Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
October 2011 Volume 30, Number 4
Editors
Gary H. Marks
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 4
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What Happens When the Research Ends? Factors Related to the Sustainability of a Technology-Infused Mathematics Curriculum
Barry Fishman, University of Michigan, United States; William R. Penuel, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States; Stephen Hegedus, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, United States; Jeremy Roschelle, SRI International, United States
This study examines factors related to the sustainability of SimCalc Mathworlds (SCMW), a technology-infused mathematics curriculum. We surveyed middle school teachers one year after their... More
pp. 329-353
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Using Digital Learning Objects to Introduce Students to the Nature of Models and the Nature of Matter
Brenda Gustafson, University of Alberta, Canada; Peter Mahaffy & Brian Martin, The King's University College, Canada
This article reports a subset of findings from a larger study centered on designing a series of six digital learning objects to help Grade 5 (age 10-12) students begin to consider the nature of... More
pp. 355-387
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Hands-on, Minds-on or Both? A Discussion of the Development of a Mathematics Activity by Using Virtual and Physical Manipulatives
S. Asli Ozgun-Koca & Thomas Edwards, Wayne State University, United States
Manipulatives have been used in many mathematics classrooms across many age groups with the aim of helping students to understand abstract concepts through concrete, kinesthetic, and visual... More
pp. 389-402
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The Use of a Digital Environment to Improve First Year Science Students' Symbol Sense
Sietske Tacoma, Paul Drijvers & Peter Boon, Utrecht University - Freudenthal Institute, Netherlands
Dutch universities complain that freshmen in studies such as chemistry, physics, economics and mathematics do not master the required algebraic skills. In the worldwide discussions on mathematics... More
pp. 403-428