Using Design Research and History to Tackle a Fundamental Problem with School Algebra, Sinan Kanbir; M. A. (Ken) Clements; Nerida F. Elle

Автор: Sinan Kanbir; M. A. (Ken) Clements; Nerida F. Elle
Название: Using Design Research and History to Tackle a Fundamental Problem with School Algebra
ISBN: 3319592033 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319592039
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: In this well-illustrated book the authors, Sinan Kanbir, Ken Clements, and Nerida Ellerton, tackle a persistent, and universal, problem in school mathematics--why do so many middle-school and secondary-school students find it difficult to learn algebra well? What makes the book important are the unique features which comprise the design-research approach that the authors adopted in seeking a solution to the problem.
The first unique feature is that the authors offer an overview of the history of school algebra. Despite the fact that algebra has been an important component of secondary-school mathematics for more than three centuries, there has never been a comprehensive historical analysis of factors influencing the teaching and learning of that component.
The authors identify, through historical analysis, six purposes of school algebra: (a) algebra as a body of knowledge essential to higher mathematical and scientific studies, (b) algebra as generalized arithmetic, (c) algebra as a prerequisite for entry to higher studies, (d) algebra as offering a language and set of procedures for modeling real-life problems, (e) algebra as an aid to describing structural properties in elementary mathematics, and (f) algebra as a study of variables. They also raise the question whether school algebra represents a unidimensional trait.
Kanbir, Clements and Ellerton offer an unusual hybrid theoretical framework for their intervention study (by which seventh-grade students significantly improved their elementary algebra knowledge and skills). Their theoretical frame combined Charles Sanders Peirce's triadic signifier-interpretant-signified theory, which is in the realm of semiotics, with Johann Friedrich Herbart's theory of apperception, and Ken Clements' and Gina Del Campo's theory relating to the need to expand modes of communications in mathematics classrooms so that students engage in receptive and expressive modes. Practicing classroom teachers formed part of the research team.
This book appears in Springer's series on the "History of Mathematics Education." Not only does it include an important analysis of the history of school algebra, but it also adopts a theoretical frame which relies more on "theories from the past," than on contemporary theories in the field of mathematics education. The results of the well-designed classroom intervention are sufficiently impressive that the study might havecreated and illuminated a pathway for future researchers to take.

Автор: Finn Egil Tonnessen, Per Henning Uppstad
Название: Can We Read Letters? Reflections on Fundamental Issues in Reading and Dyslexia Research
ISBN: 9462099553 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789462099555
Издательство: Brill
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Цена: 119540.00 T
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Описание: FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE AS OPEN ACCESS BOOK!Careful reflection on the concepts and methods used is a prerequisite for further development in any field of research.The authors think cognitive psychology has become too dominant in reading and dyslexia research, arguing that it should be combined with behaviourism and connectionism—in part by focusing on the concept of ‘skill’. The key components of a skill are claimed to be automaticity, awareness and shifts between them. Reading is defined as an interpretative skill, which should be viewed from the perspective of hermeneutics.The authors use these fundamental analyses and definitions to shed new light on the ‘balanced approach to reading instruction’, ‘reading fluency’ and other key concepts. The book also deals with problems in the definition of ‘dyslexia’ and proposes a method to arrive at clear and fruitful definitions. It concludes with a chapter trying to answer the question of in what sense, or to what extent, it can be claimed that reading and dyslexia research has made progress.The book mainly builds on articles published over the past 25 years by Professor Finn Egil Tonnessen at the National Centre for Reading Education and Research, Stavanger, Norway.

Автор: Finn Egil Tonnessen, Per Henning Uppstad
Название: Can We Read Letters? Reflections on Fundamental Issues in Reading and Dyslexia Research
ISBN: 9462099545 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789462099548
Издательство: Brill
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Цена: 66410.00 T
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Описание: FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE AS OPEN ACCESS BOOK!Careful reflection on the concepts and methods used is a prerequisite for further development in any field of research.The authors think cognitive psychology has become too dominant in reading and dyslexia research, arguing that it should be combined with behaviourism and connectionism—in part by focusing on the concept of ‘skill’. The key components of a skill are claimed to be automaticity, awareness and shifts between them. Reading is defined as an interpretative skill, which should be viewed from the perspective of hermeneutics.The authors use these fundamental analyses and definitions to shed new light on the ‘balanced approach to reading instruction’, ‘reading fluency’ and other key concepts. The book also deals with problems in the definition of ‘dyslexia’ and proposes a method to arrive at clear and fruitful definitions. It concludes with a chapter trying to answer the question of in what sense, or to what extent, it can be claimed that reading and dyslexia research has made progress.The book mainly builds on articles published over the past 25 years by Professor Finn Egil Tonnessen at the National Centre for Reading Education and Research, Stavanger, Norway.

Автор: William Tobin, Valerie Feit
Название: Student Research for Community Change: Tools to Develop Ethical Thinking and Analytic Problem Solving
ISBN: 0807763810 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780807763810
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 83160.00 T
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Описание: This guide teaches middle, high school, and college students how to reflect on what is right, good, and fair and then undertake research to address challenges in their curriculum and communities. The approach is deliberately designed to make it easy to bring ethical thinking and analytical problem-solving to the social studies and STEM curricula, as well as to experiential and inquiry-based learning such as project-based and service learning. Organized around the steps in the social science research method, each step can be linked to curriculum and national standards and taught individually as stand-alone lessons or sequentially as part of a semester or yearlong research seminar. The text includes sample lesson plans, assignments, research questions, research tools, and research reports, as well as examples of concrete policy implementation and the kinds of evidence that can be used to assess and evaluate student work. Book Features: Combines research and citizenship so students can bring knowledge to bear on the most important challenges facing them. Designed for use with diverse students in inclusive classrooms. Developed in a university setting and field tested for over a decade in high schools. Connects K–12 to college and career in an organic and substantive manner. Works with and compliments curriculum that teachers are already using.

Автор: Susan M. Bridges, Rintaro Imafuku
Название: Interactional Research Into Problem-Based Learning
ISBN: 1557538042 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781557538048
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 45970.00 T
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Описание: Problem-based learning (PBL) has been deployed as a student-centered instructional approach and curriculum design in a wide range of academic fields across the world. The majority of educational research to date has focused on knowledge-based outcomes addressing why PBL is useful. Researchers of PBL are developing a growing interest in qualitative research with a process-driven orientation to examining learning interactions. It is essential to broaden this research base so as to support PBL designs and approaches to leading students into higher-order thinking and a deeper approach to learning. Interactional Research Into Problem-Based Learning explores how students learn in an inquiry-led approach such as PBL. Included are studies that focus on learning in situ and go beyond measuring the outcomes of PBL. The goal is to further expand the PBL research base of qualitative investigations examining the social dimension and lived experience of teaching and learning within the PBL process. A second aim of this volume is to shed light on the methodological aspects of researching PBL, adding new perspectives to the current trends in qualitative studies on PBL. Chapters cover ethnographic approaches to video analysis, introspective protocols such as stimulated recall, and longitudinal qualitative studies using discourse-based analytic approaches. Specifically, this book will further contribute to the current educational research both theoretically and empirically in the following key areas: students' learning processes in PBL over time and across contexts; the nature of quality interactions in PBL tutorials; the (inter)cultural aspects of learning in PBL; facilitation processes and group dynamics in synchronous and asynchronous face-to-face and blended PBL; and the developing nature of PBL learner identity.

Автор: Carpenter Thomas P., Fennema Elizabeth, Romberg Thomas a.
Название: Rational Numbers: An Integration of Research
ISBN: 1138984531 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138984530
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Цена: 50010.00 T
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Until recently there had been relatively little integration of programs of research on teaching, learning, curriculum, and assessment. However, in the last few years it has become increasingly apparent that a more unified program of research is needed to acquire an understanding of teaching and learning in schools that will inform curriculum development and assessment. The chapters in this volume represent a first step toward an integration of research paradigms in one clearly specified mathematical domain.

Integrating a number of different research perspectives is a complex task, and ways must be found to reduce the complexity without sacrificing the integration. The research discussed in this volume is tied together because it deals with a common content strand. During the last ten years specific content domains have served as focal points for research on the development of mathematical concepts in children. The areas of addition and subtraction, algebra, rational numbers, and geometry are notable examples. Whether a similar organizational structure will prevail for programs of research that integrate the study of teaching, learning, curriculum, and assessment is an open question. The perspectives presented in this volume illustrate the potential for adopting this perspective.

Название: Broadening the scope of research on mathematical problem solving
ISBN: 3319998609 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319998602
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 93160.00 T
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Описание: The innovative volume seeks to broaden the scope of research on mathematical problem solving in different educational environments. It brings together contributions not only from leading researchers, but also highlights collaborations with younger researchers to broadly explore mathematical problem-solving across many fields: mathematics education, psychology of education, technology education, mathematics popularization, and more. The volume’s three major themes—technology, creativity, and affect—represent key issues that are crucially embedded in the activity of problem solving in mathematics teaching and learning, both within the school setting and beyond the school. Through the book’s new pedagogical perspectives on these themes, it advances the field of research towards a more comprehensive approach on mathematical problem solving. Broadening the Scope of Research on Mathematical Problem Solving will prove to be a valuable resource for researchers and teachers interested in mathematical problem solving, as well as researchers and teachers interested in technology, creativity, and affect.

Автор: Chunfang Zhou
Название: Handbook of Research on Creative Problem-Solving Skill Development in Higher Education
ISBN: 1522506438 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781522506430
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 286440.00 T
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Описание: "This book is a comprehensive collection of the newest research in higher education, creativity, problem solving, and pedagogical design and it provides the framework for further research opportunities in these dynamic, necessary fields"--

Автор: Tobin William, Feit Valerie
Название: Student Research for Community Change: Tools to Develop Ethical Thinking and Analytic Problem Solving
ISBN: 0807763802 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780807763803
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 27720.00 T
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Описание: Teaches middle, high school, and college students how to reflect on what is right, good, and fair and then undertake research to address challenges in their curriculum and communities. The approach is deliberately designed to make it easy to bring ethical thinking and analytical problem-solving to the social studies and STEM curricula.