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Much research has been conducted comparing education in the United States with education in Asian nations, such as Japan, but just how much of this research has been of real use to teachers in the United States? We believe that despite... more
Much research has been conducted comparing education in the United States with education in Asian nations, such as Japan, but just how much of this research has been of real use to teachers in the United States? We believe that despite the significant amount of impressive research that has been done analyzing Japanese teaching practices, the manner in which these important findings have been reported to teachers has been largely ineffective. This is unfortunate, because one of the unique strengths of crossnational research is that it provides intact working models of successful practices. Japan is particularly important in this respect because, in many ways, it represents one of the most successful models of constructivist mathematics teaching in the world. We believe that this information is not pursued by U.S. teachers for two general reasons. First, research studies frequently couch results in terms of U.S. deficits. Although we believe these results to be accurate and important,...
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Students often have trouble understanding the mathematical meaning of algebraic expressions. The game discussed in this article is a fun activity I developed for students to communicate about algebraic expressions in a fantasy setting... more
Students often have trouble understanding the mathematical meaning of algebraic expressions. The game discussed in this article is a fun activity I developed for students to communicate about algebraic expressions in a fantasy setting that makes the content meaningful. The game has been tested successfully in three different prealgebra classrooms as part of a thematic unit that encouraged students to consider the functional relationships involved in running a pizzeria (Brenner, Mayer, Moseley, Brar, Duran, Smith-Reed, and Webb 1997). However, the game's flexibility allows it to be adapted to a standalone activity that meets the needs of a particular classroom.
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... Daniel Dustin is professor and chair, department of parks, recreation, and tourism at the College of Health, University of Utah. ... Lorenz first pos-tulated the tenets of chaos theory when attempting to understand weather patterns... more
... Daniel Dustin is professor and chair, department of parks, recreation, and tourism at the College of Health, University of Utah. ... Lorenz first pos-tulated the tenets of chaos theory when attempting to understand weather patterns (Gleick 1988). ...
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Illustrating Cognitive Connections between Math and Language in Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions of Common or Everyday Terms Bryan Moseley and Charles Bleiker Florida International University, USA Kimberly Gibson University of... more
Illustrating Cognitive Connections between Math and Language in Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions of Common or Everyday Terms Bryan Moseley and Charles Bleiker Florida International University, USA Kimberly Gibson University of Miami, USA Abstract: This paper ...
Many Americans will work for multiple employers during their lifetimes, and a good many will switch careers. 1 But changing employers and careers is not the only kind of shift that can occur in the work life of a faculty member. Like... more
Many Americans will work for multiple employers during their lifetimes, and a good many will switch careers. 1 But changing employers and careers is not the only kind of shift that can occur in the work life of a faculty member. Like nonacademic employers, colleges and ...