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Teaching and Learning Discrete Mathematics
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Sandefur, James; Lockwood, Elise; Hart, Eric; Greefrath, Gilbert – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2022
In this paper, we provide an overall perspective on the teaching and learning of discrete mathematics. Our aim is to highlight what research has been conducted in this area and to connect it to existing research ideas for future work. We begin by characterizing discrete mathematics and its role in the school curriculum, highlighting themes,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Education, Relevance (Education)
The Perceptions of Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments on Students with Visual Impairments and Graphing: How To Teach
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Nashleanas, Ashley N. – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2021
Many gaps exist in what is known around teaching students with visual impairments (SVI) about how to use graphs (Rosenblum et al., 2018; Rosenblum & Herzberg, 2015; Zebehazy & Wilton, 2014a; 2014b; 2014c). When teachers first experience a student with a visual impairment, some of the questions that come to mind are: How can I be sure this…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Not "Just the Facts": Challenging Assumptions in Cross-National Data Journalism
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Nielsen, Carolyn; Kooli, Arwa – Communication Teacher, 2023
Access to online data sets and free, data-visualization software programs that don't require coding skills has given journalism students the ability to produce charts, maps, and graphs quickly. Maps that used to require weeks of software training and expensive programs to create can now be produced in less than an hour. However, students must…
Descriptors: Journalism, Access to Information, Computer Software, Visual Aids
Elementary Teachers' Use of Graphical Representations in Science Teaching
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Coleman, Julianne M.; McTigue, Erin M.; Smolkin, Laura B. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to obtain data on United States K-5 elementary school teachers' self-reported instructional practices with graphical representations. Via an electronic survey, 388 elementary teachers, from throughout the US, reported about their teaching of the interpretation and the production of graphics within science. The main…
Descriptors: Graphs, Elementary School Teachers, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Teaching Modeling with Partial Differential Equations: Several Successful Approaches
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Myers, Joseph; Trubatch, David; Winkel, Brian – PRIMUS, 2008
We discuss the introduction and teaching of partial differential equations (heat and wave equations) via modeling physical phenomena, using a new approach that encompasses constructing difference equations and implementing these in a spreadsheet, numerically solving the partial differential equations using the numerical differential equation…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Calculus, Teaching Methods, Mathematical Models
Black Population Distribution and Growth in the United States. Geography Curriculum Project.
Pelletti, John C. – 1973
The self-study unit for intermediate grades deals with growth and distribution of the black population of the United States. The unit shows how and why the black population started from a rural southern base and became a largely urban population, compares the black people of two cities, one northern and one southern, and discusses how they are…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Case Studies, Data Analysis, Demography