Discussion of how to assess information found on the Internet focuses on helping teacher educators, particularly mathematics educators, prepare future teachers. Lessons that were designed for undergraduate students in a mathematics methods course are explained, including objectives of the lessons, student opinions, and assessment of the class.…

Discusses some of the challenges faced by blind and visually impaired students, and some of the tools available to help these students in their efforts to learn mathematics. Argues that much of the language of mathematics relies heavily on visual reference. (DDR)

Describes the results of a teacher's exploration of the effects of using graphing calculators in calculus instruction in sections other than those that are experimental. Two experimental and two traditional sections of Calculus I and II participated in the study. (DDR)

Details the topics of a new course that introduces computing and communication technology to students not majoring in computer science. Discusses the process of developing a Java applet (a program that can be invoked through a World Wide Web browser) that illustrates the protocol used by ethernet local area networks to determine which computer can…

Using item response theory to investigate differential item functioning (DIF), students' expected course grades were examined and found to function similarly across sex and race. These grades were incorporated into the matching criterion, enhancing the validity of subgroup comparisons for the third-grade mathematics test taken by 1,050 students.…

This study of 461 Colorado students (ages 7-18) with deafness or partial hearing investigated the students' psychoeducational development by age and hearing loss, including syntactic comprehension and production, reading comprehension, social maturity, speech intelligibility, and math calculation skills. Traditional standardized measures of…

Describes grade-appropriate weekly activities designed to appeal directly to students by giving them open-ended questions. Activities may be worked on individually, in pairs, or in small groups. This particular set of activities focuses on stories from literature involving measurement, earning money, marketing a product, and setting up a…

Asserts that traditional teaching methods are unintentionally biased towards the elite and against many non-traditional students. Outlines several easily accessible changes in teaching methods that have fostered dramatic changes in student performance with no change in standards. These approaches have proven effective even in the fields of…

Points out the diminishing demand for mathematics undergraduate programs and the strong trend in engineering education to make greater use of computer coursework such as Mathcad, Matlab, and other software systems for the mathematical and statistical components of engineering programs. Describes the changing role of mathematics learning centers…

A survey of 357 final-year preservice teachers at a small Canadian university found that male and female participants did not differ in mathematics achievement or time elapsed since taking a mathematics course, but women had significantly greater mathematics anxiety and reported less positive beliefs about mathematics utility and more negative…

Longitudinal case study of reform efforts centering on the Talent Development Middle School model at low-performing, high-poverty middle school in Philadelphia. Finds that student gains in mathematics, science, and reading achievement at subject school exceeded that of students in comparable school. (Contains 19 references.) (PKP)

This article discusses forces driving mathematics reform: shifting theoretical paradigms, disappointing levels of mathematics performance of students in the United States, and the impact of rapidly changing technologies. Concerns about this reform from the special education community are discussed, and synthesized special education research…

Discusses the development, implementation, and evaluation of a unit designed to assist preservice teachers of quantitative literacy called numeracy. Investigates the relevance of quantitative literacy to daily life, aspects of quantitative literacy, and lessons in schooling using an internet site as a teaching resource. (Author/KHR)

Provides seven fully developed library media activities to be used in conjunction with specific curriculum units in French, mathematics, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Grade levels, objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, activities and procedures for completion, evaluation, and followup are…

Tested effects on psychological development of mathematics tutoring program involving 15 high school girl tutors paired with elementary school girls. Found tutors improved both on conceptual maturity and value judgment. Found elementary girls improved on mathematics achievement test and measures of success attribution with control group showing…