Recently added articles from Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics:
Kindergarten and first graders' knowledge of the number symbols: production and recognition.(Report)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Hindu-Arabic number system represents amounts of objects by number symbols, without referring to other properties of these objects (e.g., color, size). That is to say that the number symbols, like many other symbols, are linked to the objects that they represent in an arbitrary but ...
Teacher-developed mathematics performance assessments in the context of reform-based professional development.(Report)
Jan 01, 2008; ... One of the disappointments associated with the mathematical reform movement is the increasing mismatch between the improvements made in curriculum and instruction and prevalent assessment modes (Firestone & Schorr, 2004; Niss, 1993). Despite early calls for change in assessment practice, ...
A complex system analysis of practitioners' discourse about research.(Report)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The recent past has seen an increasing frequency of calls for teachers to implement "evidence-based" practices (Davies, 1999; U.S. Department of Education, 2002). At the same time, it has been noted that teachers see research as largely irrelevant to practice (Lester & William, 2002; ...
From an operational to a relational conception of the equal sign: third graders' developing algebraic thinking.(Report)
Jan 01, 2008; ... As algebra has taken a more prominent role in mathematics education, many are advocating introducing children to it in primary school (e.g., Carraher, Schliemann, Brizuela, & Earnest, 2006; Kaput, 2000; National Council of Teacher of Mathematics, 2000), and open number sentences can be a ...
Class within a class: a systematic approach to teaching high school mathematics students with special needs.(Table)
Sep 22, 2007; ... Abstract A general education teacher completed an action research project in order to serve his students with special needs better by truly incorporating a special education teacher in co-teaching. By doing so with a set routine each day, the students were able to gain more ...
A framework for identifying stages of teacher change resulting from extended mathematics professional development.(Table)
Sep 22, 2007; ... Abstract With the advent of reform-based curricula and recommendations related to the teaching of mathematics from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM, 2000), teachers need access to ongoing professional development which models ways in which teachers are now ...
Listening as a vital element in synergistic argumentation during mathematics problem solving.
Sep 22, 2007; ... Abstract From research observations of activities during a second-grade mathematics problem-centered learning classroom, synergistic argumentation emerged as a class norm for discussing the students' mathematics. In this paper we analyze the contrast between two students who ...
Efficacy beliefs, problem posing, and mathematics achievement.
Sep 22, 2007; ... Abstract Perceived self-efficacy beliefs have been found to be a strong predictor of mathematical performance while problem posing is considered fundamental in mathematical learning. In this study we examined the relation among efficacy in problem posing, problem-posing ability, ...
Preservice elementary teachers' visual images of themselves as mathematics teachers.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract This study investigated preservice elementary teachers' pictorial representations of how they envision their future classroom and describe their own actions as well as those of their students. Drawings were analyzed for the preservice teachers' self-perceptions and for ...
The construction of a classification schema as a foundation for mathematical understanding in young deaf children.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract While it is known that the mathematics achievement levels of deaf children are substantially below that of their hearing peers, it is not known when or in what capacity these delays begin. It is possible that differences in achievement are also demonstrated in the early ...
Solving problems on functions: role of the graphing calculator.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract To study the roles that the graphing calculator plays in solving problems about functions, a small quasi-experimental study was conducted with four pairs of undergraduate students solving problems with and without the graphing calculator. The analysis of the protocols ...
Guided notes: an interactive method for success in secondary and college mathematics classrooms.(Report)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Abstract This paper reports the results of an action research project that examined the use of interactive guided notes in two sections of freshman level college algebra. This method unifies lecture, in-class guided practice, and cooperative learning into the students' note ...
Co-taught middle school mathematics classrooms: accommodations and enhancements for students with specific learning disabilities.
Mar 22, 2007;
First and second graders use of mathematically-based and practically-based explanations for multiplication with zero.
Mar 22, 2007;
Initial treatment of fractions in Japanese textbooks.
Mar 22, 2007;
A preliminary investigation of placement and predictors of success for students with learning disabilities in university-required mathematics courses.
Jan 01, 2007;
Some insights about college students' interpretations of histograms.
Jan 01, 2007;
They know the math, but the words get in the way.
Jan 01, 2007;
Attitudes toward mathematics of precalculus and calculus students.
Jan 01, 2007;
Is there a role for concept mapping in mathematics? An introduction to this special issue.
Jun 22, 2006;