Describes a problem that appeared in the April, 1999 issue of this journal and analyzes student responses and misconceptions. The problem concerns exponential progressions. (KHR)

Presents students' various solutions to a word problem. (KHR)

Trained 10 undergraduate psychology students to have the knowledge needed to solve 5 multiple choice problems on descriptive regression analysis and asked them to think aloud while attempting to solve the problems. Analysis of responses shows that failure to select relevant information in the text, failure to retrieve relevant propositional…

Describes the structure of science education in Bhutan, a kingdom in the Eastern Himalayas. (YDS)

Analyzes 11-12-year-old English children's responses to two 'realistic' problems. Through a comparison of responses to two items, suggests that, given suitable 'realistic' problems, many children may be more willing and able to introduce realistic responses in a testing context than earlier research might lead one to expect. (Author/MM)

Presents a hurricane evacuation project in which students use reading, math, and problem solving skills while engaging in a hands-on multitask problem. (YDS)

Presents data from 10 years of teaching using Peer Instruction (PI) in calculus- and algebra-based introductory physics courses for non-majors. Results indicate increased mastery of both conceptual reasoning and quantitative problem solving upon implementing PI. Discusses ways to improve the implementation of PI. (Contains 34 references.)…

Provides weekly activities based on suggested activities from "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics." (KHR)

This study describes how 55 clients from a career center at a large, southeastern university anticipated using computer-assisted career guidance (CACG) systems to help in their career decision making and problem solving. Responses to a cued and a free response survey indicated that clients' most frequent anticipations included increased career…

Tests an adaptation to case-based learning that facilitates abstracting problem-solving schemas from examples and using them to solve further problems: analogical encoding, or learning by drawing a comparison across examples. In 3 studies, the authors examined schema abstraction and transfer among novices learning negotiation strategies. (Contains…

Invites students to try magic-number tricks and discover how and why they work. (Author)

Describes an activity in which students explore the mathematics used by urban planners by using a zoning chart of minimum and maximum building restrictions. (YDS)

Describes two-line display calculators and their functions. (Author/YDS)

Presents responses to the Mathematics of Motion problem which includes estimating the area of shapes on grid paper. (Author/YDS)

Presents the Football Frenzy problem. (Author/YDS)