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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleTeachers’ Perceptions toward the use of GeoGebra in the Teaching and Learning of MathematicsLo Sooth Lee, Effandi ZakariaProblem statement: In a study by TIMSS, approximately 20% of Malaysian students failed to achieve the minimum benchmarks in mathematics. In addition, students do not understand mathematical concepts and lack necessary skills in problem-solving. The purpose of this study was to examine teachers’ perceptions toward the features and tools in GeoGebra. Approach: A GeoGebra workshop was conducted involving 30 secondary … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 16 Jun 2012 · 8,929 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleThe Effects of Cooperative Learning on Students' Mathematics Achievement and Attitude towards MathematicsEffandi Zakaria, Lu Chung Chin, Md. Yusoff DaudProblem statement: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of cooperative learning on mathematics achievement and attitude towards mathematics. Approach: This quasi-experimental study was carried out on two form one classes in Miri, Sarawak. One class (n = 44) was assigned as an experimental group and the other (n = 38) was assigned as a control group. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Mar 2010 · 22,697 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessEvery word in the titleOn the Importance of Pure MathematicsFarida KachapovaCoutinho, S.C., 1999. The Mathematics of Ciphers: Number Theory and RSA Cryptography, A K Peters/CRC Press, ISBN-13: 978-1568810829, pp: 198. ERCIM, 2008. Introduction to the special theme: Maths for Everyday Life. Introduction to the Special Theme, University of Helsinki, Finland. Direct Link Flapan, E., 2000. When Topology Meets Chemistry: A Topological Look at Molecular Chirality. 1st Edn., The Mathematical Association … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 10, Issue 4 · 11 Dec 2014 · 43,152 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleGender, Stereotype Threat and Mathematics Test ScoresMing Tsui, Xiao Y. Xu, Edmond VenatorProblem statement: Stereotype threat has repeatedly been shown to depress women’s scores on difficult math tests. An attempt to replicate these findings in China found no support for the stereotype threat hypothesis. Our math test was characterized as being personally important for the student participants, an atypical condition in most stereotype threat laboratory research. Approach: To evaluate the effects of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 16 Aug 2011 · 8,815 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsOrdinal Logistic Regression Analysis in Effective Teaching PracticesHongwei WangThe Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) course in effective teaching practices has been applied to an undergraduate mathematics class at Texas A and M International University (TAMIU) for the past two years (Spring 2022, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023). Practices such as ensuring equitable access to learning, embracing diversity in the classroom, providing useful feedback and teaching powerful … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 20, Issue 1 · 13 Feb 2024 · 6,056 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsA STUDY OF FIRST YEAR TERTIARY STUDENTS’ MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE- CONCEPTUAL AND PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE, LOGICAL THINKING AND CREATIVITYGurudeo Anand Tularam, Kees HulsmanThis study focuses on students in first year environmental science degree programs where traditionally mathematical emphasis has been much less than the strict science or math majors. The importance now placed in applied mathematics means that students need to gain more conceptual and quantitative knowledge in not only the environmental degree programs but also in most if not all non-mathematical … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 1 Aug 2013 · 7,255 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsVedas and the Development of Arithmetic and AlgebraGurudeo Anand TularamProblem statement: Algebra developed in three stages: rhetorical or prose algebra, syncopated or abbreviated algebra and symbolic algebra-known as “school algebra”. School algebra developed rather early in India and the literature now suggests that the first civilization to develop symbolic algebra was the Vedic Indians. Approach: Philosophical ideas of the time influenced the development of the decimal system and arithmetic … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2010 · 8,263 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsThe Step of KourosPaul Nicholas Dimotakis, Panagiotis PapaspirouThe step of Kouros symbolizes a historical period of the Hellenic civilization, designating the decisive step of this civilization towards its geographical, social, cultural and noospheric expansion. This cultural explosion moves towards the New, it is the moment at which the Hellenic civilization realizes its own Plus Ultra. During this cosmogenic explosion certain, idiosyncratic in nature, memeplexes emerge. These shall … …Physics International, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 22 Sep 2015 · 8,212 accessesView PDFCite