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, modeling, and mathematics are identified as the main constituents of ubiquitous computing in this study. These four areas are …
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This article describes how for many college students the transition to college-level mathematics courses presents new … challenges beyond those that were part of the high school experience. In this interdisciplinary study forty-four non-mathematics … applied mathematical tasks, mathematics achievement in college, and the relationship between predictors of college success …
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This article explores how motivation in computer games could be integrated into mathematics education. The scope of the … study was conducted with the purpose to obtain a common understanding of nine teachers and 11 students about mathematics … interviews have revealed that the existing mathematics education is built on drill-and-practice approach with Polya's problem …
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having a thorough understanding of the mathematics content is expected, yet teacher preparation programs struggle to help … elementary pre-service teacher candidates who enter undergraduate programs without the solid mathematics foundations needed to be … successful in passing the North Carolina General Curriculum Mathematics Licensure test. With this problem serving as the backdrop …
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The purpose of this study was to explore gender differences among digital native students in mathematics learning and … confident in mathematics. While females still lag behind males in spatial abilities and mathematics confidence in the past …
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Abstract I examine the changing patterns of enrollment of females and males in mathematics and science courses in high …. Higher graduation requirements in mathematics and science are associated with increased course taking and the magnitude is … the number of high school mathematics courses taken has a positive effect on the probability that a student chooses a …
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This article presents the semantic information theory, formulated by the philosopher Fred I. Dretske, as a contribution to the discussion of metatheories and their practical implications in the field of library and information science. Dretske’s theory is described in Knowledge and the flow of...
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Argues preliminarily that quantitative‐mathematical social science, including economics, is not possible because it applies a method useful in other areas to a field to which it cannot be applied and because the truth claim of science so conceived is self‐referential to begin with. The...
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Attempts to throw some light on the sensible use of mathematics in economic theory. Argues that mathematics is a …
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