Transdisciplinarity in Mathematics Education

Transdisciplinarity in Mathematics Education
Author: Limin Jao
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2017-10-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3319636243

The book explores various facets of transdisciplinarity in mathematics education and its importance for research and practice. The book comprehensively outlines the ways that mathematics interacts with different disciplines, world views, and contexts; these topics include: mathematics and the humanities, the complex nature of mathematics education, mathematics education and social contexts, and more. It is an invaluable resource for mathematics education students, researchers, and practitioners seeking to incorporate transdisciplinarity into their own practice.

From STEM to STEAM

From STEM to STEAM
Author: David A. Sousa
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2018-01-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1506336787

Weave arts activities to STEM instruction, and STEAM ahead to academic success Arts activities enhance the skills critical for achieving STEM success, but how do busy STEM educators integrate the arts into sometimes inflexible STEM curriculum? This new edition of From STEM to STEAM explores emerging research to detail the way. It includes: Classroom-tested strategies, including sample K-12 lessons plans and planning templates. Tools for building a professional development program designed to helps arts and STEM teachers collaborate to create STEAM lessons. Sample planning frameworks for transitioning schools from STEM to STEAM. The main objective of both art and science is discovery. Lead your students to make that connection and STEAM ahead to academic success!

The Effects of Music on Basic Mathematics Fact Fluency for Third Grade Students

The Effects of Music on Basic Mathematics Fact Fluency for Third Grade Students
Author: Daniele Brock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2013
Genre:
ISBN:

Gaps in achievement test scores continue to exist in students depending upon race, gender, income, and ethnicity according to the Center on Education Policy (CEP), an advocate for public schools. School districts and schools are struggling to close the achievement gap that exists. In the 2010-2011 school years, 34.4% of African American students in the third grade failed to pass the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) in the research school. The participants in this study were enrolled in a Title I elementary school located in south east Georgia. The school system was comprised of one comprehensive high school (grades 9 through 12), one middle school (grades 4 through 8), two elementary schools, and one alternative school. The school district served approximately 1,689 students with 144 employees. Mathematics-related music did not have a significant effect on basic mathematics fact fluency. GRASP Mathematic Computational Fluency pre and posttest results were used to determine if there was academic growth for the treatment group when compared to the control group. According to the results from the study, mathematics-related music was not a valid intervention. The students in Group B who participated in the intervention did not make significant gains when comparing their pre (M = 21.95, SD = 7.62) and posttest (M = 23.89, SD = 8.23) scores to the control groups pre (M = 18.84, SD = 8.96) and posttest (M = 20.53, SD = 8.62) scores. Fourteen students in Group B only slightly improved their achievement scores while three students' scores decreased, and two students' scores stayed the same. In Group A, 15 students increased their achievement scores, while three students' scores decreased, and one student's score remained the same. To determine the effect size of mathematics-related music on students' basic mathematic fluency scores, Cohen's d calculations indicated the intervention had a medium effect (d = 0.41) on Mathematic Computational Fluency scores. An average student in the treatment group would be expected to outscore about 66% of the students in the control group. Mathematics-related music increased scores approximately 16%. The following are appended: (1) GRASP: 3rd Grade Computational Fluency Screener; (2) Third Grade Student Survey; and (3) Student Engagement Walkthrough Checklist.

The Effect of Music Instruction on Math and Language Arts Scores in Elementary School

The Effect of Music Instruction on Math and Language Arts Scores in Elementary School
Author: Mirastasha Ashley-Briann Thomas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2010
Genre: School music
ISBN:

The purpose of this study is to determine if music and academic achievement are connected to form a more cohesive unit of learning. This project attempts to show how participation in a music program in school will not only help children explore new academic experiences but will also help in their academic achievment through improvement in test scores in mathematics and languages.

THEATRE AS PEDAGOGY IN SCHOOL

THEATRE AS PEDAGOGY IN SCHOOL
Author: Dr. Pavithra
Publisher: Ashok Yakkaldevi
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2022-04-19
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1458300293

There are many problems faced by students in terms of learning or grasping what is taught in class. Students undergo difficulties where complex subjects and terms taught through conventional methods do not really have the desired effect. Theatre is a great medium for teaching school subjects as students will themselves perform the roles and involve in learning the subject, at the same time they have fun. This is what theatre does, fun learning. Children enjoy and are motivated as they themselves perform. The history of theatre can also be seen as a creative evolution of Human Art. Though theatre is one of the art forms, it is seen today with all its technicalities and creative use of all other art forms, such as painting, music, design, and architecture. It can be seen as the history of human art.

The Effects of Participation in School Instrumental Music Programs on Student Academic Achievement and School Attendance

The Effects of Participation in School Instrumental Music Programs on Student Academic Achievement and School Attendance
Author: Kevin O. Davenport
Publisher:
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2014
Genre: Academic achievement
ISBN:

This study examined whether or not students that participated in a school sponsored instrumental music program had higher academic achievement and attendance than students that did not participate in a school sponsor instrumental music program. Units of measurement included standardized test scores and attendance, without taking into consideration variables such as gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. This study concentrated on participants from three middle schools (6-8) and three high schools (9-12) in Baltimore County, Maryland. Data were gathered on Maryland School Assessment (MSA) and Maryland High School Assessment (HSA) scores and federally reported school attendance rates were accessed based on the 2007-2008 school year. Four research questions were investigated and six null hypotheses were tested at the .05 level of significance. Independent samples t -tests were used to compare enrollment in instrumental music classes to student's academic achievement and attendance rate. There were statistically significant differences among the high school students enrolled in an instrumental music class and those that were not enrolled in instrumental music class on the English and algebra sections of the HSA, and in the attendance rates. The HSA scores of the students that were enrolled in an instrumental music class were significantly higher on both sections of the test. They also had significantly higher attendance rates than the students that were not enrolled in an instrumental music class. These findings suggest the high school students that participate in a school sponsored instrumental music program have higher academic achievement and attendance rates than high school students that do not participate in a school sponsored instrumental music program. The results of data analysis showed that in middle school there were no statistically significant differences among the students from the three middle schools that were enrolled in an instrumental music class and the middle school students that were not enrolled in an instrumental music class on the reading and mathematics sections of the MSA or in attendance rates. These findings suggest that participation in an instrumental music class on the middle school level had no significant impact on student achievement or attendance.