Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
April 2005 Volume 24, Number 2
Editors
Gary H. Marks
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 5
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Online assessment feedback: competitive, individualistic, or… preferred form!
Matt Bower, Macquarie University, Australia
This study investigated the "the effects of receiving the preferred form of online assessment feedback upon middle school mathematics students." Students completed a web-based quadratics equations ... More
pp. 121-147
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Use of Colour and Interactive Animation in Learning 3D Vectors
Wejdan Iskander, previously at the University of Stirling, UK, Saudi Arabia; Sharon Curtis, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
This study investigated the effects of two computer-implemented techniques (colour and interactive animation) on learning 3D vectors. The participants were 43 female Saudi Arabian high school... More
pp. 149-156
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Teaching Complex Dynamic Systems to Young Students with StarLogo
Eric Klopfer, Susan Yoon & Tricia Um, MIT, United States
In the this paper, we report on a program of study called Adventures in Modeling that challenges the traditional scientific method approach in science classrooms using StarLogo modeling software.... More
pp. 157-178
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Learning the Basics with Calculus
Walter Stroup, The University of Texas at Austin, United States
A critical issue related to the use of simulation environments in school-based learning is the relation between the use of these environments and the structure of traditional curricula. Teachers... More
pp. 179-196
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Global Feedback in ActiveMath
Erica Melis & Eric Andres, DFKI and University of the Saarland, Germany
** Invited as a paper from E-Learn 2003 ** This paper describes the global feedback in ActiveMath, a learning environment for mathematics and beyond. It addresses some of the cognitive... More
pp. 197-220
