“三合一”仪器分析平台的建设

立足于现有分析仪器,通过建立“三合一”仪器分析平台,将学生实习、教师科研、企业检测等3方面需求结合起来。仪器分析平台以“准专业化”方式运作,具有如下功能:(1)增加了学生实习时间和就业机会;(2)改善了教师科研条件,缓解了实验压力;(3)为本地小微企业提供了就近的检测服务;(4)为学校和企业提供了技术合作平台。     

What “counts” as algebra in the eyes of preservice elementary teachers?

This study examined conceptions of algebra held by 30 preservice elementary teachers. In addition to exploring participants’ general “definitions” of algebra, this study examined, in particular, their analyses of tasks designed to engage students in relational thinking or a deep understanding of the equal sign as well as student work on these tasks. Findings from this study suggest that preservice elementary teachers’ conceptions of algebra as subject matter are rather narrow. Most preservice teachers equated algebra with the manipulation of symbols. Very few identified other forms of reasoning - in particular, relational thinking - with the algebra label. Several participants made comments implying that student strategies that demonstrate traditional symbol manipulation might be valued more than those that demonstrate relational thinking, suggesting that what is viewed as algebra is what will be valued in the classroom. This possibility, along with implications for mathematics teacher education, will be discussed.     

Mexican high school students' social representations of mathematics,its teaching and learning

This paper reports a qualitative research that identifies Mexican high school students’ social representations of mathematics. For this purpose, the social representations of ‘mathematics’, ‘learning mathematics’ and ‘teaching mathematics’ were identified in a group of 50 students. Focus group interviews were carried out in order to obtain the data. The constant comparative style was the strategy used for the data analysis because it allowed the categories to emerge from the data. The students’ social representations are: (A) Mathematics is…(1) important for daily life, (2) important for careers and for life, (3) important because it is in everything that surrounds us, (4) a way to solve problems of daily life, (5) calculations and operations with numbers, (6) complex and difficult, (7) exact and (6) a subject that develops thinking skills; (B) To learn mathematics is…(1) to possess knowledge to solve problems, (2) to be able to solve everyday problems, (3) to be able to make calculations and operations, and (4) to think logically to be able to solve problems; and (C) To teach mathematics is…(1) to transmit knowledge, (2) to know to share it, (3) to transmit the reasoning ability, and (4) to show how to solve problems.     

不同性别和性格化学教师课堂教学行为的特征分析

从教师人口学变量及其性格特征的角度来分析影响化学教师课堂教学行为的主要因素,采用调查问卷的方式考察了20位初中化学教师课堂教学行为的特点和教师年龄、学历、性格等基本信息,通过F检验、多维标度法（Multidimensional Scaling,MDS）等统计方法对数据进行处理。结果表明：化学教师教学行为存在显著差异,其主要影响因素是教师的性别与性格。旨在分析不同性别、性格的初中化学教师课堂教学行为的特征,并尝试在中学化学教师教学行为研究中引入多维标度分析法,帮助揭示教学行为差异背后的原因。     

Mathematical tasks,study approaches,and course grades in undergraduate mathematics: a year-by-year analysis

Students approach learning in different ways, depending on the experienced learning situation. A deep approach is geared toward long-term retention and conceptual change while a surface approach focuses on quickly acquiring knowledge for immediate use. These approaches ultimately affect the students’ academic outcomes. This study takes a cross-sectional look at the approaches to learning used by students from courses across all four years of undergraduate mathematics and analyses how these relate to the students’ grades. We find that deep learning correlates with grade in the first year and not in the upper years. Surficial learning has no correlation with grades in the first year and a strong negative correlation with grades in the upper years. Using Bloom's taxonomy, we argue that the nature of the tasks given to students is fundamentally different in lower and upper year courses. We find that first-year courses emphasize tasks that require only low-level cognitive processes. Upper year courses require higher level processes but, surprisingly, have a simultaneous greater emphasis on recall and understanding. These observations explain the differences in correlations between approaches to learning and course grades. We conclude with some concerns about the disconnect between first year and upper year mathematics courses and the effect this may have on students.     

Reservoir storage with skew inflows

The storage problem for infinite reservoirs where annual inflows are distributed as independent gamma variables is treated in this paper. After having determined the distribution of the water content in the reservoir under consideration for a given period, an attempt was made to derive the expressions for the first four moments of the surplus and deficit, and then to approximate their distributions by the Type I curve using the Pearson criterion. The expected value of the range was also derived, and its variance was approximated by a linear equation of the reservoir life. Finally, the distribution of the range was approximated by the Type III curve.     

劈尖干涉条纹变形原因的研究

介绍了劈尖干涉条纹变形原因的查找方法和指导该实验采取的教学方法；论述了在实验教学过程中注重发挥教师指导作用的必要性。     

Teachers' Conceptions of Integrated Mathematics Curricula

In this qualitative research study, we sought to understand teachers' conceptions of integrated mathematics. The participants were teachers in the first year of implementation of a state‐mandated, high school integrated mathematics curriculum. The primary data sources for this study included focus group and individual interviews. Through our analysis, we found that the teachers had varied conceptions of what the term integrated meant in reference to mathematics curricula. These varied conceptions led to the development of the Conceptions of Integrated Mathematics Curricula Framework describing the different conceptions of integrated mathematics held by the teachers. The four conceptions—integration by strands, integration by topics, interdisciplinary integration, and contextual integration—refer to the different ideas teachers connect as well as the time frame over which these connections are emphasized. The results indicate that even when teachers use the same integrated mathematics curriculum, they may have varying conceptions of which ideas they are supposed to connect and how these connections can be emphasized. These varied conceptions of integration among teachers may lead students to experience the same adopted curriculum in very different ways.     

Conceptions of Turkish mathematics teachers about the effectiveness of classroom teaching

This study investigated how Turkish mathematics teachers evaluate the effectiveness of classroom teaching in terms of improving students’ mathematical proficiency. To this purpose, teachers were asked to evaluate a mathematics lesson as presented them in a vignette. By means of cluster analysis, the participants’ evaluations of the lesson were described in five thematic dimensions, which could be further assembled into two overriding categories: students’ understanding of the subject, and teachers’ classroom practices. The overall aim of the current paper is to propose a preliminary model of the framework that Turkish mathematics teachers use to evaluate a mathematics lesson.     

高中化学学生分组实验全面开齐的创新性实践

通过改进、创新教材实验,精心编写校本教材,培训“教师小助手”等措施,解决了高中化学学生分组实验开齐、开全的难题。进一步就相关措施的具体实践进行了阐述,力求为普通高中学校真正地开齐、开全学生分组实验提供借鉴。