Building mathematics cellular phone learning communities

Building mathematics cellular phone learning communities

—Researchers emphasize the importance of maintaining learning communities and environments. This article describes the building and nourishment of a learning community , one comprised of middle school students who learned mathematics out-of-class using the cellular phone. The building of the learning community was led by three third year pre-service teachers majoring in mathematics and computer...

Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Poor Communities

Over the past decade, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has been a leader in calling for reform in mathematics curriculum, instruction, and assessment to improve the mathematics achievement of all students. Through its published standards and its official policy statements, NCTM has asserted that mathematical power must be considered the right of, and the expectation for, e...

Building Professional Learning Communities in the NT

NT DEET Professional Learning Policy defines Professional Learning as ‘opportunities or experiences that promote enhanced skills, knowledge, attributes, attitudes and behaviours of staff ‘ As we begin to describe the ways in which Professional Learning is evolving in our education system we increasingly focus on teacher learning that develops within a culture of collaboration and collective res...

Building Mathematics Learning Applications by Means of Consmath

1 Miguel Angel Mora, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Department of Computer Engineering, Carretera de Colmenar Viejo, Km 15, 28049 Madrid, Spain, [email protected] 2 Roberto Moriyón, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Department of Computer Engineering, Carretera de Colmenar Viejo, Km 15, 28049 Madrid, Spain, [email protected] 3 Francisco Saiz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Department o...

Students' Perceptions of Learning Mathematics With Cellular Phones and Applets