Disaffection with school mathematics

High School Mathematics Pathways

Defining the Two Pathways For the purposes of planning for high school curriculum, Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) is setting forth two possible paths for high school mathematics: a traditional pathway and an integrated pathway. It is important to note that Indiana is not mandating either approach; however, IDOE encourages districts to carefully consider both options before making a deci...

The trace of realistic mathematics education in the school mathematics in Iran

Abstract: In the late 70's, in reaction to both "New Math" movement in the United States and "mechanistic mathematics education" approach to mathematics education in Netherland, Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) has been introduced by Freudenthal and his colleagues. In this educational approach, Freudenthal considered mathematics as a human activity. Based on this approach, education should...

Doing High School Mathematics Carefully

We show how solutions to typical problems of High School and rst-year University mathematics can be written using structured derivations. Such a derivation extends the calculational proof format with subderivations that allow inferences to presented at diierent levels of detail. By using structured derivations and a minimal amount of logical syntax, we can write solution to typical problems in ...

Behavioral engagement and disaffection in school activities: exploring a model of motivational facilitators and performance outcomes

Título: Compromiso conductual y desafección con las actividades escolares: explorando un modelo de facilitadores motivacionales y resultados de rendimiento. Resumen: Investigaciones previas han mostrado que el control percibido, el valor de la tarea, el compromiso conductual y la desafección son determinantes personales del rendimiento académico. Sin embargo, pocas investigaciones han examinado...

Intelligent Tutoring and High School Mathematics