Article Review: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study of Math Anxiety Among Preservice Teachers

Article Review

 A Quantitative and Qualitative Study of Math Anxiety Among Preservice Teachers

Article Review: Learning as constructive activity

Article Review

Learning as constructive activity

from http://www.luc.edu

Bergeron, J., & Herscovics, N. (1983). Learning as constructive activity. Proceedings of the fifth Annual Meeting of the North American Group of Psychology in Mathematics Education, 1(1), 41-101.

Article Review : The relationship of teachers’ conceptions of mathematics and mathematics teaching to instructional practice

Article Review

The relationship of teachers’ conceptions of mathematics and mathematics teaching to instructional practice

from http://backtothebasicscurriculum.com

Gonzalez, A. (1984). The relationship of teachers’ concepts of mathematics and mathematics teaching to instructional practice. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 15(2), 105-127.

Article Review: In pursuit of practical wisdom in mathematics education research

Article Review

In pursuit of practical wisdom in mathematics education research

from http://www.coedu.usf.edu

Birgisson, G., & Kehle, P. (1999). In pursuit of practical wisdom in mathematics education research. Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, 10(4), 2-13.

The author of this paper believes that teacher and education practitioners do not acknowledge research enough. He believes that the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education (JRME) is important for the teachers. It provides them with the administrator and curriculum consultant during planning (Birgisson, & Kehle, 1999).

He also suspects that among the reasons given about the failure of research to concur with the teachers, the one that has not been addressed adequately is that the teachers and researchers have agreed upon varied methods of framing the direction in their knowledge and beliefs about mathematics learning and teaching.

Schwandt defined the scientific rationalism as a mode of inquiry that was based on six principles. The first is that actual knowledge starts at a point where there is doubt and distrust. The process of doubt is normally a solitary one and one engages in monological activities. The third principle is that proper knowledge is acquired when rules and procedures are followed to the latter.

The fourth principle is that proper knowledge is always based upon justification and proof. The fifth is that knowledge may be taken as a possession and that individual who has knowledge has ownership to that knowledge. The last principle is in the justification of claims to knowledge. There may be no appeal but only reasoning.

Communicative rationalism argues against scientific rationalism in three ways. Firstly, instead of taking the social world as being a place waiting to be discovered, the rationalists argue that one can only study the world if he is involved directly within it. Secondly, knowledge about the world does not rely upon evidence or proof for its practicality. Lastly, we own this knowledge and incorporate it into our character.

Article Review: Purposes and methods of research in mathematics education

Article Review

Purposes and methods of research in mathematics education

Article Review: Mathematical caring relations as a framework for supporting research and learning

 Article Review

Mathematical caring relations as a framework for supporting research and learning

Article Review:Motivation for achievement in mathematics: Findings, generalizations and criticisms of the research

Article Review

Motivation for achievement in mathematics: Findings, generalizations and criticisms of the research

Article Review: A history of research in mathematics education

 Article Review

A history of research in mathematics education

Article Review : Purposes and methods of research in mathematics education

 Article Review

Purposes and methods of research in mathematics education

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Article Review: Cognitively guided instruction: A knowledge base for reform in primary mathematics instruction

 Article Review

Cognitively guided instruction: A knowledge base for reform in primary mathematics instruction

from http://sjournals.com

From: Carpenter, T., Fennema, E., & Franke, L. (1996). Cognition guided instruction: A knowledge base for reform in primary mathematics instruction. The Elementary School Journal, 97(1), 3-20.

Article Review: What research tells us about teaching mathematics through problem solving?

Article Review

What research tells us about teaching mathematics through problem solving?

Lester, F. (1994). What research tells us about teaching mathematics through problem solving? Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Article Review :The place of Meaning in the Teaching of Arithmetic

Article Review 

The place of Meaning in the Teaching of Arithmetic

Article Review : Rational Number, Ratio, and Proportion

Article Review

Rational Number, Ratio, and Proportion

Article Review: A Study of Discovery and Expository Presentation: Implications for Teaching

Article Review

A Study of Discovery and Expository Presentation: Implications for Teaching

from knowledgejump

From : Worthen B. (1968). A Study of Discovery and Expository Presentation: Implications for Teaching. Journal of Teacher Education, 19: pp.223-242

Article Review: A New Clue to Transfer of Training

Article Review

A New Clue to Transfer of Training

From unlv.edu

From : Hendrix G.(1947). A New Clue to Transfer of Training. The Elementary School Journal, 48 (4): pp.197-208

Article Review: A Phenomenological Exploration of Mathematical Engagement

Article Review

A Phenomenological Exploration of Mathematical Engagement: 

Approaching an Old Metaphor anew. 

For the Learning of Mathematics

From hicagowaldorf.org

From: Handa Y. (2003). A Phenomenological Exploration of Mathematical Engagement: Approaching an Old Metaphor anew. For the Learning of Mathematics, 23 (1): pp. 22-29

Reading List about mathematics education

Reading List

Article Review: A Review of Discovery. The Mathematics Teacher

Article Review

 A Review of Discovery. The Mathematics Teacher

Article Review: Revisiting Adult Learning Theory through the Eyes of an Adult Learner

Introduction

The aspects of adult education are crucial because the issues surrounding it elicit diverse opinions. The desire by adults to engage in further education for their own personal reasons has been on the increase even as many seek to adjust their incomes to be able to maintain good living standards. The theories and models of adult education suggest the need for the learning to be learner-centered and with the contributions of the learner to the activities and the instructions of learning. Concerns on the adult theory are also diverse. The issues of financing of such education are also evident with controversies on whose responsibility it is to finance adult education and to what extent. The article by Jackson Londell on the adult education theory is the article of analysis in this paper.