漫谈数学科学的教学研究

从现代数学的特殊本性出发 ,论述了数学教学在我国高等教育中的特殊地位和先天的教学难度 ,文章分析了国内数学教育的现状和问题 ,提出进行数学认知规律的探索研究 ,把握数学教学的特殊门道的重要性 .     

高等农业院校多角度渗透数学文化教育的探讨与实践

结合我校多年来从事大学数学教学内容与课程体系改革的实际,分析了当前农林院校大学数学教学改革的经验和解决的问题,并从不同角度总结并分析了大学数学教育中渗透数学文化对数学教育的促进作用.     

计算机及数学软件在高职数学教学中的应用

阐述了计算机与数学软件运用于高等职业教育数学教学中的设想与实践探索．把数学实验作为传统教学、计算机和数学软件相结合的一种实践,贯穿于日常的教学过程,并列举了对应的课堂教学具体实例加以展示．最后指出,高职数学教学中应该加强这种教学模式的设计和开发．     

数学文化对数学教育的启示

数学文化为数学教育的反思提供了一种理念 ,数学文化提示数学教育应格外注重数学精神和理性思维方面在数学教学中的意义 ,数学文化将对数学教育的发展产生深远的影响     

在教改实践中改进和完善新编教材

同济大学应用数学系编写的面向 2 1世纪课程教材《微积分》由高教出版社正式出版已三年多了 .在此期间 ,我校围绕新教材的使用 ,广泛听取了校内外教师和专家的意见和建议 ,对教材中存在的问题和不足之处进行修正 ,到今年初 ,完成了该书第二版的编写 ,新版已在七月份正式出版面世 .在这次修订中 ,除了对原书中存在的不当与错误之处作订正外 ,主要围绕提高教材的可教学性这个中心 ,就一些问题进行了再思考 ,并根据教改实践的经验及同行们的意见得出了自己的认识和结论 ,对教材作了修订 .前几年 ,国家出版了一大批改革教材 ,经过一段时期的使用…     

数学素质教育改革的系统工程

随着教学改革的不断深入 ,围绕素质教育全国各大院校都开展了各种形式的教学改革 .在教学手段、教学方法、教学观念、教学内容等多方面进行了大胆的改革 .数学建模和数学实验的产生 ,无疑对数学素质教育有极大的促进 .本文讨论了常规教学、数学建模和数学实验三者之间的有机融合将成为数学素质培养更为有效的途径 .     

数学实验——数学方法、数学软件和数学应用的融合

论述了数学方法、数学软件和数学应用在数学实验课中的作用,表述了数学方法、数学软件和数学应用之间的关系.     

试谈应用数学的发展——加强数学联系实际的学风(下半篇)

在高等数学中 ,怎样发展应用数学并在社会建设中起促进作用 ?本文就此问题提供少量素材和一份讨论意见。全文分四章 ,共十一节。前两章共四节对历史和现状作了回顾。第三章分四节 ,对科研情况进行了分析 ,涉及到数学的学科性质、过四关分类、工作困难、以及在抽样思维、逻辑推导和应用实践之间的相互关系。按照回顾与分析 ,本文指出 :在 2 0世纪 ,由于工业不发达 ,我国数学应用的基础薄弱 ;加上缺乏经验 ,我国数学联系实际的学风比较差 ,有待努力加强。第四章有三节 ,提出加强联系实际、发展应用数学的多种措施 ,并给出为了建成数学强国应该达到的定量标准     

高师数学教育的时代要求

21世纪,基础教育的新课程实施与高等教育的大众化是我国教育事业发展的两大主流,教育质量始终是我们事业发展的生命线.本文从基础教育改革和人们对数学素质的需求出发,论述了社会对高师数学教育的基本要求,并探讨了高师数学教育要加强学生的数学教育观念的教育.     

试谈应用数学的发展——加强数学联系实际的学风(上半篇)

在高等数学中 ,怎样发展应用数学并在社会建设中起促进作用 ?本文就此问题提供少量素材和一份讨论意见。全文分四章 ,共十一节。前两章共四节对历史和现状作了回顾。第三章分四节 ,对科研情况进行了分析 ,涉及到数学的学科性质、过四关分类、工作困难、以及在抽象思维、逻辑推导和应用实践之间的相互关系。按照回顾与分析 ,本文指出 :在 2 0世纪 ,由于工业不发达 ,我国数学应用的基础薄弱 ;加上缺乏经验 ,我国数学联系实际的学风比较差 ,有待努力加强。第四章有三节 ,提出加强联系实际、发展应用数学的多种措施 ,并给出为了建成数学强国应该达到的定量标准     

Predictive factors of students’ motivation to succeed in introductory mathematics courses: evidence from higher education in the UAE

The purpose of the study is to examine whether there is a significant relationship between students’ motivation to succeed in introductory mathematics courses offered by universities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the dependent variable of the research and another five independent variables including cognitive mathematics self-concept, affective mathematics self-concept, extrinsic motivation as expectations of future career and income, students’ age and the number of mathematics courses taken by students. The rationale of the study is based on the significance of mathematics achievements for students and academic institutions in particular, as well as for the society in general. The study is designed based on a quantitative research methodology and a sample of 685 students participated in completing a survey questionnaire. The sample is drawn from students who were registered in different introductory mathematics courses at four academic institutions of higher education in the UAE. The quantitative correlation analysis among students’ motivation, cognitive mathematics self-concept, affective mathematics self-concept, extrinsic motivation, students’ age and the number of mathematics courses taken by students reveals theoretically consistent interrelationships. The quantitative multiple regression analysis indicates that the five independent variables explain 71.3% of the variation in students’ motivation to succeed in introductory mathematics courses.     

Prior decisions and experiences about mathematics of students in bridging courses

We report on the survey responses of 51 students attending mathematics bridging courses at a major Australian university, investigating what mathematics, if any, these students had studied in the senior years of schooling and what factors affected their decisions about the level of mathematics chosen. Quantitative findings are augmented by qualitative responses to open-ended questions in the survey as well as excerpts from follow-up emails. The findings show that the major reasons for students taking lower levels of mathematics in senior year(s), or dropping mathematics, include finding enough time for non-mathematics subjects, confidence in mathematical capability, advice and maximizing potential ranking for university admission.     

The interplay of various Scandinavian mathematical journals (1859–1953) and the road towards internationalization

The merger of various Nordic mathematical journals in 1953 into Mathematica Scandinavica (for research) and into Nordisk Matematisk Tidsskrift (for the more elementary topics, from 1979 NORMAT) confirmed increasing cooperation between matured Scandinavian mathematical communities. The merger originated from practical considerations including the wish to have a critical mass for economically viable publications.The present paper presents the basic steps in the development of several Scandinavian mathematical journals from 1859, the year of the foundation of the first general mathematical journal in a Scandinavian language, the Danish Mathematisk Tidsskrift, through various converging and diverging tendencies, towards the events of the year 1953.     

Difference and differential equations in the mathematics of finance

Many problems arising in the mathematics of finance involve identical money flows at regular time intervals and are typically solved by appropriate valuation at a focal date or by setting up an equation of value. It is shown here that such problems can be viewed as special cases of a certain class of first‐order difference equations. Problems relating to continuous money flows can be viewed analogously as special cases of a certain class of ordinary first‐order differential equations. Students should thus be encouraged to view the concepts and techniques of the mathematics of finance as not being inherently different from those prevalent in more traditional applied mathematics.     

‘I Finally Get It!’: developing mathematical understanding during teacher education

A deep conceptual understanding of elementary mathematics as appropriate for teaching is increasingly thought to be an important aspect of elementary teacher capacity. This study explores preservice teachers’ initial mathematical understandings and how these understandings developed during a mathematics methods course for upper elementary teachers. The methods course was supplemented by a newly designed optional course in mathematics for teaching. Teacher candidates choosing the optional course were initially weaker in terms of mathematical understanding than their peers, yet showed stronger mathematical development after engaging in the extra hours the optional course provided.     

Learning fraction comparison by using a dynamic mathematics software – GeoGebra

GeoGebra is a mathematics software system that can serve as a tool for inquiry-based learning. This paper deals with the application of a fraction comparison software, which is constructed by GeoGebra, for use in a dynamic mathematics environment. The corresponding teaching and learning issues have also been discussed.     

Mathematics identity and achievement among Black students

Employing data from the National Center of Educational Statistics' High School Longitudinal Study and utilizing critical race theory and intersectionality as theoretical frameworks, this article interrogates the relationship between mathematics identity and math success for a nationwide sample of Black secondary school students. More specifically, hierarchical regression modeling is employed to examine the relative impact of math identity, demographic variables, and school/parent social capital variables on the math grade point averages of this sample. The article ends with a discussion of specific steps for teaching mathematics that put the identity of those from traditionally marginalized communities at the center of mathematics instruction. Thus making experiences, histories, culture, and abilities essential elements of students' learning, that are to be supported and built upon.     

The Mathematics Attitudes and Perceptions Survey: an instrument to assess expert-like views and dispositions among undergraduate mathematics students

One goal of an undergraduate education in mathematics is to help students develop a productive disposition towards mathematics. A way of conceiving of this is as helping mathematical novices transition to more expert-like perceptions of mathematics. This conceptualization creates a need for a way to characterize students' perceptions of mathematics in authentic educational settings. This article presents a survey, the Mathematics Attitudes and Perceptions Survey (MAPS), designed to address this need. We present the development of the MAPS instrument and its validation on a large (N = 3411) set of student data. Results from various MAPS implementations corroborate results from analogous instruments in other STEM disciplines. We present these results and highlight some in particular: MAPS scores correlate with course grades; students tend to move away from expert-like orientations over a semester or year of taking a mathematics course; and interactive-engagement type lectures have less of a negative impact, but no positive impact, on students' overall orientations than traditional lecturing. We include the MAPS instrument in this article and suggest ways in which it may deepen our understanding of undergraduate mathematics education.     

A good foundation for number learning for five-year-olds? An evaluation of the English Early Learning ‘Numbers’ Goal in the light of research

This article sets out to evaluate the English Early Years Foundation Stage Goal for Numbers, in relation to research evidence. The Goal, which sets out to provide ‘a good foundation in mathematics’, has greater breadth of content and higher levels of difficulty than previous versions. Research suggests that the additional expectations are unachievable by the majority of rising fives, but that a more effective foundation to ensure progress and prevent later difficulties would prioritise number sense with numbers to 10, including subitising, numeral comprehension, relative number size, one more/less than and part–whole relationships.     

数学实验在工程数学教学中的应用

从《工程数学》教学实践出发,针对当前面临的教与学困难,提出引进《数学实验》课以解决这一问题.阐述了《数学实验》课的特点、重要性、作用,并给出具体实施办法.《数学实验》课可全方位提高学生学习《工程数学》兴趣,进而提高应用《工程数学》解决问题的能力.