective Analysis of Design Research Study of a Real-world Context
… in understanding trigonometry and other advanced mathematics courses involving angles. Research has shown that sixth-grade students struggle understanding the multifaceted nature of the angle concept (Keiser, 2004). Building on existing work on students’ understanding of angle and angle measure …