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Peer reviewedChevallard, Yves – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1990
Reviewed is a book, "Mathematics Education and Culture," which was a special issue of this journal in 1988. Questioned are some of the current tenets about the meaning and significance of the concept "culture" for a theory of mathematics education. Calls for an open scientific debate, unfettered by moral and ideological prejudices and fashionable…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedDungan, J. F.; Thurlow, G. R. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1989
Summarizes several findings from review studies conducted on students' attitudes to mathematics. Suggests the methods to improve students' attitudes. Lists 26 references. (YP)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics
Collis, Betty – Computing Teacher, 1988
Summarizes five studies related to computerized language education: (1) speech synthesizers and children's writing abilities; (2) comparison of Writing to Read program and traditional teaching; (3) evaluation of Writing to Read program; (4) deaf adolescents and sentence construction; and (5) student attitudes toward writing with computers vs.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Courseware, Deafness
Peer reviewedMcGowan, Tom, Ed.; And Others – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1994
Asserts that citizens are aware of growing global diversity and interdependence. Maintains that simply providing children with information about other cultures is not enough. Provides a bibliographic essay divided into eight themes related to cultural diversity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Citizenship Education, Content Area Reading, Cross Cultural Studies
