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Rehmat, Abeera P.; Owens, Marissa C. – Science and Children, 2016
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue shares information about a unit promoting scientific literacy and the engineering design process. The integration of engineering with scientific practices in K-12 education can promote creativity, hands-on learning, and an improvement in students'…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Literacy, Engineering Technology, Integrated Activities
Oesterle, Susan, Ed.; Allan, Darien, Ed.; Liljedahl, Peter, Ed. – Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, 2013
This submission contains the Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG), held at Laval University in Québec City, Québec. The CMESG is a group of mathematicians and mathematics educators who meet annually to discuss mathematics education issues at all levels of learning. The aims of the Study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conference Papers, Mathematics Education, Ethics
Burns, Marilyn – 2000
This book helps teachers examine how children learn mathematics, develop a positive attitude toward and an interest in mathematics, teach mathematics with problem solving as the primary focus, understand the elements of a comprehensive mathematics curriculum, and establish a classroom environment that supports children's learning of mathematics.…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Jarman, Ron – 1998
This book aims to present helpful, practical ideas and suggestions for mathematics teaching. Focus is on how teaching can be developed in a Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf) School and includes treatment of mathematical topics applicable to the 7-14 age group. Suggestions for curriculum and examples for children to work on are presented with a very wide…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Sparrow, Len; Swan, Paul – 2001
This book guides teachers in the appropriate use of calculators in math classrooms in grades 3-8. This resource is organized into two parts. Part One addresses the broad range of classroom teachers' questions and concerns about using calculators for teaching mathematics. Issues covered include: (1) How can calculators support helping children…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Calculators, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Activities
Grant, Tim, Ed.; Littlejohn, Gail, Ed. – 2001
Within the last couple of decades, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased significantly due to human activities. Today climate change is an important issue for humankind. This book provides a starting point for educators to teach about climate change, although there are obstacles caused by the industrialized…
Descriptors: Climate Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect