In Joe Crawford's last two articles, he examined the process of building standards-based curriculum documents to drive instruction in the K-8 environment. Continuing with this theme, this article explores "closing the loop" and following this work into the high school experience. There is one huge difference in the Common Core State…

In October 2010 Perry Beeches school, an 11-16 Local Authority controlled community comprehensive in Birmingham, was widely featured in the national media as the "most improved school in the UK"--Ever. Some of the ways in which this was achieved are explored. Whether the changes undergone by this school reflect a pattern that has become…

In recent years, teachers have noticed a drop in student effort on complex problems in math and science. The purpose of this study was to determine if incorporating cooperative learning and self-recording strategies had an impact upon student effort on complex problems. A total of 38 9th through 11th grade math and science students at two…

The life work of both John Dewey and Lev Vygotsky and the implications for pedagogy that each of the theorist's work has generated is well known in the field of education. However, it is seldom that the theorists' works are juxtaposed for pedagogical considerations for specific subject matter. This is for at least three reasons: first, Dewey, of…

Presents a study in which three classes of grade 10 students worked with graphics calculators throughout, five classes used them for approximately two months, and four classes did not use them at all. Posttest results showed that students who had worked with graphics calculators tended to attempt more problems and obtain higher test scores than…

Describes an episode involving conditional statements and the notion of logical equivalence that occurred in a 10th-grade college-preparatory geometry class. Illustrates some of the confusion that can arise in connection with this topic, for both students and teachers. (ASK)

This teacher resource manual is designed to help teachers implement the Mathematics Preparation 10 course. This manual is a support document that provides helpful information to classroom teachers. The general and specific outcomes of the program of studies for Mathematics Preparation 10 are discussed. These outcomes have been shared to show that…

This evaluation report is a description of an integrated bilingual-bicultural program which attempted to improve student achievement in oral and literate mastery of both Spanish and English. The program was funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act, Title VII and was in its third year of operation in New York City. Two hundred ninth and…

These papers presented at a symposium describe how tenth grade students would be taught the slope of a line in geometry using three different approaches to teaching theory: behaviorism, Piagetian cognitive development, and information processing. Analyses of each approach focus on manner of learner cooperation and differing teacher role. (MBR)

This study investigated the effects of specific criteria for marking a test on its reliability and validity. Eight algebra word problems were administered to grade 10 students. The objectivity of scoring criteria improved the reliability of the test, but did not affect its validity. (MNS)

Describes how students in a 10th-grade geometry class discovered relationships that led to the development of conjectures, theorems, and directions of proofs regarding the centroid of a triangle. (ASK)

A large and representative 10% sample of classrooms consisting of 1,587 students from a mid-western province in Canada was administered a standardized achievement test battery. This battery consisted of four tests, Reading, Mathematics, Written Expression, and Using Sources of Information. Gender and rural-urban differences in achievement and…

The ability of tenth grade plane geometry students to structure concepts and relationships from a geometry unit on ratio, proportion and similarity was tested. Analysis of cognitive "maps" of the structural relationships possessed by twenty concrete and twenty formal subjects indicated that formal operational subjects structure subject…

This annotated bibliography identifies the new English-language resources with new components endorsed by all Western Canadian Protocol (WCP) jurisdictions implementing "The Common Curriculum Framework for K-12 Mathematics Grade 10 to Grade 12." Resources listed in this annotated bibliography were selected through a collaborative review…

Attitude toward mathematics is often characterized as being either positive or negative, that is, essentially a one-dimensional phenomenon. This research was an investigation of construct validity for attitude toward mathematics. The Mathematics Attitude Scale developed by Aiken and Dreger (1961) was administered to 148 tenth graders. A principal…