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Download full textSuydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1987
This issue of the journal contains abstracts and critical comments for 13 published reports of research in mathematics education. Topics include: (1) effects of mathematics anxiety on preservice elementary teachers; (2) visualizing rectangular solids; (3) computer simulations and abstract thinking; (4) the association of foldout shapes with…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Simulation, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedOst, David H. – School Science and Mathematics, 1987
Discusses the importance of the use of models in modern science. Suggests that models can make a significant contribution to the teaching of science and mathematics. Explains that representative models, analogue models, logical models, and theoretical models are most commonly used models in science and mathematics. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science
Educational Technology Center, Cambridge, MA. – 1988
The Educational Technology Center (ETC) has devoted the last five years to studying ways of using the computer and other information technologies to teach understanding in science, mathematics, and computing in the nation's elementary and secondary schools. The Center's research has focused on targets of difficulty, topics and concepts that are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education
