ERIC Number: ED407242
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Publication Date: 1994-Aug
Pages: 179
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Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group = Groupe Canadien d'etude en didactique des mathematiques. Proceedings of the 1994 Annual Meeting (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, June 3-7, 1994).
Quigley, Martyn, Ed.
These proceedings contain papers from the 1994 annual meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group. Papers are divided into the following sections: (1) invited lectures; (2) working groups; (3) topic groups; (4) ad hoc groups; and (5) reports on ICMI (International Committee on Mathematical Instruction) studies. Papers include: (1) "Understanding = Doing + Seeing" (Anna Sfard); (2) "A Collegiate Mathematical Experience for Non-Science Majors" (Keith Devlin); (3) "Theories and Theorizing in Mathematics Education" (Thomas Kieren and Olive Chapman); (4) "Popularizing Mathematics" (Bernard Hodgson and Eric Muller); (5) "Preservice Teachers as Purposeful Learners: Issues of Enculturation" (George Gadanidis and Anita Losasso); (6) "Les didacticiens et les didacticiennes des mathematiques au Canada: Un portrait de famille" (Roberta Mura); (7) "A Look at Current Software Designed To Provide Different Representations of Functions" (Pat Lytle); (8) "Math in the Mall, the SFU (Simon Fraser University) Experience" (Malgorzata Dubiel); (9)"'Booking,' a Non-Traditional Approach to the Teaching of Mathematics in the Transition Years" (Gary Flewelling); (10) "Student-Teachers' Conceptions of Mathematics: What They Are and How They Are Formed" (R. Geoffrey Roulet); (11) "'Can We Follow What We Preach?' Teaching According to Constructivist Principles" (Uri Leron); (12) "Enacting a Chaos Theory Curriculum" (Judy Barnes); (13) "Mathematical Modelling" (Don Kapoor); (14) "Asian, American, and Albertan Mathematics Comparisons" (Sol Sigurdson); (15) "Conference on Gender and Mathematics Education" (Gila Hanna); and (16) "What Is Research in Mathematics Education and What Are Its Results?" (Anna Sierpinska). Appendices contain lists of participants and previous proceedings. (JRH)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Context, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Models, Sex Differences, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods
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Authoring Institution: Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group.
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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