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Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

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First Steps Toward Change In Teacher Preparation For Elementary Science, C. Klevickis, R. Kolvoord, M. Handley, K. Giovanetti, D. Peterson, T. Daughtrey, S. Fairchild Jan 2004

First Steps Toward Change In Teacher Preparation For Elementary Science, C. Klevickis, R. Kolvoord, M. Handley, K. Giovanetti, D. Peterson, T. Daughtrey, S. Fairchild

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

Unless introductory undergraduate science classes for prospective elementary teachers actively incorporate the philosophy of inquiry-based learning called for in K-l2 science education refom little will change in elementary science education. Thus, at James Madison University, we have developed a new integrated science core curriculum called Understanding our World [1]. This course sequence was not only designed to fulfill general education science requirements. but also to focus on content areas our students will need to know as teachers. The objectives of these courses are based on the National Science Education Standards and Virginia’s Science Standards of Learning, including earth and space …

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A Case For Proof Making For Prospective Middle School Teachers, J. W. Whitenack, L. A. Lovin, L. Cavey Jan 2004

A Case For Proof Making For Prospective Middle School Teachers, J. W. Whitenack, L. A. Lovin, L. Cavey

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

In this article, we discuss how we, as mathematics teacher educators, might help our prospective middle school teachers develop a disposition toward mathematics that involves making sound arguments and, more generally, making proofs about mathematical ideas. First, we illustrate what we mean by making sound mathematical proofs. We then use this definition to characterize what ninety-two prospective middle school teachers consider to be proof making, based on a survey that we administered in their first mathematics course. Following our findings, we discuss how we, as teacher educators, might realign our instruction to provide opportunities for prospective teachers to develop new …

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What Does An Exemplary Middle School Mathematics Teacher Look Like? The Use Of A Professional Development Rubric, M. Mason, D. Johnson, J. Rozelle, A. Koziol, Y. Smith-Jones, R. Cofer, L. Quick, E. O'Brien, W. M. Geiger, K. Grass Jan 2004

What Does An Exemplary Middle School Mathematics Teacher Look Like? The Use Of A Professional Development Rubric, M. Mason, D. Johnson, J. Rozelle, A. Koziol, Y. Smith-Jones, R. Cofer, L. Quick, E. O'Brien, W. M. Geiger, K. Grass

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

A School University Research Network (SURN) committee composed of current mathematics teachers, central office math supervisors, building administrators, mathematicians, and mathematics educators researched numerous sources regarding best practices in mathematics instruction. The resulting professional development rubric synthesizes their findings and can serve a professional development role by providing teachers and administrators with a tool to develop clarity and consensus on best mathematics instructional practices, and how these practices are implemented in the classroom. It is also being used as a tool for cooperating teachers in their supervision of student teachers and as a reflective method for self-evaluation.

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Virginia Commonwealth University B.S. In Science Degree Program, R. W. Farley Jan 2004

Virginia Commonwealth University B.S. In Science Degree Program, R. W. Farley

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

The initiation of the Virginia Commonwealth University B.S. in Science program was reported in this journal Fall 1999 as a program designed to meet the academic content major of a teacher preparation program for elementary and middle school mathematics and science teachers [1]. This paper reports the current status of the interdisciplinary B.S. in Science degree program including program enrollment data and trends. Also described are refinements in the required curriculum, which include a newly developed geometry, a mathematical computing course, and an emerging teaching technology course featuring graphing calculators, CBLs, and computer software applications.

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Hands-On Physical Science For In-Service Teachers, J. Mcdonnough, S. Mckelvey, A. Baski, D. Lewis Jan 2004

Hands-On Physical Science For In-Service Teachers, J. Mcdonnough, S. Mckelvey, A. Baski, D. Lewis

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

The initiation of the Virginia Commonwealth University B.S. in Science program was reported in this journal Fall 1999 as a program designed to meet the academic content major of a teacher preparation program for elementary and middle school mathematics and science teachers [1]. This paper reports the current status of the interdisciplinary B.S. in Science degree program including program enrollment data and trends. Also described are refinements in the required curriculum, which include a newly developed geometry, a mathematical computing course, and an emerging teaching technology course featuring graphing calculators, CBLs, and computer software applications.

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Journal Of Mathematics And Science: Collaborative Explorations Jan 2004

Journal Of Mathematics And Science: Collaborative Explorations

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

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Reaching Deep In Math (Developing Educational Excellence And Proficiency In Mathematics), R. D. Anderson Jan 2004

Reaching Deep In Math (Developing Educational Excellence And Proficiency In Mathematics), R. D. Anderson

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

This paper describes the DEEP in Math Program developed in the academic year 1998-1999 from a collaborative effort of the Louisiana Systemic lnitiative Program (LaSlP) and the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE). It includes evidence of impressive results in low achieving schools and in high-poverty districts targeted by the effort. The plan was for LaSlP to give intensive content and leadership training in Summer 1999 and academic year 1999-2000 to carefully selected. well-qualified math leaders. These leaders were then employed full-time in the 1999-2000 academic year and beyond by their local education authorities to work with all math teachers in …

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Helping Provisionally Licensed Middle School Science Teachers, J. J. Matkins, D. R. Sterling, A. Kitsantas Jan 2004

Helping Provisionally Licensed Middle School Science Teachers, J. J. Matkins, D. R. Sterling, A. Kitsantas

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

The New Science Teachers' Support Network is a National Science Foundation-funded project that provides a multifaceted support system to provisionally licensed middle and high school science teachers.The teachers in this project were all hired to teach science, and had science degrees, but had little or no education coursework or background. Research is being conducted on the effectiveness of the support system we employed for these teachers, particularly on the factors that characterize the practice of new teachers, and on factors that lead to teacher success and teacher retention. In this paper, we describe the design of the study and the …

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An Advanced Mathematics Program For Middle School Teachers, D. Carothers Jan 2004

An Advanced Mathematics Program For Middle School Teachers, D. Carothers

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

The Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and other organizations recommend twenty-one credits of mathematics coursework for prospective middle school teachers, beginning with a foundation based on mathematics for the elementary school curriculum, and followed by advanced courses directly addressing middle school mathematics. Three simultaneous factors—the emergence of the Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Program at James Madison University, the release of CBMS guidelines, and a statewide focus on a critical shortage of qualified middle school teachers—provided an immediate audience for new upper-division courses built around the guidelines in probability/statistics, algebra, geometry, and calculus/analysis. We …

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Aligning Mathematics Curriculum To Create Potential For Active Learning In Pre-K Through Eighth Grade Teacher Education, G. E. Parker Jan 2004

Aligning Mathematics Curriculum To Create Potential For Active Learning In Pre-K Through Eighth Grade Teacher Education, G. E. Parker

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

In this paper, we consider some issues surrounding the teaching of mathematics to pre-service teachers. In particular. we look at the possibilities for teaching elementary mathematics from an advanced standpoint and alignments of curriculum that have the capacity to enhance student involvement in the making of the mathematics.The particulars of the James Madison University curriculum are used to illustrate many of the points.

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Student Work Section, R. Howard Jan 2004

Student Work Section, R. Howard

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

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Rapporteur's Report, W. E. Haver Jan 2004

Rapporteur's Report, W. E. Haver

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

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Aims & Scope Jan 2004

Aims & Scope

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

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Transition To Teaching: An Alternative Certification Program Through Partnership Between A Public School District And A Public University, R. Q. Berry Iii Jan 2004

Transition To Teaching: An Alternative Certification Program Through Partnership Between A Public School District And A Public University, R. Q. Berry Iii

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

The reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act has had a significant impact on licenses for teachers working in school programs. The act refers to highly qualified teachers in both Title I and Title ll. This paper defines alternative certification programs. This paper then describes a partnership, funded by the US. Department of Education, between a school district and a university to establish an alternative licensure program to train highly qualified secondary mathematics teachers.The goal of this partnership is to provide an infrastructure that supports the recruitment. preparation, placement, induction, and retention of highly qualified teachers through a new …

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Hiroshi Haruki's Lemma With Mathematica, J. Boyd Jan 2004

Hiroshi Haruki's Lemma With Mathematica, J. Boyd

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

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The Teacher Shortage: National Trends For Science And Mathematics Teachers, D. R. Sterling Jan 2004

The Teacher Shortage: National Trends For Science And Mathematics Teachers, D. R. Sterling

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

The shortage of science and mathematics teachers is a growing problem in the United States. This article looks at what research says about the causes for the growing teacher shortage and its effects on student achievement. As the teacher shortage worsens, teachers without a science or mathematics backgrounds are tasked to teach science and mathematics or underqualified teachers are being hired to fill the shortage. These underqualified teachers are not remaining in the profession, thus not solving the teacher shortage problem and creating an even higher turnover rate for teachers. In addition, experienced teachers are leaving the profession in greater …

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Snake River Birds Of Prey National Conservation Area Case Study, Kathryn M. Mutz, Doug Cannon, Chris Simmons, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 2004

Snake River Birds Of Prey National Conservation Area Case Study, Kathryn M. Mutz, Doug Cannon, Chris Simmons, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

34, A-5, B-2 p. : ill., map

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Special Use Provisions In Wilderness Legislation, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 2004

Special Use Provisions In Wilderness Legislation, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

[69] p.

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Special Uses In Wilderness Areas: Management Survey, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 2004

Special Uses In Wilderness Areas: Management Survey, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

[47] p.

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Private Lands Conservation In Belize, Joan Marsan, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 2004

Private Lands Conservation In Belize, Joan Marsan, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

49 p. : map ; 28 cm

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Private Lands Conservation In The U.S. Virgin Islands, Sonja Klopf, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 2004

Private Lands Conservation In The U.S. Virgin Islands, Sonja Klopf, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

61 p. ; 28 cm

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Private Lands Conservation In The Republic Of The Marshall Islands, Gregg De Bie, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 2004

Private Lands Conservation In The Republic Of The Marshall Islands, Gregg De Bie, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

59 p. ; 28 cm

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Private Lands Conservation In Papua New Guinea, Sonja Klopf, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 2004

Private Lands Conservation In Papua New Guinea, Sonja Klopf, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

35 p. ; 28 cm

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Development Of An In-Situ Hydrothermal Dissolved Carbon Dioxide Sensor For Hydrothermal Environments, Brooke Love Jan 2004

Development Of An In-Situ Hydrothermal Dissolved Carbon Dioxide Sensor For Hydrothermal Environments, Brooke Love

Link Foundation Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation Fellowship Reports

Hydrothermal systems at mid ocean ridges are a unique environment which connect the mantle, lithosphere, ocean, and biosphere in one complex system. Fluid chemistry is one key tool in understanding this environment, and carbon dioxide is the most abundant gas in these fluids. Its relative abundance and the information it can give about the magmatic activity, which is one of the ultimate drivers of these systems, and other processes, make it an attractive target for development of an in-situ sensor. This work has shown that attenuated total reflection (ATR) is a promising technique for in situ carbon dioxide measurements under …

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Determination Of Calories In Food Via Adiabatic Bomb Calorimeter, Kenneth C. Mcgill, Michelle L. Yasechko, Wendy K. Nkari Jan 2004

Determination Of Calories In Food Via Adiabatic Bomb Calorimeter, Kenneth C. Mcgill, Michelle L. Yasechko, Wendy K. Nkari

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The adiabatic bomb calorimeter has been an effective tool in facilitating heat transfer between molecules via combustion reaction. Heat is released from the substance combusted and transferred into another, usually water. The heat transferred is measured and the enthalpy of combustion determined for the combusted material. One such classic experiment is the determination of combustion enthalpy of sucrose, obtaining the calorimeter constant with benzoic acid. The results of an adiabatic combustion experiment can be taken one step further to determine the combustion enthalpy in kcal/g by a simple conversion calculation. Since food nutrition labels report calories per grams of serving …

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Self-Motivated, Task-Independent Reinforcement Learning For Robots, Lisa Meeden, James Marshall, Doug Blank Jan 2004

Self-Motivated, Task-Independent Reinforcement Learning For Robots, Lisa Meeden, James Marshall, Doug Blank

Computer Science Faculty Research and Scholarship

This paper describes a method for designing robots to learn self-motivated behaviors rather than externally specified be- haviors. Self-motivation is viewed as an emergent property arising from two competing pressures: the need to accu- rately predict the environment while simultaneously wanting to seek out novelty in the environment. The robot’s inter- nal prediction error is used to generate a reinforcement signal that pushes the robot to focus on areas of high error or nov- elty. A set of experiments are performed on a simulated robot to demonstrate the feasibility of this approach. The simulated robot is based directly on an …

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An Emergent Framework For Self-Motivation In Developmental Robotics, James Marshall, Doug Blank, Lisa Meeden Jan 2004

An Emergent Framework For Self-Motivation In Developmental Robotics, James Marshall, Doug Blank, Lisa Meeden

Computer Science Faculty Research and Scholarship

This paper explores a philosophy and connectionist al- gorithm for creating a long-term, self-organizing develop- mental robot control system. This intrinsic algorithm and architecture implements self-motivation by creating a sys- tem capable of anticipating its next state, while simultane- ously attempting to seek out that which it cannot predict. These competing internal pressures are designed to drive the system in a manner reminiscent of a co-evolutionary arms race.

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Robot Self-Motivation: Balancing "Boredom" And "Confusion", James Marshall, Doug Blank, Lisa Meeden Jan 2004

Robot Self-Motivation: Balancing "Boredom" And "Confusion", James Marshall, Doug Blank, Lisa Meeden

Computer Science Faculty Research and Scholarship

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The Governor Architecture: Avoiding Catastrophic Forgetting In Robot Learning, Jeremy Strober, Lisa Meeden, Doug Blank Jan 2004

The Governor Architecture: Avoiding Catastrophic Forgetting In Robot Learning, Jeremy Strober, Lisa Meeden, Doug Blank

Computer Science Faculty Research and Scholarship

The governor architecture is a new method for avoiding catatrophic forgetting in neural networks that is particularly useful in online robot learn- ing. The governor architecture uses a categorizer to identify events and excise long sequences of repetitive data that cause catastrophic forgetting in neural networks trained on robot-based tasks. We examine the performance of several variations of the governor architecture on a number of re- lated localization tasks using a simulated robot. The results show that governed networks perform far better than ungoverned networks. Governored networks are able to reliably and robustly prevent catastrophic forgetting in robot learning tasks.

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