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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Teaching a New Method of Partial Fraction Decomposition to Senior Secondary Students: Results and Analysis from a Pilot Study
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Man, Yiu-Kwong; Leung, Allen – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2012
In this paper, we introduce a new approach to compute the partial fraction decompositions of rational functions and describe the results of its trials at three secondary schools in Hong Kong. The data were collected via quizzes, questionnaire and interviews. In general, according to the responses from the teachers and students concerned, this new…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Tests, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Empowering Learning with Rich Mathematical Experience: Reflections on a Primary Lesson on Area and Perimeter
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Leung, Allen – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2010
In this paper, a Hong Kong primary school lesson on area and perimeter is analysed with a perspective to discuss the meaning for students to have rich mathematical experiences and how pre-designed pedagogical tools could enrich mathematics classroom learning environment which promote re-shaping, shaping and even creation of mathematical knowledge.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Mathematics Instruction