Statistics in High School Science     

Carolyn Maher  John Pancari 《Teaching Statistics》1990,12(2):34-36

Exploratory date analysis provides powerful numerical and graphical tools with which to summarise and interpret data. In this article the authors describe their work with students who were given the opportunity to engage in the solution of a real problem in the physics laboratory which requried statistical techniques.  相似文献   

Building community connections for youth to reduce violence     

Sharon Telleen  Susan Maher  Rosario C. Pesce 《Psychology in the schools》2003,40(5):549-563

The Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative in Morton High School District 201, Cicero, IL, used a social ecological systems perspective to implement its goals. Social‐emotional learning and violence‐prevention strategies were provided at the levels of the community, school, and individual. Creation of a safe school environment cut across developmental levels from preschool through high school. Intervention activities were universal/preventive, school, and targeted/individual. Finally, the project sought to develop a consortium infrastructure to institutionalize and sustain integrated services. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 40: 549–563, 2003.  相似文献   

Learning opportunities from group discussions: warrants become the objects of debate     

Keith Weber  Carolyn Maher  Arthur Powell  Hollylynne Stohl Lee 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2008,68(3):247-261

In the mathematics education literature, there is currently a debate about the mechanisms by which group discussion can contribute to mathematical learning and under what conditions this learning is likely to occur. In this paper, we contribute to this debate by illustrating three learning opportunities that group discussions can create. In analyzing a videotaped episode of eight middle school students discussing a statistical problem, we observed that these students frequently challenged the arguments that their colleagues presented. These challenges invited students to be explicit about what mathematical principles, or warrants, they were implicitly using as a basis for their mathematical claims, in some cases recognize the modes of reasoning they were using were invalid and reject these modes of reasoning, and in other cases, attempt to provide deductive support to justify why their modes of reasoning were appropriate. We then describe what social and environmental conditions allowed the discussion analyzed in this paper to occur.

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Comparison of the General Ability Measure for Adults and the Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test with college students     

Kerry S. Lassiter  T. Darin Matthews  Nancy L. Bell  Carrie M. Maher 《Psychology in the schools》2002,39(5):497-506

Ninety‐four college students were administered the GAMA and KAIT. GAMA IQs were significantly and moderately correlated with KAIT Fluid, Crystallized and Composite IQs, supporting the convergent validity of this instrument. Although significant correlations between measures emerged and nonsignificant differences were found between mean scores across these instruments, GAMA IQ scores did not accurately predict KAIT Composite IQ scores when GAMA IQ scores were compared to KAIT Composite IQs. Similarly, when the sample was divided into two groups by ability level, GAMA IQs accurately estimated the intelligence for individuals of Average and Below Average intelligence, but underestimated the KAIT Composite IQ scores by 4 points for the Above Average group. Implications of the findings are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided. © 2002, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.  相似文献   

Professional development for rural and remote teachers using video conferencing     

Damian Maher  Anne Prescott 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》2017,45(5):520-538

Teachers in rural and remote schools face many challenges including those relating to distance, isolation and lack of professional development opportunities. This article examines a project where mathematics and science teachers were provided with professional development opportunities via video conferencing to help them use syllabus documents to develop their teaching programs. The study is qualitative and draws on teacher conversations and surveys using a community of inquiry theoretical framework to analyse the data. The results demonstrate that teacher professional development via video conferencing has both strengths and weaknesses but can support teachers through collaboration to develop their expertise in writing teaching programs.  相似文献   

The faculty perspective on holistic and systems thinking in American and Australian mechanical engineering programmes     

N. N. Kellam  M. A. Maher  W. H. Peters 《European Journal of Engineering Education》2008,33(1):45-57

This research effort examined current mechanical engineering educational programmes in America and Australia to determine the degree of holistic, systems thinking of each programme. Faculty from ten American universities and ten Australian universities participated in online surveys and interviews. Resulting data analysis and interpretation suggest that holistic, systems thinking is present in both American and Australian engineering educational programmes, although it is more prevalent in Australian programmes. Specific examples of educational opportunities (courses, projects, extracurricular activities, research experiences) that integrate complex systems study are described in the full paper. This study is currently limited a small sample size within two countries, but it would be very useful to expand the study to a larger population and to include European sites to gain a fuller picture of the state of holistic, systems thinking in higher education.  相似文献   

Library Anxiety among Undergraduate Students: A Comparative Study on Egypt and Saudi Arabia     

Ahmed Maher Khafaga Shehata  Mohammed Fathy Mahmoud Elgllab 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2019,45(4):386-393

The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a study of library anxiety among a group of Arab students in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The paper also investigated the factors that affect the students' level of anxiety while using academic libraries. The study tried to compare the difference in the level of anxiety in the two countries using a scale (LLPB) developed by the researchers which fit the culture in the Arab region. The study adopted a mixed methods approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with several students in Saudi Arabia and Egypt to determine the main factors that lead to having a level of anxiety in the libraries. In the second stage, a questionnaire was sent to students to measure what factors have a greater impact on the level of anxiety. The data showed that Egyptian students are more anxious about using the libraries than the Saudi students. The results also indicated that there is a need to train students on how to use the libraries and also change students' perception regarding the library to reduce the level of anxiety. This study was conducted in Egypt and Saudi Arabia the level of library anxiety and the factors that may affect the students may vary in other countries.  相似文献   

Teachers attending to students’ mathematical reasoning: lessons from an after-school research program     

John M. Francisco  Carolyn A. Maher 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2011,14(1):49-66

There is a documented need for more opportunities for teachers to learn about students’ mathematical reasoning. This article reports on the experiences of a group of elementary and middle school mathematics teachers who participated as interns in an after-school, classroom-based research project on the development of mathematical ideas involving middle-grade students from an urban, low-income, minority community in the United States. For 1 year, the teachers observed the students working on well-defined mathematical investigations that provided a context for the students’ formation of particular mathematical ideas and different forms of reasoning in several mathematical content strands. The article describes insights into students’ mathematical reasoning that the teachers were able to gain from their observations of the students’ mathematical activity. The purpose is to show that teachers’ observations of students’ mathematical activity in research sessions on students’ development of mathematical ideas can provide opportunities for teachers to learn about students’ mathematical reasoning.  相似文献   

The politician's point of view     

Maher Mahran 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1993,39(1-2):15-19

The politician's point of view refers to studies which prove that neither a socio-economic development plan which ignores population questions, nor population education in isolation, can succeed. Educated people tend to have fewer children and to provide better education for them, while girls marrying before the age of 20 have little hope of continuing education and are subject to other social pressures. Examples are given from population education programs in Egypt.

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Zusammenfassung Der Standpunkt des Politikers bezieht sich auf Studien, die beweisen, daß sich weder ein Bevölkerungsfragen ignorierender sozial-ökonomischer Entwicklungsplan noch die Bevölkerungslehre allein durchsetzen können. Gebildete Menschen haben im allgemeinen weniger Kinder und bieten ihnen eine bessere Erziehung, während Mädchen, die vor dem 20. Lebenjahr heiraten wenig Hoffnung auf weiterführende Bildung haben und anderen sozialen Auflagen unterliegen. Programme über die Bevölkerungslehre in Ägypten werden angeführt.

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Résumé Le point de vue du politique se réfère à des études qui démontrent que ni un plan de développement socio-économique qui laisse à l'écart les questions de population, ni l'éducation en matière de population (EmP) faite sans considération du contexte, ne réussira. Les gens instruits tendent à assurer une meilleure éducation à un nombre réduit d'enfants, tandis que les filles mariées avant l'âge de 20 ans risquent de perdre la chance d'une éducation continue et sont soumises à d'autres pressions sociales. L'auteur donne des examples tirés de programmes d'EmP de l'Egypte.

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Bring your own device – a snapshot of two Australian primary schools     

Damian Maher  Peter Twining 《Educational research; a review for teachers and all concerned with progress in education》2017,59(1):73-88

Background: The use of 1:1 and Bring Your Own Device strategies in schools is in its infancy and little is known about how mobile devices such as tablets are being used to support educational practice.

Purpose: In this article, two suburban primary schools in Sydney, Australia were focused on with an aim to understand how mobile device strategies were developed and implemented and how the devices were being used in the schools.

Design and method: This qualitative study uses a case study method. It draws upon questionnaires, interviews and classroom observations, and builds upon previous research in English and Australian schools.

Findings: Results of the research indicate that the devices have only recently been incorporated into the school and suggest that their usage has been generally embraced by both school staff and parents. Key issues highlighted by these two schools included the importance of the school’s vision and uncertainty about the differences between models of provision. Participant responses also referenced some positive impacts on classroom practice, which amplify constructivist pedagogy: there were examples of device use extending student learning by supporting peer assessment, collaboration, research skills and projects.  相似文献