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Investigación y pedagogía
Authors: Munevar Molina Raúl Ancizar , Quintero Corso Josefina
Published: January 2021

El propósito principal de esta ponencia consiste en introducir a profesores y estudiante en el concepto y práctica de la investigación educativa para mejorar y cualificar su acción como educadores. Profesores y estudiantes estarán en capacidad de transferir conocimiento científico a situaciones reales de su propia práctica. Esta es una importante etapa en la maduración profesional del investigador. En este artículo se destaca la importancia de la investigación en el momento actual para afrontar nuevas perspectivas de la educación relacionadas con el desarrollo del saber pedagógico. El profesor como investigador debe enfocar el trabajo hacia el logro de lo que se requiere para mejorar y cualificar su acción como educador. ¿Qué significa la investigación educativa? ¿La investigación educativa juega un papel crucial en la calidad de la educación? ¿Cuál es la función de la investigación educativa? ¿Qué sucede con la investigación educativa en los programas de formación de profesores? ¿Cuál es la relación entre la práctica pedagógica y los procesos investigativos en la escuela? No estamos de acuerdo con el tradicional dilema: para trabajar como profesores suficiente tener una amplia gama de procedimientos técnicos sin entrenamiento investigativo, en otras palabras, es posible tener una bue¬na formación pedagógica sin formación investigativa específica. Por el contrario, las ciencias pedagógicas y la investigación proveen conocimiento a los individuos acerca de ellos mismos y del mundo y les permite actuar racionalmente. Sin embargo, las comunidades científicas creen que hay una brecha entre la práctica pedagógica y los procesos investigativos. A pesar de sus limitaciones y sus puntos vista críticos, la investigación educativa puede ayudar a identificar problemas y también a iluminar nuevas alternativas y senderos que conduzcan hacia nuevas teorías y a la redefinición de metas educativas.
G. B. Vico y la Educación
Authors: Orellana Rodríguez Mario
Published: January 2021

El napolitano Juan Bautista Vico (1668-1744) en su obra, publicada en 1709 De nostri temporis Budiomm ratime\ a escasos 50 años de la publicación de Descartes de su Discurso del Método, tal como lo escribe E, Grassi, "ya había tomado conciencia de todas las consecuencias funestas de aquella manera de filosofar". Además estamos seguros que Vico no sólo tuvo en cuenta esta obra, puesto que en 1701 se publicó en Amsterdam "Las Reglas para la Dirección del Espíritu", junto a otros trabajos, bajo el título Opitscula Posthuma, sino que, muy posiblemente tuvo acceso a ella.
El "comic" como estrategia educativa en bioética y ciencia
Authors: Misrache Launert Clara , Alliende González Felipe , Lolas Stepke Fernando
Published: January 2021

Tras situar la temática bioética en el contexto de la cultura contemporánea, con especial énfasis en los condicionantes derivados del progreso tecnocientífico en el subdesarrollo, el presente estudio aborda una experiencia realizada en Chile utilizando historietas ilustradas ('comícs' como factores de comunicación y motivación en el planteo de temas científicos que demandan análisis bioético. Como éste se basa en el diálogo y la participación, los problemas conexos del pluralismo moral y la diversidad de conocimientos pueden abordarse mediante el examen de casos ilustrativos de historia de las ciencias, narrados en forma gráfica incorporando personajes y situaciones que interesan a jóvenes de 12 a 17 años (diversidad de género, presencia del medio electrónico y del computador). La experiencia incluyó investigación de seis casos clásicos, la preparación y discusión de guiones, el dibujo de historietas y la realización de repetidas pruebas de legibilidad y motivación del material. Se sostiene el carácter complementario de este material en el proceso educativo.
El discurso de los adolescentes escolares
Authors: Romeo Cardone Julia , Llaña Mena Mónica , Fernández Mateo Francisco
Published: January 2021

La educación en valores es una exigencia de la escuela de hoy; no hay acción educativa sin que exista -de algún modo- desarrollo de valores. En ese contexto, también, en esta tercera etapa, ia investigación sobre el Discurso de los Adolescentes Escolares interpreta las ideas de libertad que sostienen algunos jóvenes, buscando la aproximación a su cosmovisión.

Para estos efectos, en este período, se conformaron grupos de discusión constituidos por alumnos y alumnas de establecimientos distintos, identificados como de nivel socio-económico medio alto o alto, respetando los criterios de homologación y de heterogeneidad que correspondían,

A través del análisis de los discursos emitidos se pudo reunir un conjunto de datas que testimonia las opiniones de este tipo de jóvenes: escolares de tercero de educación media humanístico-científico, menores de dieciocho años Éstas revelan, entre otros considerandos, un eje de tensión provocado por el conflicto entre la imagen que ellos tienen de sí mismos, en el presente, y la imagen de sí que han perdido en el transcurso de su calificada pre-adolescencia. Se observa, por otro lado, más frecuentemente, juicios reveladores de una postura acusatoria hacia Ja familia que en otros niveles, donde es posible apreciar, en algunas intervenciones, sobre todo en el nivel medio-medio, una verbalización del reconocimiento que ellos, como jóvenes, perciben hada los padres, referidos siempre a la formación recibida en relación a la libertad y, en especial, a las normas que han subyacido en un proceso de esta naturaleza.
Entrevista a Irene Truffello Componovo
Authors: Llaña Mena Monica
Published: January 2021

La educación no puede jugar un papel pasivo, de simple observadora de los acontecimientos y transformaciones que conmueven profundamente a la sociedad contemporánea. Por el contrario, debe contribuir a la concreción de un efectivo acceso a los bienes culturales disponibles en la sociedad de la información, de avasalladora penetración y presencia en la vida actual. La educación debe ser capaz de adoptar las nuevas tecnologías como experiencias de aprendizaje y de pensamiento diferentes que constituyen, además, estilos educativos distintos.

El Departamento de Educación tiene ya una larga experiencia en investigación en el área del proceso de aprendizaje y, actualmente, se encuentra abocado a la ejecución de un proyecto financiado por Fondef en el ámbito del diseño y evaluación de unidades modulares en la línea de lenguaje y comunicación como recursos interactivos apoyados en la reforma a través de Internet.

La Directora del proyecto "Infoeduca: Contenidos educacionales evaluados que potencien masivamente el proceso de aprendizaje significativo a través de Internet" y Directora del Departamento de Educación de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Chile comenta las características y proyecciones de este proyecto, avalado por muchos años de investigación en el área.
Comunidad de Aprendizaje
Authors: Castillo Narváez Julio
Published: January 2021

El país ha iniciado una Reforma Educacional que busca una actualización del currículum y una profunda renovación en las metas, en los contenidos, en las metodologías de enseñanza y de evaluación y en la forma de gestión directiva. Esta

vasta empresa de país iniciada en la Enseñanza Básica, en 1994, requiere de todos los apoyos estratégicos que permitan diversificar la oferta educativa, generando condiciones de equidad en el acceso a una experiencia educativa que se ha definido como una "formación integral ... [que) sea relevante para la vida integral de alumnos y alumnas, con independencia de sus opciones al egreso"Una alternativa válida para los objetivos que persigue la reforma es el Modelo Enseñanza Aprendizaje de Inteligencias Múltiples, creado por la Dra. Ellen Weberz, el cual busca generar una comunidad de aprendizaje entre profesores y alumnos. No obstante, su puesta en práctica conlleva un cambio importante en los roles del profesor, del alumno y de los directivos del establecimiento, así como un cambio en la organización escolar. A nivel de roles, significa que los actuales ocupantes deben modificar lo que hasta ahora han realizado, por nuevas prácticas que, en muchos casos, no forman parte de las descripciones iniciales a las que estaban habituados. A nivel de organización, la construcción de una comunidad de aprendizaje exige una concepción más efectiva de la organización del trabajo escolar.
Cambio y difusión curricular
Authors: Silva Águila Manuel
Published: January 2021

El presente trabajo, inserto en un Proyecto de Investigación DID, busca comprender los procesos socioculturales que enmarcan las propuestas de cambio curricular. Aspectos claves en la trayectoria de los procesos de cambio y difusión

curricular lo ocupan dos ideas: a) la calidad de la decodificación de las nuevas prescripciones; b) la estrecha relación entre cambio curricular y cambio organizacional. Dentro de estos fenómenos, se analizan los modelos de difusión curricular, el papel de las culturas al interior de la organización, y los modelos de concreción curricular que mediatizan y hacen posible o inhiben el logro de las finalidades educativas que orientan el cambio curricular.
Algunas contribuciones de las neurociencias a la educación
Authors: Saavedra Livoni María de los Ángeles
Published: January 2021

El objeto de este trabajo es dar a conocer algunas conclusiones de investigadores en educación que parten de hallazgos recientes de estudios sobre el cerebro. Estos piden un cambio de enfoque en la metodología enseñanza-aprendizaje, más conectado con el funcionamiento del organismo que aprende.

La forma de incorporación del conocimiento proveniente del avance de estos estudios, se puede apreciar y reconocer en la teoría de las Inteligencias Múltiples de Howard Gardner y en los criterios biológicos que le permiten separarlas. Están también contenidos en los cuestionarios de interés que diferencian las inteligencias (de Branton Shearer - MIDAS) y en la forma de enseñanza con la técnica MITA de E. Weber. . ,

La idea principal es reconocer que dadas las diferencias individuales en las aptitudes y habilidades del alumno, la enseñanza debe también emplear múltiples aproximaciones que lleguen a conexiones cerebrales facilitadas, en un mayor número de alumnos, para despertar la comprensión, el significado y la motivación por aprender.
EVALUATION OF CAPILLARY END EFFECT IN WATER-OIL PERMEABILITY TESTS USING MULTIPLE FLOW RATES TECHNIQUE
Authors: Santos I. C. A. B. A. , Eler F. M. , Nunes D. S. S. , Couto P.
Published: January 2021

Relative permeability curves obtained in laboratory are used in reservoir simulators to predict production and establish the best strategies for an oil field. Therefore, researchers study several procedures to obtain relative permeability curves. Among these procedures are the multiple flow rates injection methods. Thus, this work proposes to develop an experimental procedure with multiple increasing flows. To make this feasible, simulations were initially carried out at CYDAR, aiming to establish flow rates and time necessary to achieve system stabilization, within the limits of the equipment. After that, tests were carried out establishing the minimum time of 5 hours to stabilize the oil production, and the differential pressure at each flow rate. The accounting and minimization of the capillary end effect in these tests were also evaluated. Capillary pressure constraints contributed to minimize the number of possible solutions to the optimization problem improving the fit of solutions for a specific case.
Employability Distress: Factors Affecting ICT Graduates’ Employability and Work Integration in the Workspace
Authors: Ohei Kenneth Nwanua , Brink Roelien
Published: January 2021

There has been an ongoing debate on the subject of graduate unemployability in South Africa and the extent to which it has affected academic graduates. The growing consensus regarding intensifying levels of graduate employability distress today is explicitly supported theoretically in a number of research studies. This is despite the considerable efforts that have historically been made concerning the graduate labour force and their probable ramifications in the context of South Africa’s far-reaching labour market issues. A number of scholars both in the past and the present have identified several issues emerging from the heterogeneity of the quality of education, graduates’ capabilities and skills competencies, higher education institutions’ involvement in the industries and employers’ requirements for employment. This study aimed to explore the views that graduates conceive about employability and stress, reason for their unemployment and identify the factor that causes them to be unemployed and decisively suggest way to address these challenges. A quantitative approach and a questionnaire were used. A total of 195 questionnaires from graduates/students in the College of Business and Economics were recovered and usable. The findings reveal a paradox in the increased level of ICT graduate unemployment and skills mismatch and shortages. This has been attributed mostly to organisational changes which may have given rise to misalignment between the skills that graduates currently have and those that employers seek from graduates. Findings suggest that the kind of education obtained, graduates’ incapability to apply the skills received and work experience are factors hindering employability.
Modelling cyclical variation in the cost pass-through: a regime-dependent approach
Authors: Konopczak Karolina
Published: January 2021

In this study a regime-dependent ARDL model is developed in order to investigate how labour costs feed through into prices conditional on the business cycle position. Its estimates enable inference on the cyclical behaviour of markups. The proposed methodology is applied to the Polish industrial sectors. The obtained estimates point to procyclicality as the prevailing pattern of markup adjustment. Thus, overall markups in the Polish industry seem to have a mitigating effect on business cycle fluctuations. The degree of procyclicality seems, however, to be positively correlated with the degree of the industry’s competitiveness.
Geographical extent of migration and the age of migrants on the example of the largest cities in Poland
Authors: Kałuża-Kopias Dorota
Published: January 2021

The article is about the migration of people to and from large cities. The aim of the study is to determine the influence of physical distance on the geographical extent of internal migrations depending on the migrants’ age. Five major cities in Poland were analysed in this context. Gravity models, which describe migrations as a function of geographical distance, were applied in the study. The statistics on the number of internal migrations relating to 2018 used in the analysis came from Statistics Poland (and more specifically, from current population registers).
The analysis allowed the determination of the exponents of the gravity function and their variability depending on the age of migrants. The results demonstrate that in the case of the most mobile people (aged 25–29), the extent of migration fields (inflow and outflow) is characterised by the greatest geographical spread. Migration inflow models indicate that among the oldest people (aged 85 and above) longer-distance relocations are more likely than short-distance moves. The least mobile groups comprise people aged 35–39 and those recently retired (aged 65–69).
Investment in research and development in the ICT sector by top European Union companies
Authors: Kleszcz Agnieszka
Published: January 2021

Multiple studies have shown that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has boosted the growth of the global economy and improved the quality of life. At present, a significant proportion of innovations and new patents are held by companies operating in the ICT sector. This study has two primary aims. The first of them is an analytical comparison of industrial investments in research and development (R&D) in ICT-related companies in various countries from the European Union. The second is to examine the relationship between these investments and each country’s digital performance illustrated by the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI). The main contribution of this paper is a proposal of a means to determining the quantitative relationship between R&D and DESI as well as the identification of the most important DESI component. The author focuses on the largest R&D investors from a list of 1,000 companies, created on the basis of data published by the Economics of Industrial Research and Innovation (IRI), covering the years 2013–2019. Both variables (DESI and R&D) have a clear joint group structure found by Ward’s hierarchical clustering. Furthermore, an exponential law was identified predicting an increase of 18% in R&D expenditure when a 1 percentage point growth in DESI is observed. Among all the components of DESI, the applied random forest model proves human capital is the most important factor attracting R&D investments. Moreover, a separate analysis of R&D relating to the analysed companies showed a growing trend in R&D investments with its predicted value reaching over 46 billion euro in 2021.
COLD CASE HOMICIDES IN POLAND - POSSIBILITIES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT
Authors: Choromański Kacper
Published: January 2021

Currently, there are over a thousand unsolved homicide cases in Poland. Up to this point, numerous, mostly popular science, research papers have been focusing on the individual units in charge of these difficult cases. This paper, however, is an attempt to represent the current state of investigations that were discontinued due to the fact that the perpetrators could not be found, hereinafter referred to as Cold Case Homicides. This paper depicts both the researcher's perspective and the statistical side of such conduct. Furthermore, it presents the first results of a pilot study conducted among the prosecutors, concerning the problem of Cold Case Homicides from their perspective, the possibility of cooperation with the academics, and their opinion on the idea of complex research, concerning the reconstruction of events in this specific area of crime.
NADZÓR NAD UCHWAŁAMI ORGANÓW ŚLĄSKIEGO ZWIĄZKU METROPOLITALNEGO
Authors: Dytko Jan
Published: January 2021

Celem artykułu jest prezentacja unormowań ustrojowych dotyczących Śląskiego Związku Metropolitalnego. Śląski Związek Metropolitalny zwany "Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowską Metropolią" to ponad samorządowa struktura, w skład której wchodzą gminy województwa Śląskiego. Stanowi zdecentralizowany podmiot, wyposażony w osobowość prawną, którego samodzielność podlega ochronie sądowej. Organami związku są zgromadzenie oraz zarząd, które w granicach swoich kompetencji stanowią uchwały realizujące zadania związku. Uchwały organów związku podlegają nadzorowi weryfikacyjnemu sprawowanemu na analogicznych zasadach jak uchwały organów samorządu województwa. Organami nadzoru są wojewoda Śląski oraz w zakresie spraw finansowych - regionalna izba obrachunkowa. Uchwały organów związku wykazujące istotne naruszenie prawa podlegają wyeliminowaniu z obrotu prawnego ze skutkiem ex tunc w trybie stwierdzenia nieważności. W przypadku, gdy uchwała dotknięta jest tylko nieistotnym naruszeniem prawa, orzeka się, że jej wydanie nastąpiło z takim naruszeniem. W tym wypadku uchwale nie odbiera się mocy obowiązującej. Finalizacją postępowania nadzorczego nad uchwałami organów związku jest rozstrzygnięcie nadzorcze (akt nadzoru), które nie stanowi decyzji administracyjnej w indywidualnej sprawie. Prawem podmiotowym związku jest złożenie skargi sądowoadministracyjnej na akt nadzoru z powodu jego niezgodności z prawem. Prawomocnie o legalności uchwały organów związku orzeka sąd administracyjny.
LEGAL LIABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT IN CASE OF LOCAL TAXES AND FEES
Authors: Skrzypek - Ahmed Sylwia
Published: January 2021

The aim of the considerations is focused on the analysis of legal liability of administrative enforcement in the case of local taxes and fees. The collector is obliged to collect and transfer the local and resort tax to the competent tax authority. His liability is limited only to the amounts of fees he has collected and not paid to the authority's account. He is not responsible for the payments not collected, although he is obliged to manage them. Such a scope of the collector's liability limits the collection of fees by way of collection and may expose the taxpayer to negative consequences. A tax collector who does not fulfil his obligations and does not collect fees may not be held liable under the analyzed provision, or against criminal fiscal liability.
INICJATYWA ORAZ PROCES USTAWODAWCZY W SEJMIE
Authors: Winogrodzka Maria Agata
Published: January 2021

W niniejszym opracowaniu przedstawiono katalog podmiotów posiadających prawo do inicjatywy ustawodawczej oraz wymogi Regulaminu Sejmu względem projektu ustawy. Przedmiotem rozważań stała się także inspiracja oraz inicjatywa ustawodawcza. Omówiono poszczególne etapy i zagadnienia związane z postępowaniem ustawodawczym w Sejmie. Podjęto próbę zobrazowania prac nad ustawą w Senacie. Omówiono przede wszystkim regulacje dotyczące postępowania legislacyjnego w Parlamencie.
Desempenho do comércio da celulose brasileira para a China, 1990 a 2016
Authors: Soares Naisy Silva , Viana Letícia Soares , Rego Lyvia Julienne Sousa
Published: January 2021

Diante da importância estratégica do setor florestal brasileiro, o significativo volume de negócios entre as duas nações e visto que a China é considerada o principal parceiro comercial com o Brasil, este estudo tem como objetivo analisar o fluxo de comércio do setor brasileiro de celulose com a China, utilizando a os Índices de Intensidade de Comércio, de Orientação Regional de Comércio, de Grubel e Lloyd e o de Menon e Dixon, comparando as mudanças do antes e o depois da criação dos BRICS. Assim, os resultados indicaram que o padrão de comércio neste setor mostrou-se interindustrial em quase todos os anos.
Entrevista com Diana Tussie: a economia política internacional latino-americana, visões de uma fundadora
Authors: Castro Aline Contti
Published: January 2021

Nessa entrevista, Dra. Tussie fala de sua trajetória profissional, de sua relação com Susan Strange e analisa o campo da Economia Política Internacional na América Latina. Além disso, aborda temas como as relações entre teoria e prática, as relações Brasil-Argentina, a hegemonia brasileira e o regionalismo latino-americano.
Forma de Estado y unidades sub-nacionales en Argentina y China
Authors: Oviedo Eduardo Daniel
Published: January 2021

Esta investigación se enfoca en los macro-factores que condicionan las acciones de las unidades sub-nacionales en Argentina y China, con el objeto de entender los límites y potencial vinculación entre el Area de la Gran Bahía y el país sudamericano. La hipótesis principal afirma que las absolutas diferencias de regímenes políticos, formas de Estado, estados del desarrollo político, niveles de distribución poblacional, económica y financiera entre Argentina y China no son obstáculos para demostrar identidades en las acciones externas de las unidades sub-nacionales de ambos países. Esta afirmación también es específicamente verificada cuando se comparan las implicancias de las dos formas de Estado en el primer nivel de unidades sub-nacionales; pues la aplicación factual del unitarismo en China y el federalismo en Argentina plasma la identidad de funciones y acciones de estas sub-unidades en el plano internacional. Finalmente, el estudio presta atención a los aspectos más sobresalientes a considerar en la relación entre Argentina y el Área de la Gran Bahía.
Wasserrecht
Authors: Queitsch Peter
Published: January 2021

Das Wasserrecht besteht aus vielen Teilgebieten, die denjenigen, der damit befast ist, vor manche Probleme stellen kann.

Das Buch beinhaltet eine systematische Grunddarstellung des Wasserrechts. Es wird das Basiswissen für die Teilbereiche Abwasserentsorgung, Gewässerunterhaltung, Gewässerausbau und Wasserversorgung vermittelt. Dabei werden insbesondere die Zuständigkeiten, Aufgabeninhalte und Schnittstellen zwischen den verschiedenen Teilbereichen aufgezeigt.

Der Schwerpunkt des Werkes ist eine Darstellung des Hochwasserschutzes und des Haftungsrechts mit der einschlägigen, haftungsrechtlichen Rechtsprechung bezogen auf die behandelten Themenbereiche.

Das Buch ist in erster Linie auf die Anwenderpraxis für Städte, Gemeinden sowie Wasserbehörden zugeschnitten. Es bietet aber auch für Neueinsteiger in das Themengebiet des Wasserrechts einen kompakten und grundlegenden Gesamtüberblick über die wasserrechtlichen Aufgabeninhalte. Zugleich wird auf der Grundlage der Rechtsprechung aufgezeigt, wie eine Haftung durch die zuständigen Aufgabenträger in den wasserrechtlichen Themenbereichen vermieden werden kann.
Robotické bábätká
Authors: Odorčák Juraj
Published: January 2021

In the play R. U. R. Karel Čapek envisioned a futuristic society where robots not only take all our jobs, but also all our human vices and virtues. Th e downfall of humankind is in the end symbolized by the love of and between robots. Love and reproduction are, therefore, one of the main themes of the whole plot of R. U. R. People create robots. Robots create more robots. Robots destruct people. But what if robots could create more humans? Th is article is focused on the topic of robotic creation of humans. Th e main line of reasoning is dedicated to the analysis of the near future possibility of autonomous artifi cial human embryo selection. Current studies show, that AI -assisted pattern recognition provides space for dramatic progress in the eff ectivity of grading of the viability of embryos. Th e combination of this technology with other anticipated technologies could one day create prospects for a full robotic reproduction of humans. Th e article presents some arguments for and against the idea that humans could or should one day become robotic babies.
The Vital Importance of Conscientious Discernment
Authors: Meaney Joseph ,   The National Catholic Bioethics Center
Published: January 2021

Conscientious discernment—which involves the ability to see right and wrong clearly—is an important task that all people must undertake on a daily basis. It is difficult to properly form one’s conscience, which is not a feeling or a mere moral intuition. To the contrary, it is rooted in object truth and reason; and through conscience, a person recognizes the morality, or immorality, of an act. As a result, moral education—teaching the difference between virtue and sin—is a crucial responsibility of parents. But young people are highly sensitive to hypocrisy, so we must live as examples, resisting complacency and continuing to form our consciences throughout our lives.
The Liberal Arts, Language and Transcendence
Authors: Prost Gilbert R. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: January 2021

The traditional function of the Liberal Arts, in contrast to courses in science, was to help students learn how to live meaningful lives. This meant that theology and the study of the Bible as Revelation were a crucial peart of the curriculum. Yet, since the Enlightenment, marked by the rejection of Revelation, the university has depended on reason alone for answering the question: How should I live? But this conceptual shift from Revelation and reason to positivistic reason had some serious consequences, especially a failure to address the innate semantic category of the transcendent-self or Thou. The existential questions still remain: (1) can man be reduced to a kind of animal; and (2) can the arts be reduced to science? Language, semantic primes, and the presence of dual organizational social structures all give supporting evidence that human existence has a superordinate-subordinate ordering, and that such reductionism is impossible. But philosophical Naturalism, in the name of science, has not only dethroned man from his place over nature, but also the liberal arts from their superordinate role over science. If the university is to become relevant in the lives of students again, then it is imperative that both the arts and man be restored to their rightful place. We can begin by restoring the "Bible as Revelation" to the curriculum.
Another approach to the nine-point circle
Authors: Satterly John
Published: January 2021

An old friend in new dress.
Tips For Beginners: Giving the student a part in his evaluation
Authors: Payne Joseph N.
Published: January 2021

David Smith, a junior at Central High School, made C in algebra on his last report card; Jane Arnold made B, and Tom Jones made A. Seeing these grades, what did David, Jane, and Tom conclude about their progress in learning algebra? David said that he needs to do better on tests; Jane concluded that her homework is not too good; Tom decided that he is excelling in all phases of algebra. How accurately and how thoroughly have these students appraised their progress in mathematics? How closely did David and Jane locate their weaknesses in algebra? Was Tom right when he decided that his A meant that he is excelling in all aspects of the subject?
Mathematics in the college general education program
Authors: Simpson T. M.
Published: January 2021

Like general mathematics in the high schools, mathematics for general education in the colleges is not a well-defined subject.
A club project in a modern use of mathematics
Authors: Manheimer Wallace
Published: January 2021

This is a description of some interesting activities for club meetings.
“Think, David, think!”
Authors: Glenn William H.
Published: January 2021

Correding the pupil's work must include more than marking answers right or wrong.
Mathematics in general education
Authors: Layton W. I.
Published: January 2021

A survey of requirements and recommendations for mathematics in college general education programs in the United States.
Mathematics in the Junior High School: Mathematical terms in everyday expressions
Authors: McIntyre John P.
Published: January 2021

The mathematics teachers in Kinloch Park Junior High School wish to share with other mathematics teachers an activity that they and their pupils particularly enjoyed. It all started quite casually one lunch period when one tired-out math teacher sighed that she had been going around in circles all morning.
Coloring maps
Authors: _ _
Published: January 2021

Your students will be interested in the four-color problem. “Tease” them to invent solutions. It will be fun.
Points and Viewpoints: What does ‘=’ mean?
Authors: Van Engen H.
Published: January 2021

A column of unofficial comment
Sweet are the uses of generality
Authors: Rosenbaum Robert A.
Published: January 2021

Abstraction and generalization lie at the heart of mathematics. Let us not debase our subject by ignoring these aspects….
Four more exercises in cutting figures
Authors: _ _
Published: January 2021

This article provides still other new exercises for the student of plane geometry, and in so doing adds to the repertory of methods developed in five earlier papers on the same theme.
Self-instructive enrichment topics for bright pupils in high school algebra
Authors: Payne Joseph N.
Published: January 2021

Enrichment should entail content and activities that require a high order of creative imagination; it should deepen and strengthen understanding.
A modified curriculum for capable students
Authors: Wells David W.
Published: January 2021

The results of an experiment until first-year algebra in grade eight are presented for your consideration.
Observations on the teaching of mathematics in the United States
Authors: Gattegno Caleb
Published: January 2021

A visitor to the United States sets forth his impressions of some current events in mathematics teaching and enumerates some important problems in mathematical instruction.
Can we continue to ignore these warnings?
Authors: _ _
Published: January 2021

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. On July 12, 1957, the Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy reported: A Shortage of Scientific and Engineering Manpower.
On teaching dihedral angle and steradian
Authors: Fehr Howard
Published: January 2021

An extension of the method of defining a plane angle analytically to the definitions of a dihedral angle and the steradian.
Historically Speaking,— Omar Khayyam, mathematician
Authors: Struik D.J.
Published: January 2021

Omar's quatrains, the Rubáiyát, are familiar to many of us through the exquisite translation by Edward FitzGerald, often adorned with delicate illustrations.
Mathematics teaching in American classrooms
Authors: Jones A. W.
Published: January 2021

An Australian, visiting our classrooms for six months, gives some insightful reactions to what he observed.
Report of the Membership Committee
Authors: Rogers Mary C.
Published: January 2021

The Membership Committee of The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is happy to make this report to you and to congratulate you for your achievement in bringing about the greatest membership total in the history of the Council.
The national high school mathematics contest
Authors: Fagerstrom William H. , Lloyd Daniel B.
Published: January 2021

Mathematics contests have proved to be popular. This growth raises questions concerning whether these tests should emphasize aptitude or achievement.
The Seventh Mathematical Olympiad for secondary school students in Poland
Authors: Wirszup Izaak
Published: January 2021

It is important for Americans to know what is expected of the Soviet Union's gifted mathematics students. Teachers will find challenging problems in this summary of the Polish Olympiad (1955-1956).
On the psychiatrist's couch
Authors: Blackburn Robert T.
Published: January 2021

Words, words, words!
Some observations on mathematics education in Russian secondary schools
Authors: Rouke Robert E. K.
Published: January 2021

A secondary schoolteacher's observations in Russian mathematics classes are reported here.
A seminar for students with high mathematical aptitude
Authors: Devine Donald F.
Published: January 2021

This is a description of what one high school is doing for the able students of mathematics.
The methods course
Authors: Mock Gordon D.
Published: January 2021

What topics should be studied in a methods course? History may help provide an answer.
Bright seventh- and eighth-grade children challenge me
Authors: Flagg Elinor B.
Published: January 2021

“This can't be mathematics; it's so much fun.” “If we find another way to do square root, may we use it?”
Experimental Programs: Mathematics in transition
Authors: Hlavaty Julius H.
Published: January 2021

The Commission on Mathematics, consisting of university mathematicians, leaders in the training of teachers of mathematics, and secondary school teachers, was organized in 1955.
Rigor vs. intuition in mathematics
Authors: Kemeny John G.
Published: January 2021

Three important emphases of mathematics teaching, intuition, abstraction, and creation, are discussed here.
Experimental Programs: Improved programs in mathematics require inservice education for teachers
Authors: Brown Kenneth E.
Published: January 2021

This article is a report of the conference held March 17-19, 1960, at the U.S. Office of Education on “Inservice Education of Teachers of Secondary-School Mathematics,” under the joint sponsorship of the Office of Education and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Points and Viewpoints: A note on “variable”
Authors: Van Engen H.
Published: January 2021

The material that is being produced by the School Mathematics Study Group is known for its excellence even though each and every teacher may have his own reservations about various parts of the total program. However, there are certain positions taken by SMSG after considerable debate that some people who have been working constantly in the secondary field find hard to understand. Possibly the best explanation is that the books were written by human beings, and human beings have mind sets. Hence, this note is a note about mind sets and intuitions.
Square Circles
Authors: Scheid Francis
Published: January 2021

Square circles can he constructed provided the foundation is suitable.
The place of probability and statistics in the mathematics curriculum of the senior high school and junior college
Authors: Williams H. E.
Published: January 2021

Should probability and statistics be offered at the secondary-school level? If so, how much emphasis should be given?
Statistics for selected secondary-school students
Authors: Bridges Charles M.
Published: January 2021

A description of a course of study for a one-semester course in statistics.
Algebra and geometry; mathematics or science?
Authors: Wilansky Albert
Published: January 2021

For the nonspecialist in mathematics, which subject makes the greater educational contribution, algebra or geometry?
Introducing proof with a finite system
Authors: Wiseman John D.
Published: January 2021

Students should be taught to be curious, so they will ask the question, “Is this all there is to the matter?”
Historically Speaking,—: Arithmetic problems 175 years ago
Authors: Read Cecil B.
Published: January 2021

A commonly encountered criticism of present-day mathematics teaching is that we fail to take account of new developments; it is sometimes said that a mathematician of the seventeenth or eighteenth century could step into the modern class-room and be competent to teach any of the subject matter.
A new introduction to the ideas and methods of trigonometry
Authors: Thomas Robert J.
Published: January 2021

Part of the effectiveness of this introduction lies in the mathematical system itself, and part of it lies in the method of presentation.
The psychological appeal of deductive proof
Authors: Hendrix Gertrude
Published: January 2021

It is the power of deductive reasoning to yield correct predictions which accounts for the primitive appeal of formal proof.
Constructing logic puzzles
Authors: Williams Horace E.
Published: January 2021

Here is an interesting and enjoyable method for studying elementary symbolic logic and mathematical reasoning.
Points and Viewpoints: An open letter on teaching machines and programed instruction
Authors: Smith Leander W.
Published: January 2021

Each generation feels the pressure of time-to do, to make, to remake, and to perfect the world within a few short years. And as each generation leaves its mark, large or small, the history of mankind records and t ime slips away.
Tips for Beginners: 1024 tosses
Authors: Volpel Marvin C.
Published: January 2021

Near the end of the semester, the students in my class in basic statistics are required to conduct an organized investigation which will employ many of the techniques of statistics discussed in the course. The purpose of the project is threefold: (1) to summarize the course in preparation for the final examination, (2) to select and organize the facts of an investigation in project form, and (3) to uncover new truths or generalizations or to verify old ones.
Experimental Programs: Individual mathematics study plan
Authors: Brannon M. J.
Published: January 2021

After three years' experience with an individual study plan for certain able mathematics students at Urbana High School, we want to share some of our observations and conclusions with other high-school mathematics teachers who might find these methods useful in their own classes.
The construction of skeletal polyhedra
Authors: Mcclellan John
Published: January 2021

Some interesting topological properties of polyhedra for the student who likes to make models.
Experimental Programs: A summer mathematics training program for high-ability secondary-school students
Authors: Bell Clifford
Published: January 2021

For the past three years the National Science Foundation has supported summer training programs in science, mathematics, and engineering for high-ability secondary- school students. The basic objective for these programs has been “to bring outstanding students into direct contact with college teachers and research scientists of recognized competence” so that these students may be inspired to gain an understanding in science beyond that usually acquired in the high school.
Tips for Beginners: Exploiting the quadratic function
Authors: Leake Lowell
Published: January 2021

The quadratic function offers some unusual opportunities to assemble several segments of mathematical theory chosen from algebra, analytic geometry, and set theory. The exploitation of these opportunities invariably arouses the interest of students in any mathematics class having the proper background, and gives them an elegant vignette of the unity of subject matter in mathematics.
Summer institute for mathematically talented high-school youth
Authors: Rempfer Robert W.
Published: January 2021

Our NSF-supported institute accepted ex-tenth- or eleventh-grade commuters from Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties in Oregon and Clark county in Washington. Screened by their high schools before we received their applications, nearly a hundred came to Portland State College from the four counties to take the three-hour test* which was used in the selection of our 26 participants.
Selection criteria vs. performance in high-ability secondary-school student programs
Authors: Chapman John J.
Published: January 2021

Do you have a program in progress for high-ability secondary-school students? If so, how will you select the participants? How can you evaluate the background material with which you are provided? How much weight will you place on transcripts of grades, intelligence tests, achievement tests, and glowing testimonials?
Membership report
Authors: Ahrendt M. H.
Published: January 2021

It is pleasant to talk about success. We have a saying that “nothing succeeds like success.” Thus, the recent membership history of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a pleasant topic of conversation. In terms of membership growth, the program of the Council is enjoying remarkable success.
Program provisions in Michigan junior high schools for superior students in mathematics
Authors: Baker Kussell R.
Published: January 2021

A survey of all junior high schools in Michigan shows that considerable activity and interest is directed toward improving programs in mathematics instruction.
Advanced placement mathematics—for whom?
Authors: Grossman George
Published: January 2021

What is the place of calculus in high schools? Is acceleration the correct approach?
Grade 13 mathematics – the Ontario equivalent to freshman college mathematics
Authors: Egsgard John C.
Published: January 2021

A description of secondary-school mathematics in Ontario, Canada, especially in Grade 13
Programmed learning: my first six months
Authors: Clark J. F.
Published: January 2021

Teachers of all subjects at all levels, and particularly those of us interested in mathematics, are on the verge of developments of tremendous significance. No single discovery made in the process of educating children and adults has the potential of programmed learning.
Historically Speaking,—: One hundred eminent mathematicians1
Authors: Eells Walter Crosby
Published: January 2021

The object of this study is to select a group of one hundred mathematicians who may he considered as most eminent in the history of the science, to discuss the reliability of the selection, and to summarize a few important facts regarding the men selected.
Points and Viewpoints: Seven Good Years
Authors: Brune Irvin H.
Published: January 2021

A column of unofficial comment
Error Analysis Without Calculus
Authors: Rasof Bernard
Published: January 2021

THIS paper introduces and applies a unifying approach to the error analysis of algebraic functions. The concept employed here is simple and basic, but it leads to interesting, useful results when applied to several carefully selected illustrative examples. Throughout the analysis and solution of these examples, various branches of mathematics arise naturally and are brought to play on the problems. One of the prime purposes of this paper is to bring to light this interrelationship of concepts and demonstrate in concrete ways bow a number of portions of mathematics help to motivate, clarify, and illuminate one another.
Pascal's Pyramid
Authors: Basil Sister Mary
Published: January 2021

THERE seems to be no evidence of Pascal's having developed a pyramid to correspond to his triangle. It is rather interesting to note, however, that there is a pyramidal pattern for determining the coefficients of a trinomial raised to successive powers, just as his triangle is a pattern for determining the coefficients of the binomial expansion. This was suggested, and worked out to some extent, by a pupil of a colleague who showed me her paper several years ago.
Small-Digit Representation of Real Numbers
Authors: Jordan James H.
Published: January 2021

Neither positive bases nor nonnegative digits are absolutes.
Assessing the Progress of Education in Mathematics
Authors: Merwin Jack C. , Higgins Martin J.
Published: January 2021

Since the appointment of the Exploratory Committee on Assessing the Progress of Education by the Carnegie Corporation of New York a number of general articles describing this national education assessment project have been published. Mathematics teachers will be interested, not only in the overall plans and progress of the program, but more particularly with the efforts in the field of mathematics education. This is a report of progress.
Historically Speaking— Roger Joseph Boscovich, Forerunner of Modern Atomic Theory
Authors: Fitzpatrick Sister Mary Mercy , Fitzpatrick Sister Antonietta
Published: January 2021

In the year 1961, on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Roger Joseph Boscovich, there appeared here and there in literature references to his work and life, with particular emphasis on his contributions to “atomic theory.” A street in Rome was named after him; scientists began to examine his works more minutely and to place new evaluations on them. In general, new interest was centered in this man and on his place in the scientific world.
Music and Mathematics
Authors: Coxeter H. S. M.
Published: January 2021

According to Webster's Dictionary, one meaning of art is “a branch of learning; a science such as grammar, logic, or mathematics, serving chiefly as a discipline or as an instrument of knowledge.”
Divisibility by 7, 11, 13, and Greater Primes
Authors: Morton R. L.
Published: January 2021

A test for divisibility by 7 which has received limited publicity is illustrated below. To test 658 for divisibility by 7 cut off the final digit of the numeral, multiply the value of that digit by 2, and subtract from the number named by the remaining digits. We recognize 49 as a multiple of 7 and conclude that 658 is also a multiple of 7.
Gaussian, Parabolic, and Hyperbolic Numbers
Authors: Miller William , Boehning Rochelle
Published: January 2021

In the November 1966 issue of THE MATHEMATICS TEACHER, Willerding developed the structure of the “Gaussian integers.” Two number systems that have a parallel structure, but which are less well known, are the parabolic complex and hyperbolic Complex numbers.
Six Nontrivial Equivalent Problems
Authors: Usiskin Zalman
Published: January 2021

In this article, two problems are called equivalent if they can be solved using the same mathematics.
Have You Read?
Authors: Peak Philip
Published: January 2021

The study of mathematics should help us to see quantitative relationships, but it should also develop within each of us concepts of quantity and a habit of making quantitative comparisons.
In-Service Education in Mathematics: Teachers Gladly Learn
Authors: Stine Mary E.
Published: January 2021

Fairfax County, Virginia, is a rapidly growing county in the Washington metropolitan area. At the present time there are 350 public school teachers of mathematics in Grades 7-12, and this number increases about 18 percent each year. All 35O teachers are certified to teach mathematics, and about 35 percent have their master's degree. Still, we share with other areas a need for continuous in-service training.