Main Topics You Can Find in this “ICME-13 Topical Survey” -- Introduction -- Survey on the State-of-the-art -- Summary and Looking Ahead.Open AccessThis topical survey provides an overview of the current state of the art in technology use in mathematics education, including both practice-oriented experiences and research-based evidence, as seen from an international perspective. Three core …
Learning Science through Learning to Use its Languages, Vaughan Prain and Brian Hand -- Writing Popular Scientific Articles, Development of Interest in the Natural Sciences, and Non-textual Representations in Student Texts – The “Young Science Journalism” Program in Austria, Uwe Simon -- Effectiveness of a Lesson on Multimodal Writing, Sakari Tolppanen, Toni Rantaniitty, Maija Aksela -- T…
Youth Work, Early Education, and Psychology re-examines the set of relations generally referred to as working with children and youth. It presents a series of propositions that highlight politicized strategies to working with young people under current conditions of late liberal capitalism.
Section I: Framing and Conceptualizing Arts-Based Service Learning with First Peoples -- Arts-Based Service Learning with Australian First Peoples: Concepts and Considerations by Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Dawn Bennett, Anne Power and Naomi Sunderland -- Translating Indigenous Reciprocity into University-Led Arts Practice and Assessment by Sandy O’ Sullivan -- Exploring University-Community Partn…
PART I. THEORIES, RESEARCH, AND PRINCIPLES -- English Language Teaching Today: An Introduction by Willy A. Renandya & Handoyo Puji Widodo -- Student-Centred Learning in ELT by George M Jacobs & Willy A Renandya -- Using Local Languages in English Language Classrooms by Ahmar Mahboob & Angel Lin -- Applying Language Learning Principles to Coursebooks by John Macalister -- Current Issues in the…
Preface: Nilza Costa -- Introduction: Clara Vasconcelos -- I. 1– Fostering deep understanding through the use of geoscience investigations, models and thought experiments – the Earth Science Education Unit and Earthlearningidea experiences, Chris King -- I.2 –Science Models: How can teachers use them in geoscience classes? Joana Torres & Clara Vasconcelos -- I.3 – Simulating an earthqua…
Main Topics You Can Find in this “ICME-13 Topical Survey” -- Introduction -- Survey on the State-of-the-art -- Summary and Looking Ahead.Open AccessThis topical survey focuses on research in tertiary mathematics education, a field that has experienced considerable growth over the last 10 years. Drawing on the most recent journal publications as well as the latest advances from recent high-q…
Main Topics You Can Find in this “ICME-13 Topical Survey” -- Introduction -- Survey on the State-of-the-art -- Summary and Looking Ahead.Open AccessThis Topical Survey offers a brief overview of the current state of research on and activities for mathematically gifted students around the world. This is of interest to a broad readership, including educational researchers, research mathematic…
Part I Statistical Interpretation of Test/Exam Results -- 1 On Average: How good are they? -- 2 On Percentage: How much are there? -- 3 On Standard Deviation: How different are they? -- 4 On Difference: Is that big enough? -- 5 On Correlation: What is between them? -- 6 On Regression: How much does it depend? -- 7 On Multiple Regression: What is the future? -- 8 On Ranking: Who is the fairest o…
This book explores the challenges of an academic teaching career. The authors discuss the issues that may arise in the tenure process, scholarship activities, publishing, and providing service to their academic communities as well as how to keep teaching lessons relevant and fresh.