The third in a series of 3 articles, a study of 30 students was conducted to test the effect of restructuring a unit on trigonometric identities around microcomputer activities based on the themes of educational undercurrents identified in Part II. Experimental-group students scored significantly higher relating trigonometric functions to their…

A survey of 1,202 students was conducted to identify and categorize elementary students' operational definitions of mathematics. The analysis of student rationales for classifying situations as mathematical or nonmathematical reflected three major views: mathematics as a narrow domain, an exclusive domain, and an upwardly shifting domain. (MDH)

Open-ended questions and semistructured interviews were used to investigate the psychosocial learning environment among (n=35) grade-nine mathematics students in Hong Kong. The Mathematics Classroom Environment Scale has eight dimensions: enjoyability; order; involvement; achievement orientation; teacher led; teacher support; teacher involvement;…