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Conference Proceedings: Using E-mail in a Math/Computer Core Course (UEMCC)
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Dinosaur Math
Chun-I Chiang
(1999) pp. 1–58
Dinosaur Math, a software program designed for elementary school children, was developed to teach the basic arithmetic functions of addition and subtraction, utilizing animated effects in a game context. Dinosaur Math was pilot tested with twenty...
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Tangible Math
Lori L. Scarlatos
Interactive Technology and Smart Education Vol. 3, No. 4 (2006) pp. 293–309
Educators recognize that group work and physical involvement with learning materials can greatly enhance the understanding and retention of difficult concepts. As a result, math manipulatives--such as pattern blocks and number lines--have...
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Math in Art or Art in Math
Jerry Biller
Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and Education of Artists 1995 (October 1995)
The concept of integrating mathematics and art course work broadens an appreciation of the connection between the two. Although calculations and getting the right answer have traditionally been the focus of mathematics at the secondary level, other...
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Math Is Art
Tim Granger
Teaching Children Mathematics Vol. 7, No. 1 (2000) pp. 10–13
Describes a unit of study focusing on tessellations to show students another view of mathematics. (Author)
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Learning to Speak Math
Jennifer Demski
T.H.E. Journal Vol. 36, No. 8 (Sep 09, 2009) pp. 18–22
The presence of a bilingual educator is proving pivotal to the success of technology initiatives aimed at developing Spanish-speaking students' grasp of both the concepts and the language of mathematics. This article features Ginny Badger, a...
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Math Equals Success
Lois Symington; Carol Stanger
TEACHING Exceptional Children Vol. 32, No. 4 (2000) pp. 28–32
This article describes how the East Tennessee Technology Access Center is coordinating the use of new computer math programs designed for elementary children with and without disabilities. The use of the computer software to develop math skills,...
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Math and Data Exploration
Dennis Liu
CBE - Life Sciences Education Vol. 9, No. 3 (2010) pp. 150–153
Biology is well suited for mathematical description, from the perfect geometry of viruses, to equations that describe the flux of ions across cellular membranes, to computationally intensive models for protein folding. For this short Web review,...
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Springboard Into Math
Kathy Autrey; Leigh Myers
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 8–15
Abstract: This project provides a modern protocol for providing developmental math instructions that will aid not only high school students, but non-traditional learners as well. These skills will increase students' admission possibility and provide ...
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Whiteboard Math Movies
Tim Fahlberg; Linda Fahlberg-Stojanovska; Graeme MacNeil
Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA Vol. 26, No. 1 (2007) pp. 17–22
In this article, we discuss whiteboard math movies (a.k.a. mathcasts) and their applications to mathematics education. A whiteboard math (wbm) movie is a screen recording of writing plus voice and/or text explaining a mathematical concept or solving ...
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Math Master 1.0.1
Kuo-Chung Shih
(1999) pp. 1–62
The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a field test for the program Math Master 1.0.1. Twenty kindergarten students spent four weeks working with the program designed to enhance their understanding of counting and basic addition...
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Interactivate Your Math Students
Bethany Hudnutt
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3482–3483
Project Interactivate (http://www.shodor.org/interactivate) is mathematics courseware developed by the Shodor Education Foundation in collaboration with classroom teachers, content experts, curriculum designers, and education technologists. The...
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Interactivate Your Math Students
Bethany Hudnutt
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) p. 1101
The presentation will introduce educators to Project Interactivate, math courseware developed by the Shodor Education Foundation, freely available for use on Shodor's website.
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Interactivate Your Math Students
Bethany Hudnutt
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4451–4452
Project Interactivate is freely available web-based interactive mathematics courseware developed by the Shodor Education Foundation in collaboration with classroom teachers, content experts, curriculum designers, and education technologists. The...
Topics: Interaction, Mathematics, Classrooms
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Math Section intro
Michael Connell
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) p. 1037
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Why Math Blogs?
Shirley M. Pyon
Teaching Children Mathematics Vol. 14, No. 6 (February 2008) pp. 331–335
In this action-research study, a third-grade teacher explores the impact of student blogs on the quality of their mathematical discussions. The teacher introduced math blogs to facilitate a productive online discussion focused on multistep story...
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Mathematics for Math-Haters
Man-Keung Siu
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 8, No. 1 (1977) pp. 17–21
Reasons are cited for including a course in mathematics for liberal arts majors. Objectives of the course and course content are discussed. (DT)
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Mobile Math: Math Educators and Students Engage in Mobile Learning
Teresa Franklin; Li-Wei Peng
Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 20, No. 2 (November 2008) pp. 69–80
The public and educational communities are aware of the continuing crisis in math education in our middle schools and the convergence of technologies for teaching and learning. This paper presents a case study in which iPod Touch[R] was used to help ...
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Math Tutorials to reduce Math Anxiety in Elementary Education Majors
Denise Reboli
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2954–2957
Simon (1993) suggests that the conceptual weaknesses which prospective teachers exhibit are obstacles for these teachers to appropriately teach concepts and procedures to students. In addition, one of the sources of mathematics anxiety that future...
Topics: Mathematics, Elementary Education, Teachers
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Not Your Typical Math Class
Hollylynne Stohl Drier; Kara M. Dawson; Joe Garofalo
Educational Leadership Vol. 56, No. 5 (1999) pp. 21–25
Technology offers tools and information that students need to explore real-world mathematical connections and investigate questions reflecting their own interests. This article illustrates how students can use technology to gather and interpret...
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Why Math is So Important
Harry T. Roman
Tech Directions Vol. 63, No. 10 (May 2004) pp. 16–18
In this article, the author explores some examples in which mathematics has given people a better perspective on their lives. Mathematics gives people work purpose, pointing them in new directions, opening new avenues for exploration and...
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Integrating iPads for Math Intervention
Jenna Linskens
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4815–4818
The hands on workshop will help educators understand iPad applications and creative ways to effectively use the iPad in their classrooms to support students struggling with math concepts in the primary and intermediate grades. The presenter will...
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Improving Math Skills Using Technology
Haya Shamir; Erik Yoder; David Pocklington; Kathryn Feehan
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 864–869
Mathematics interventions are important for elementary school students, since students who perform below grade level in kindergarten may not be able to catch up to their peers academically, a phenomenon called the academic achievement gap. Since...
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Primary Math with Turtle Graphics
Valerie A. Clarke; Susan M. Chambers
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 6, No. 3 (1987) pp. 16–19
Describes how Logo has been used to introduce primary children to mathematical concepts often considered to be too difficult for them. Outlines how Logo has been used to introduce the estimation of distance, the estimation of angles, symmetry, rules ...
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A Bold New Math Class
Salman Khan; Elizabeth Slavitt
Educational Leadership Vol. 70, No. 6 (March 2013) pp. 28–31
Summit San Jose is part of the Summit Public Schools network, a group of charter schools in California's Bay Area. In 2011, when Summit San Jose first opened its new high school with a cohort of 9th graders, the teachers decided to pilot Khan...
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Math on the Fast Track
Quincy Howe
Educational Horizons Vol. 84, No. 4 (2006) pp. 235–239
In this article, the author relates how a math-assessment software has allowed his school to track the academic progress of its students. The author relates that in the first year that the software was deployed, schoolwide averages in terms of...
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Math in a Web Environment
Marcelo Llarull
International Conference on Mathematics / Science Education and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 277–279
This paper addresses two issues, one is writing mathematical expressions on the web and the other is creating interactive math websites to teach and learn mathematics. In both cases, helper applications play a crucial role to successfully achieve...
Topics: Mathematics
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“Kongemattetime” – King of Math Lecture
Helge Høivik; Vibeke Bjarnø
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1131–1138
Most children play computer games, and these games are also found useful for learning purposes. As part of the larger project, MathWhiz, we compared how teacher students and pupils evaluated a select set of small games along several dimensions. The...
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Designing Social Online Math Activities
Samuel Gedeborg
Mathematics Teacher Vol. 110, No. 4 (2016) pp. 272–278
One of the major benefits of the face-to-face teaching environment is that social interaction opportunities are a natural part of the course: Learners meet in the same room for the same allotted period of time each week. This social opportunity is...
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College Math Assessment: SAT Scores vs. College Math Placement Scores
Kathleen Foley-Peres; Dawn Poirier
Educational Research Quarterly Vol. 32, No. 2 (December 2008) pp. 41–48
Many colleges and university's use SAT math scores or math placement tests to place students in the appropriate math course. This study compares the use of math placement scores and SAT scores for 188 freshman students. The student's grades and...
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MELBORP (Math Drill and Practice)
Linda Bardenstein
American Annals of the Deaf Vol. 127, No. 5 (September 1982) pp. 659–64
MELBORP, a microcomputer software package designed to provide math drill and practice, allows hearing impaired students to practice on their own, compete against others, or compete against the computer. Teachers can specify objectives to be...
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Techtalk: Technology and Developmental Math
Lucy MacDonald; David C. Caverly
Journal of Developmental Education Vol. 22, No. 3 (1999) pp. 32–33
Reviews the evolution of math software from the 1980s to the present. Discusses how current notions of learning styles have changed software applications and how critical thinking and problem solving have impacted software development. Addresses the ...
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Enchanted math in the garden
Victoria A. Sawyer
(2002) pp. 1–46
This project is to design and develop a set of interactive, web-based games and learning experiences which offer parents/caregivers and preschool teachers tools that children age 3–5 can use to learn to identify the ordinal numbers 1–10, match...
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GeoGebra in the math classroom
Ana Escuder
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3970–3974
In this roundtable I will give examples of how our institute has used GeoGebra to model effective teaching/learning strategies for the sake of lasting improvement and change in teacher’s pedagogies. I will first describe the Institute and then give...
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The Math, Science, & Manufacturing Collaborative
Ronald J. Abate
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 37–40
The concept of a collaborative math and science project grew out of the needs expressed by university engineering faculty and junior and senior high school teachers. Cleveland State University (CSU) engineering faculty have faced declining...
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Effective Math Online Learning (EMOL)
Yunn-Chyi Chao; Gloria Miller
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 3061–3064
EMOL is an online training course that aims to guide online lesson design. Specifically targeted to address the design needs of Math Lectures at Singapore Polytechnic, EMOL presents the design process as an iterative, inquiry-based three stage cycle ...
Topics: Planning, Training, Mathematics, Evaluation
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Computer Tests that Teach Math.
Larry Sher; Patricia Wilkinson; Nancy Passantino
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 400–405
This roundtable will demonstrate computer mathematics environments that combine teaching and assessment. Participants will relate content to their experience, and suggest similarly useful environments. We have extensive experience using computer...
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Bibliography: Math and Science 1986
Richard L. Smith
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 6, No. 2 (1987) pp. 68–69
Provides an annotated bibliography of references which deal with specific topics for educators using computers in the classroom in teaching mathematics and science. Also appropriate for researchers gathering background material for the preparation...
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Technology and Basic Math Skills
Yuehua Zhang; Michael Patzer
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1400–1401
This paper intends to report on a variety of innovative ways to utilize technology in teaching basic math skills and to motivate students in mastering the basic skills. Teachers will be able to turn so-called boring practice routines into...
Topics: Learning Outcomes, Instructional Materials, Instructional Design, Students
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Parents guide: Online math resources
Peter U. Iroekwe
(2007) pp. 1–72
The purpose of this project was to prepare and evaluate a Guide for parents. This Guide helps parents to know how to use the computer and Internet to help their children in mathematics. The Guide incorporates introductory aspects of the use of ...
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Problem Solving Software for Math Classes
Joanne Troutner
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 6, No. 4 (1987) pp. 11–13
Described are 10 computer software programs for problem solving related to mathematics. Programs described are: (1) Box Solves Story Problems; (2) Safari Search; (3) Puzzle Tanks; (4) The King's Rule; (5) The Factory; (6) The Royal Rules; (7) The...
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A Technology Plan for Math Skills
Melody Strot
Gifted Child Today Magazine Vol. 22, No. 3 (1999) pp. 30–31
Discusses the use of technology to individualize mathematics instruction for gifted students. The use of computers in a mathematics classroom allowed students to identify objectives, communicate results, and implement activities related to goals....
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Technology Applications in Student Math Notes
Edward C. Nolan; Juli K. Dixon
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4521–4524
Student Math Notes are free-standing, independent activities published five times a year by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. These activities currently have few applications of technology but there are opportunities where technology...
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Developing Math LIteracies through Cultural Relevance
Lanette Waddell; Jose Onate
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2826–2831
Schools have been slow to leverage the new literacies associated with the technologic culture that today's students inhabit. 21st century learners, as these students are called, are now more participatory, collaborative, and connected in the ways...
Topics: mathematics education, K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Equity & Social Justice
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Individualizing Mathematics Learning Through the Math Lab
Bernard M. Kessler
Educational Technology Vol. 12, No. 3 (1972) pp. 30–32
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Using Aviation to Change Math Attitudes
Jerra Wood
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School Vol. 18, No. 7 (March 2013) pp. 408–415
Mathematics teachers are constantly looking for real-world applications of mathematics. Aerospace education provides an incredible context for teaching and learning important STEM concepts, inspiring young people to pursue careers in science,...
Topics: Change, Mathematics, Engineering, Attitudes
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Flipping Math in a Secondary Classroom
Kevin J. Graziano; John D. Hall
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 192–200
The purpose of this study was to examine the academic performance of English Language Learners who received flipped instruction in an algebra course at a newcomer high school, and to investigate ELL perceptions of flipped learning. Results indicate...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Mobile Learning, K-12 Online Learning
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Digital Tales in Language Arts and Math
Vicki Sterling
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 5332–5334
Visual literacy has become more important as we are bombarded by a world filled with visual images. The combination of the verbal and visual can be a powerful teaching tool for university students training to become teachers in our K-12 schools....
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Learning math problem-solving in online courses
Glenn Smith; David Ferguson; Edwin Tjoe
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1480–1482
How can students learn problem-solving in online courses? Learning to problem-solve is critical to undergraduate college students' mastery of mathematics. In traditional face-to-face courses, the instructor can model problem-solving by working...
Topics: Students
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Teaching Math Online: Current Practices in Turkey
Omur Akdemir
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 2804–2809
Changing nature of student population, developments in technology and insufficient number of traditional universities have made online courses popular around the globe. This study was designed to investigate the current practices of teaching...
Topics: Students, Teaching Methods, Mathematics
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How Technology is integrated into Math Education
Aytekin Isman; Huseyin Yaratan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4453–4457
Technology is the practical application of science.By the development of the technology, every styles of life and human being action face with changes.For example, computer based system could help people to reach fast useful information.Rapid...
Topics: Mathematics