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Jankovic, Branka; Magzan, Maša – Online Submission, 2020
In this paper, the application of fuzzy logic in mathematical education is viewed from the perspective of pre- school education. The aim of the paper is to give a brief overview of examples from the literature related to fuzzy logic and to point out the presence of fuzzy linguistic variables in the everyday life of a preschool child, as well as…
Descriptors: Mathematical Logic, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Activities, Language Usage
Özdemir, Burçin Gökkurt – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of the study is to identify the classroom mathematical practices developed within a learning environment designed by Realistic Mathematics Education for teaching cone and pyramid to preservice teachers. A teaching experiment including five-week instructional sequence by a hypothetical learning trajectory about the solids of cone and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Practices, Educational Environment, Experimental Teaching
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2023
This document presents the proceedings of the 27th Annual Research Forum held June 29, 2023, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following fifteen action research papers: (1) The Effects of Real-World Mathematics Activities on High School Students' Attitudes (Alexa Altizer); (2) An Investigation of the…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Mathematics Activities, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Arikan, Elif Esra; Ünal, Hasan – Online Submission, 2015
To pose a problem refers to the creative activity for mathematics education. The purpose of the study was to explore the eighth grade students' problem posing ability. Three learning domains such as requiring four operations, fractions and geometry were chosen for this reason. There were two classes which were coded as class A and class B. Class A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Mathematics Skills, Geometry
Valentine, Keri Duncan – Online Submission, 2016
In order to address concerns with the underrepresentation of spatial thinking in K-12 curricula, (National Research Council, 2006), Valentine and Kopcha (in press) designed and implemented a learning environment integrating cases as alternative perspective (Jonassen, 2011) in the context of eighth-grade mathematics. The design aimed to provide…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Educational Environment, Spatial Ability, Grade 8
Kariuki, Patrick; Burkette, Lisa – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teacher mediation on the mathematics learning of kindergarten students in a computer-assisted learning environment. A sample of 26 students was randomly selected and assigned into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was mediated by a teacher during the computer-assisted…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Education, Computer Uses in Education, Student Attitudes