Reader Reflections: March 2008

2008 ◽  
Vol 101 (7) ◽  
pp. 486-489

One of my greatest thrills as a high school mathematics teacher has been to discover talented students. Zack Boyd, a sophomore with endless questions and impressive mathematical abilities, presented a challenge. Over the winter break, Zack created his own mathematical pattern that we were able to prove using the software Mathematica.

2018 ◽  
Vol 111 (7) ◽  
pp. 558-559

The success of Mathematics Teacher is very much dependent on the volunteer efforts of many mathematics educators. Those who serve as department editors, manuscript referees, and publications and courseware reviewers include high school mathematics teachers, curriculum designers, college and university mathematicians, and teacher educators. Their contributions are deeply appreciated.


1955 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 413-415
Author(s):  
William David Reeve

I do not think that the various departments, so called, in The Mathematics Teacher are equally interesting or equally valuable, but a new department, introduced in the January, 1955, issue, is one that I think should receive the support of all teachers of mathematics whether or not they are actually members of The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. I refer, of course, to the new department edited by Kinney and Dawson of Stanford University. It will have my full support because I think that we have made a failure, more or less, of the junior high school movement.


1978 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
pp. 582-587
Author(s):  
Magnus J. Wenninger

In the February 1977 issue of the Mathematics Teacher, Fred Blaisdell and Art Indelicato coauthored an article entitled “Finding Chord Factors of Geodesic Domes.” Their approach involved threedimensional coordinate geometry and vector analysis, and the opinion was expressed that “the mathematics of geodesic domes is well within the capability of most senior high school mathematics analysis classes.”


Author(s):  
CHRYSTIAN BASTOS DE ALMEIDA ◽  
CELINA APARECIDA ALMEIDA PEREIRA ABAR

ResumoEste artigo visa a apresentar um estudo sobre o trabalho documental de um professor de Matemática do Ensino Médio e de um professor articulador de área, no processo de elaboração e viabilização de uma aula sobre circunferência, numa turma de 3ª série do Ensino Médio. Consideramos como principal base teórica a Gênese Documental, na qual a criação de um documento ocorre a partir de uma coletânea de recursos por apropriação e modificação pelo professor. Assim, em um intervalo de dois meses, em uma escola pública da rede estadual da Bahia, ocorreu a observação do trabalho do professor, organizado em três fases: antes, durante e depois de sua aula; através delas, procuramos discutir o uso dos recursos propostos pelo professor de Matemática e professor articulador para o ensino de circunferência. As conclusões do trabalho indicam expectativas teórico-metodológicas para a implementação de estudos na área da formação continuada docente, na direção da investigação reflexiva, sobre o uso de recursos para a viabilização da prática docente. Palavras-chave: Gênese Documental; Circunferência; Formação continuada docente.AbstractThis article aims to present a study on the documentary work of a high school mathematics teacher and of an area coordinator teacher, in the process of elaborating and making a circumference class feasible, in a 3rd grade class in high school. We consider Documentary Genesis as the main theoretical basis, in which the creation of a document occurs from a collection of resources by appropriation and modification by the teacher. Thus, in an interval of two months, in a public school in the state network of Bahia, the work of the teacher was observed, organized in three phases: before, during and after his class; through them, we seek to discuss the use of resources proposed by the mathematics teacher and articulator teacher for teaching circumference. The conclusions of the work indicate theoretical and methodological expectations for the implementation of studies in the area of continuing teacher education, in the direction of reflective investigation, on the use of resources to make teaching practice feasible.Keywords: Documentary Genesis; Circumference; Continuing teacher education. 


2009 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 69

The Mathematics Teacher is eager to publish articles about teaching mathematics at the entry level. These courses are critical to fostering students' pursuit of and love for learning mathematics through the high school years and beyond.


2019 ◽  
Vol 112 (7) ◽  
pp. 558-559

The success of Mathematics Teacher is very much dependent on the volunteer efforts of many mathematics educators. Those who serve as department editors, manuscript referees, and publications and courseware reviewers include high school mathematics teachers, curriculum designers, college and university mathematicians, and teacher educators. Their contributions are deeply appreciated.


1961 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-148
Author(s):  
Edwin J. Swineford

A check list of suggested activities that a junior high school mathematics teacher may use in self-evaluation.


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