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Four (Algorithms) in One (Bag): An Integrative Framework of Knowledge for Teaching the Standard Algorithms of the Basic Arithmetic Operations
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Raveh, Ira; Koichu, Boris; Peled, Irit; Zaslavsky, Orit – Research in Mathematics Education, 2016
In this article we present an integrative framework of knowledge for teaching the standard algorithms of the four basic arithmetic operations. The framework is based on a mathematical analysis of the algorithms, a connectionist perspective on teaching mathematics and an analogy with previous frameworks of knowledge for teaching arithmetic…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Knowledge Level, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Reflections on Teachers' In-Service Training while Introducing a New Teaching Unit on Industrial Chemistry to the Chemistry Curriculum in Israeli High Schools.
Kesner, Miri; Hofstein, Avi; Ben-Zvi, Ruth – 1998
This paper reports on part of a five-year research study on the implementation of new industrial chemistry case studies into the curriculum for students majoring in chemistry in Israeli high schools. The purpose of the study was to obtain information on teachers' formal education in industrial chemistry and their attitudes toward teaching this…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Who Will Teach an Integrated Program for Science and Technology in Israeli Junior High Schools?: A Case Study.
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Barak, Moshe; Pearlman-Avnion, Shiri – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Addresses the teacher's role in the integration of science and technology studies within an educational reform in Israeli junior high schools. Concludes that a realistic goal would be to enable science and technology teachers to cooperate with one another. Contains 35 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Integrated Curriculum
A Longitudinal Study of Physics Students' Conceptions of Energy in Pre-Service Training for High School Teachers.
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Trumper, Ricardo – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1998
Discusses the results of a four-year study of the conceptions of energy held by science teachers in training. Concludes that the group held a number of different alternative conceptual frameworks. Contains 20 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Energy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Learners' Knowledge in Optics: Interpretation, Structure and Analysis.
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Galili, Igal; Hazan, Amnon – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Explores high school students' and preservice teachers' knowledge of light, vision, and related topics before and after commonly practiced instruction. Suggests a hierarchical structure to represent the collective conceptual knowledge of students and teachers in terms of facets and schemes of knowledge. Makes suggestions for designing instruction…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Examining the Second Grade Mathematics Classroom from a Social-Constructivist Perspective: The Interrelationship of Teaching, Learning, Learning To Teach and Teaching To Learn.
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Shane, Ruth – 1997
This study is an attempt to document the connection between the way children construct mathematics in the second grade and the way student teachers construct their knowledge base. The study examines how student teachers integrate their formal and informal knowledge of mathematics and mathematics pedagogy with the reality of the second grade…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning)