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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA 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 abstractMathematics Anxiety and Achievement Among Secondary School StudentsEffandi Zakaria, Normalizam Mohd Zain, Nur Amalina Ahmad, Ayu ErlinaResearch has shown that mathematics achievement in students is influenced by psychological factors such as mathematics anxiety. Weaknesses among students in learning mathematics in particular will affect the efforts of various sectors in making Malaysia a fully developed nation by 2020. The purpose of this study was to determine mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement among secondary school students in Selangor, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 11 · 1 Sep 2012 · 13,305 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFinding the Envelope and Efficient Frontier of Financial AssetsFarida Kachapova, Ilias KachapovProblem statement: One of the problems considered in financial mathematics is finding portfolios of given financial assets that minimize risk for targeted returns. The set of such portfolios is called the envelope of the assets. Traditionally this problem is solved as a calculus minimization problem involving partial derivatives and Lagrange multipliers. Approach: In this study we describe an invariant geometric … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 16 Jul 2012 · 9,279 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Analysis of Teaching Styles in Primary and Secondary School Teachers based on the Theory of Multiple IntelligencesTajularipin Sulaiman, Aminuddin Hassan, Hor Yen YiProblem statement: The practice of contemporary teaching methods that looked into student diversity had started to dominant most classrooms. In recent years, teachers had adopted a multiple intelligences approach in teaching to meet the needs of a wider range of students. Objective of the present study was to determine the Multiple Intelligence (MI) profile and teaching styles of primary and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 18 Jul 2011 · 9,843 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe 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
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUsing Culture, Policy and Traditional Knowledge to Improve Engagement in Science CoursesLawrence K. Duffy, Catherine Hurt Middlecamp, Anna Godduhn, Cindy E. FabbriProblem statement: In our undergraduate science courses, we need to engage students by including the current issues and concerns of our students as well as recognizing the place-based context in which they learn. Including culture, policy and traditional knowledge when it intersects with a chemical principle and a challenging real world issue adds concreteness to the scientific process. Approach: Science … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2009 · 7,183 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHow Prepared are Trainee Teachers of University Putra Malaysia (UPM) to Integrate Computer Technology in Classroom Teaching?Shamsiah Mohamed, Ab. Rahim BakarThis research is a presentation of a study on trainee teachers' preparedness to integrate computer technology in teaching. One-hundred and thirty-nine trainee teachers participated in the study. They comprised 12.2% male students and 87.8% female. They majored in agricultural science, home-science, language, economics or accounting and science and mathematics. Their academic achievements were between 2.00 and 3.74 (Mean = 2.91, … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 7,799 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMODELING OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS DESIGN-TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE FORMING IN PHYSICAL-MATHEMATICAL DISCIPLINES STUDYING PROCESSIlsiyar Mingatinovna Zaripova, Albina Rafisovna Shaidullina, Alla Evgenyevna Upshinskaya et al.The essence and contents of students’ project technical competence as a synthesis of design and technical competencies, including special knowledge, abilities, skills and personal qualities which are necessary for their future professional duties effective implementation, particular, for engineering projects successful implementation, requiring technical calculations performing and abilities, allowing to operate in professional activity effectively, to be guided in work situations … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 7 · 19 Apr 2014 · 6,937 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Activities Based on Van Hiele’s Phase-Based Learning: Experts’ and Preservice Teachers’ ViewsAbdul Halim Abdullah, Effandi ZakariaThe effective learning strategies for mathematics topics may vary according to the topic. For geometry, the activities that are suggested to be implemented are carried out using Van Hiele’s phases of learning geometry. The phases include Information, Guided Orientation, Explicitation, Free Orientation and Integration. The implementation of these phased-based activities is easier and more effective with the presence of dynamic … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 13 Oct 2012 · 8,036 accessesView PDFCite