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Holm, Jennifer, Ed.; Mathieu-Soucy, Sarah, Ed. – Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, 2020
The 43rd meeting of Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG) was held at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia (May 31-June 4, 2019). This meeting marked only the third time CMESG/GCEDM (Groupe Canadien d'Étude en Didactique des Mathématiques) had been held in Nova Scotia (1996, 2003), and the first time it had been…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Postsecondary Education
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Dunning-Davies, J. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2003
The importance of the mathematical notion of concavity in relation to thermodynamics is stressed and it is shown how it can be useful in increasing the enthusiasm of physics' students for their mathematics' courses.
Descriptors: Thermodynamics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Physics
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Ellington, Aimee J. – School Science and Mathematics, 2006
Forty-two studies comparing students with access to graphing calculators during instruction to students who did not have access to graphing calculators during instruction are the subject of this meta-analysis. The results on the achievement and attitude levels of students are presented. The studies evaluated cover middle and high school…
Descriptors: Testing, Graphing Calculators, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction