The need for evaluation in the calculus reform movement. A comparison of two calculus teaching methods

2001 ◽  
pp. 42-62
Author(s):  
Susan Ganter ◽  
Michael Jiroutek
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Reform Movement ◽  
Calculus Teaching ◽  
Calculus Reform

scholarly journals The OECD as a Booster of National School Governance. The case of New Math in Sweden, 1950-1975

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-126
Author(s):  
Johan Prytz
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
School Administration ◽  
Power Structure ◽  
School Governance ◽  
Reform Movement ◽  
National School ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
New Math ◽  
National Systems

New Math was an international reform movement aimed at thorough changes in school mathematics with respect to both content and teaching methods. This movement started to gain influence in the 1950s, and in the 1960s several countries prepared and implemented their own New Math reforms. This movement not only attracted prominent mathematicians and psychologists but also garnered support from the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The New Math reforms are examples of how OECD supported thorough and broad changes in national systems of education. In most countries, however, the influence of New Math on syllabi began to fade by the 1970s. In this paper, I discuss how the New Math in Sweden reform boosted national governance and changed power relations between the teachers, textbook producers, and the national school administration. I also suggest that OECD continued to support this power structure through the testing enterprises associated with PISA.

Connecting Research to Teaching: Visual and Analytic Thinking in Calculus

2009 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-145
Author(s):  
Erhan Selcuk Haciomeroglu ◽  
Leslie Aspinwall ◽  
Norma C. Presmeg
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Multiple Representations ◽  
Reform Movement ◽  
National Council ◽  
Analytic Thinking ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Mathematical Objects ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
Calculus Reform

A frequent message in mathematics education focuses on the benefits of multiple representations of mathematical concepts (Aspinwall and Shaw 2002). The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, for instance, claims that “different representations support different ways of thinking about and manipulating mathematical objects” (NCTM 2000, p. 360). A recommendation conveyed in the ongoing calculus reform movement is that students should use multiple representations and make connections among them so that they can develop deeper and more robust understanding of the concepts.

Calculus & Technology: Calculus Reform for High School Teachers

1994 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-195
Author(s):  
Nancy T. King
Keyword(s):  
High School Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
Reform Movement ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Reform Movements ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Business Transactions ◽  
Teaching Of Mathematics ◽  
Calculus Reform

Technology has changed our lives. It affects how we work, play, handle business transactions, and even how and when we die. The fact that it influences our daily activities is undebatable. That technology would be used to enhance the teaching of mathematics was inevitable. While technology is not the only component of the Calculus Reform movement, it is the central focus of the movement. It is what separates this movement from reform movements of years past. Mathematicians and math educators are changing how we teach calculus. Critics may question the role of calculators and computers in the classroom, but the opportunities provided by technology will make it virtually impossible to ignore this medium of delivering classroom instructions. It is gernerally accepted that the problems associated with poor mathematics performance in this country must be solved in the institutions of higher education [1]. CAL-TECH is the beginning of Texas Southern University's contribution to the solution.

What the replication reformation wrought

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Spellman ◽  
Daniel Kahneman
Keyword(s):  
Reform Movement ◽  
Short Time

AbstractReplication failures were among the triggers of a reform movement which, in a very short time, has been enormously useful in raising standards and improving methods. As a result, the massive multilab multi-experiment replication projects have served their purpose and will die out. We describe other types of replications – both friendly and adversarial – that should continue to be beneficial.

On “teaching methods research”.

1953 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 707-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilbert S. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods
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