scholarly journals Advanced Mathematics for Engineering & Science – A Fourth Year High School Mathematics Course (Curriculum Exchange)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Coriell ◽  
Krystal Corbett
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
Advanced Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Course

Sound Off!: Two High School Mathematics Curricular Paths—Which One to Take?

2009 ◽  
Vol 102 (8) ◽  
pp. 568-570
Author(s):  
Robert Reys ◽  
Rustin Reys
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
The Other ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Specific Subject ◽  
Course Sequences ◽  
Organizational Choice ◽  
Mathematics Course

High schools are requiring students to complete more years of mathematics in order to graduate (Reys et al. 2007). This requirement raises several questions for schools, teachers, students, and parents. In particular, what mathematics should students study, and how should that mathematics be organized? High school mathematics programs today use two different mathematics course sequences. One sequence focuses each course on a specific subject (algebra, geometry, algebra, or precalculus), while the other integrates mathematical strands throughout each course. Choosing between subject-based and integrated course sequences stimulates discussions about-and often controversy over—which organizational choice is best and for whom.

A Property of Right Triangles and Some Classical Relations

1986 ◽  
Vol 79 (8) ◽  
pp. 640-643
Author(s):  
Angelo S. Didomenico
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary Mathematics ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Advanced Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Straightforward Manner

Mathematics is an ever-growing subject. Included in this growth is a process of simplification in which formulas and relations often arrived at inductively or derived by long and difficult methods are later found to follow easily and directly from other findings. Advanced mathematics abounds with fascinating results of this kind. Similar ones also exist in elementary mathematics. I have found a property of right triangles, given by the following theorem, from which students can deduce, in a surprising and straightforward manner, some of the most significant relations encountered in high school mathematics.

Involve the Community

1993 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 442-448
Author(s):  
Sue Jackson Barnes
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Know How ◽  
Banking Activity ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Course

Many high school mathematics students unrealistically believe that if they can just finish one more general mathematics course, they will never again have to face mathematics. They realize that they must know how to write checks and are quite eager to learn about managing a checking account. Other than this banking activity, they are quite sure that only engineers and mathematics teachers use mathematics on a daily basis. When asked about such items as taxes and insurance, the stock answer is, “Oh, I'll just let my accountant take care of things like that!”

High School Mathematics, Course 3

1969 ◽  
Vol 53 (384) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Matthews ◽  
Max Beberman ◽  
Herbert E. Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Course

Election of High School Mathematics by Females and Males: Attributions and Attitudes

1981 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Daniels Pedro ◽  
Patricia Wolleat ◽  
Elizabeth Fennema ◽  
Ann DeVaney Becker
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Advanced Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Courses ◽  
Small Set ◽  
Advanced Mathematics Courses

Males, more than females, elect advanced mathematics courses. This differential in the number of mathematics courses elected has been cited as a major explanation of sex-related differences in adults' mathematics performance and in their participation in mathematics-related careers. Knowledge about some of the variables that enter into the decision to persist in the study of mathematics is essential for those who are interested in encouraging females, as well as males, to adequately prepare themselves in mathematics. This study identified some attitudinal and attributional variables that relate to the election of mathematics courses by females and males. A small set of variables was found to explain some of the variance in female and male mathematics plans. These results might help in understanding why females do not continue in as large a proportion as males to elect mathematics and/or to enter mathematics-related careers.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of the Mathematics Foundation Course in Sultan Qaboos University: Does High School Performance Matter?

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mazharul Islam ◽  
Asma Al-Ghassani ◽  
Ahmed Y.S. Al-Hadhrami
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Female Students ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Male Students ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Sultan Qaboos University ◽  
High School Performance ◽  
Mathematics Course

Although the mathematics foundation program was introduced in Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) half a decade ago, there has been no evaluation or assessment of the program. The aim of this study was to evaluate the students’ performance in the Mathematics foundation course in SQU and to examine the predictive value of  a student’s high school performance for success in the math foundation course. The study considered a sample of 551 students who took the math course (MATH2107) during 2014 Spring semester. More than 95% of the students were admitted to SQU with a high school score of 80 and above.  The analysis revealed that, in general, female students were admitted to SQU with a significantly higher average high school score than the male students. The findings indicate a very unsatisfactory performance of the students in the mathematics foundation course as the mean GPA was 1.66 and more than half (59%) of the students obtained a GPA less than 2 (i.e. below grade C), of which 14% failed and 35% obtained grade D. Female students outperformed male students in the mathematics course. High school mathematics performance, gender and cohort of students were identified as significant predictors of success in the mathematics foundation course.  To increase the success rate of the mathematics course, the high school curriculum needs to be aligned with the University standards and the admission authority should continue to give more attention to high school mathematics scores along with overall high school performance while making admission decisions for the College of Science in SQU.

The Mathematics of Buying a Car: A Basic Skills Unit

1981 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-186
Author(s):  
Mary Jo Doebling
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Young People ◽  
Basic Skills ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Course

Since few things interest young people as much as automobiles, a unit on buying one creates great enthusiasm. Such a unit has been a repeated success in a consumer mathematics course for eleventh- and twelth-grade students who have taken at least one previous high school mathematics course. Because of the wide variety of abilities in a class, materials should be highly adaptable.

Mechanics

1923 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
Gordon R. Mirick
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Angular Motion ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Simple Machines ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Problem Material

The subject of mechanics and its application to engineering science opens up a possible source of problem material for high school mathematics. Such ideas as velocity, acceleration, angular motion, momentum, force and energy give rise to some problems that can be used in place of some that are already in our textbooks. A great many problems can be gotten together on statics and simple machines that are very elementary and worth while.

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