ERIC Number: EJ1032524
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Mar
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Connecting Science with Mathematics: Thinking Outside the Toolbox
Wake, Geoff; Newton, Len
School Science Review, v95 n352 p81-87 Mar 2014
Our view of learning takes into account how learners, when learning, are engaged in both doing science and mathematics and becoming mathematicians and scientists. Drawing on our work on a number of European projects that developed inquiry approaches across mathematics and science, we propose a new research and development agenda seeking new ways of connecting the subjects. In this article we consider how knowledge might be organised in ways that ensure learners gain insight into how mathematical understanding can prove powerful as they consider how science has applicability in making sense of a range of meaningful situations.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematical Concepts, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Activities, Scientific Concepts, Context Effect, Concept Formation, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Problem Solving, Secondary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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