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Using drama to develop epistemological understanding about the Nature of Science
Understanding the nature of science (NoS) is perplexing for young children because it is concerned with not only…
Practice and pedagogy in mathematics education research
Keith Weber discusses the methodologies for making claims about the mathematical practice and when and how do claims…
Beyond the Statistical Fringe
Kaye Basford discusses consistent themes and her perception of how the focus on statistics educaiton has changed over…
Investigative Science Learning Environment
Eugenia Etkina discusses a new philosophy of teaching and learning physics through an interactive method of teaching, Investigative…
Science Education and Citizenship
Science fairs, clubs, and talent searches are familiar fixtures in American education, yet little is known about why…
Teaching Math Through the Visual Arts
Caren Holtzman (a math educator) and Lynn Susholtz (an artist and art educator) use a highly visual approach to show…
Nervous about Numbers
Mary Reid discusses the math content knowledge (MCK) and math anxiety (MA) levels of 99 elementary teacher candidates…
Classification of grading approaches
Grades are intended to communicate achievement associated with a learning experience. Engineering educators in higher education often default…
Inclusive Practices in the Teaching of Mathematics
The practices of effective primary school teachers including students with Downsyndrome in their mathematics classes are largely unexplored…
Humanoid robots: learning a programming language to learn a traditional language
Therese Keane discusses her study in which Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students worked with a humanoid robot to develop,…
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