Year LV, Issue 5, 2012<<Archive>>
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MATHEMATICAL COMPETITIONS AND STUDENTS‘ SELF-ESTEEM
Educational system and mathematical competitions in Slovenia were revised in the recent years. The impact of these changes to students’ self-esteem and to students’ affect towards mathematics is analysed.
Educational system reform, mathematical competition
EXTERNAL EVALUATION ANALYSIS OF MATHEMATICS AT FOURTH GRADE FOR YEAR 2011 IN BULGARIA
This article presents analysis on external evaluation of students’ achievements in mathematics school subject in fourth grade. The evaluation is conducted in May 2011 with a representative number of participants (12 000 students). The number of all participan...
external evaluation 2011, mathematics, general analysis
SYNERGETIC MODEL “AWAKENING MATHEMATICAL TEACHING”
The paper analyzes the problem of the synergetic approach in mathematical education, and promotes the idea of “awakening teaching” introduced by Professor Helena Knyazeva and Professor S. P. Kurdyumov. A structural model of awakening teaching and the results...
synergetics, awakening teaching, mathematical education, interactive methods, computer presentation of a lesson, dynamic teaching software GeoNext
ONE PROBLEM – SEVERAL “ELEMENTARY” SOLUTIONS
The paper considers a mathematical problem from the entrance exam in the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, held on July 11, 2011. It analyzes and comments the published exemplary solution (http://www.fmi.uni- sofia.bg/priem/ksi2011-2tema2reshenia.pd...
function, graphical representation, continuity, derivative, trigonometric equation.
VAN AUBEL’S THEOREM AND APPLICATIONS
Applications of Van Aubel’s theorem to solve problems of school geometry course are discussed in the paper. One authors’ task is presented.
Van Aubel’s Theorem, Ceva’s Theorem, Nagel Point, Gergonne point.
THE MATHEMATICAL CLUB “SIGMA” IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROJECT SUCCESS
Since the beginning of the second term of the 2011/2012 school year the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science started the Project SUCCESS, which develops extracurricular activities. The present paper registers the work within the project of the Mathemati...
project work; team work; new technologies; Dropbox in the school; usage of cloud technology in school
DISSERTATIONS IN PROFESSIONAL DIRECTION “PEDAGOGY”
The information note is dedicated to the defended doctoral dissertations in Higher education domain 1. Pedagogical sciences, professional direction 1.3. Pedagogy of Mathematics, Informatics and Information technologies. Annotations of the corresponding dis...
dissertation, pedagogy, mathematics, informatics, information technology