Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
July 2013 Volume 32, Number 3
Editors
Gary H. Marks
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 5
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On Teaching Abstraction in CS to Novices
Michal Armoni, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Abstraction is a key concept in CS, one of the most fundamental ideas underlying CS and its practice. However, teaching this soft concept to novices is a very difficult task, as discussed by many... More
pp. 265-284
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Multiple Teaching Approaches, Teaching Sequence And Concept Retention In High School Physics Education
Ian Fogarty, Riverview High School, Canada; David Geelan, The University of Queensland, Australia
Students in 4 Canadian high school physics classes completed instructional sequences in two key physics topics related to motion – Straight Line Motion and Newton’s First Law. Different sequences... More
pp. 285-301
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Evaluating the Pedagogical Potential of Hybrid Models
Tzur Levin & Ilya Levin, Tel Aviv University, Israel
The paper examines how the use of hybrid models – that consist of the interacting continuous and discrete processes – may assist in teaching system thinking. We report an experiment in which... More
pp. 303-320
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A Comparative Study of Integrating Multimedia into the Third Grade Math Curriculum to Improve Math Learning
Yuliang Liu, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, United States
** Invited as a paper from SITE 2012 ** This quasi-experimental study was to design, develop, and implement one multimedia math lesson in third grade to improve students’ math learning. The non-... More
pp. 321-336
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Collaborative Middle School Geometry Through Blogs and Other Web 2.0 Technologies
Md Mokter Hossain, University of Alabama, United States; Lynda R. Wiest, University of Nevada, Reno, United States
This paper explores the use of blogs, a simple application of Web 2.0 technologies, in middle school geometry instruction. Specifically, it provides an overview of the interactive features of Web 2... More
pp. 337-352