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Hatisaru, Vesife – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 2023
This study explores the types of mathematical connections established in the classroom in the teaching of functions. An extended model for mathematical connections (different representations (DR), procedural (PC), if-then (I-T), part-whole connections (PWC), feature/property (F/P), analogies, and instruction-oriented connections (IOC)) is used as…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Teachers
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Duke, Billy J.; Dwyer, Jerry F.; Wilhelm, Jennifer; Moskal, Barbara – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2008
Outreach mathematicians are college faculty who are trained in mathematics but who undertake an active role in improving primary and secondary education. This role is examined through a study where an outreach mathematician introduced the concept of complex variables to junior high school students in the United States with the goal of stimulating…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Mathematics, Professional Personnel, Outreach Programs
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Tan, Kuo Cheang; Chua, Boon Liang – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2006
This article discusses a relatively unnoticed application of mathematics by describing its connection with an aspect of music, in particular, the musical scales. Stemming from a problem found in a Year 9 mathematics textbook commonly used in Singapore, the article illustrates the role of mathematics in musical scales by first considering the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Theory, Secondary School Mathematics, Integrated Curriculum