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Takaci, Djurdjica; Budinski, Natalija – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2011
This paper proposes modelling based learning as a tool for learning and teaching mathematics in high school. We report on an example of modelling real world problems in two high schools in Serbia where students were introduced for the first time to the basic concepts of modelling. Student use of computers and educational software, GeoGebra, was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Models, Secondary School Mathematics, High Schools
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Smithenry, Dennis William – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
The case study presented in this paper examines the work of one high school chemistry teacher who has integrated guided inquiry into a yearlong, traditional curricular framework in ways that take into account the constraints and realities of her classroom. The study's findings suggest (1) the extent and frequency to which teachers can…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Teachers, Case Studies, Inquiry
Russell, Caskey; Rios, Francisco; Zamudio, Margaret; Bridgeman, Jacquelyn – Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 2011
This article explores the work and findings of the Praxis Project: a group of university educators who worked with elementary and secondary school teachers in a professional development setting to reinvigorate their civil rights pedagogy. The Praxis group created a "Six Category Model for Teaching Civil Rights" and used that model as a…
Descriptors: United States History, Civil Rights, Teaching Models, Interdisciplinary Approach