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Peer reviewedLo, Jane-Jane; And Others – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1996
Describes a college geometry course centered around challenging, open-ended problems that invite students to draw upon their experiences and share their understandings. Includes discussion of sample problems; writing assignments; classroom dialog; student comments and insights about geometry, mathematics, and themselves and mathematics; and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Mathematics, Demonstration Programs, Geometry
Download full textNational Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Div. of Undergraduate Education. – 1994
The Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Development Program of the National Science Foundation supports the development of courses in all disciplines to improve the quality of undergraduate courses and curricula in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. The purpose of the program in Curriculum Development in Mathematics: Calculus and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Engineering Education, Federal Aid, Higher Education
LaTorre, Donald R. – 1991
Clemson University's Revitalized Undergraduate Mathematics with Symbol Manipulating Graphics Calculators Project introduced Hewlett-Packard HP-48S graphing calculators into undergraduate mathematics instruction to demonstrate that calculators can be effectively integrated into the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. This document reports the…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Demonstration Programs, Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators
Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee. – 1993
This report describes a three-part effort by the Florida Postsecondary Education Planning Commission to identify some of the current outstanding efforts to improve science and mathematics at the postsecondary level and to explore ideas on how these positive practices can be expanded. Site visits to three selected postsecondary institutions…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College School Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change
Preston, Vera – 1991
Issues related to the improvement of mathematics and science education pertain to Native students as well as to the general population. Native students are most successful at tasks that use visual and spatial abilities and that involve simultaneous processing. Instruction should build on Native students' strengths. Experiential learning and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Cooperative Learning, Demonstration Programs
Wagner, Kay, Ed. – 1992
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Program of the U.S. Department of Education Program was designed to provide funding to improve the skills of teachers and the quality of instruction in science and mathematics in the nation's public and private elementary and secondary schools. This report contains listings of 142 model…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs
Williams, Richard; And Others – 1981
Upward Bound's National Demonstration Project "Science and Self-Determination" (SSD) awarded to the American Indian Educational Opportunity Program at University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1980 shares a common purpose with other Upward Bound Projects: to provide opportunity to low income and otherwise disadvantaged secondary students to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, Career Awareness, College Preparation
