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Ten Tips for Successful Creation of Contextualized Problems for Secondary School Students with Maple
No full textStudents at all levels of schooling in all countries of the world need to practice mathematical problem solving to develop competencies that they will apply in real-life scenarios. On the other hand, concerning solving, problem posing refers to both the generation of new problems and the re-formulation of given problems. Teaching mathematics from a problem posing and problem-solving perspective entails more than solving non-routine problems or typical textbook types of problems. It is a way for students to exercise all aspects of problem solving: exploring, conjecturing, examining, testing, and generalizing. Tasks should be accessible and extend students’ knowledge. Even students should formulate problems from given situations and create new problems by modifying the conditions of a given problem. The quality of problems submitted to students is an issue that needs to be carefully considered. This work presents different ways to apply good practices when designing a problem-solving activity with students. It is based on the experience of Digital Math Training, a project whose aim is to develop and strengthen Mathematics and Computer Science skills through problem solving activities using the Advanced Computing Environment (ACE) Maple. After initial training in the laboratories of the schools, 3 students per class - the most skilled or motivated ones - participate in online training. They are asked to solve a problem every 10 days and to submit their solution. Meanwhile, students can participate in weekly synchronous tutoring on the use of Maple and collaborate with their colleagues through forum discussions. Students are selected in an intermediate competition and a final one. In this setting it is important to carefully plan and present the activity to the students, the text of the problem should be clear, and concise, with little storytelling to enter the setting of the problem. The problems should not be too theoretical, although they may inspect specific aspects of the related theory. They need to be solved by starting with simpler requests until the most difficult ones, close to the edge of students' knowledge, are reached. The solutions can make use of a calculator, in our case the ACE Maple. Precise design principles are based on both the adoption of suitable practice and the use of Maple. These principles can be adapted to different situations. The paper describes all these features with examples, according to the literature
Maple Conference 2021 Mathematical Art and Creative Works Exhibit: A Report from the Curator
No full textThe report from the curator on the first Maple Art and Creative Works Exhibit that took place as part of the2021 Maple Conferenc
Two-Eyed Seeing: Mathematics and Indigenous Traditions and Cultures
No full textElder Albert Marshal of the Mi’kmaw Nation describes “two-eyed seeing” as the ability to see with the strength of Indigenous knowledge from one eye while seeing with the strength of Western knowledge from the other. This dual perspective can be applied to many aspects of life, including mathematics.
In this article, through a series of examples, I will explore the concept of “two-eyed seeing” related to traditional knowledge and mathematical knowledge
COVID-19 Vaccination and Hesitancy among People Experiencing Homelessness in Sacramento, California
No full textSevere illness and mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are especially pronounced threats for people experiencing homelessness. COVID-19 vaccination access is correspondingly urgent for this population. Advocates, healthcare providers, and homelessness service providers have been conducting substantial vaccination outreach in places around the world. Systematic empirical research should support and inform these efforts. This study estimates COVID-19 vaccination rates and reasons for hesitancy among people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento, California, as of late September and early October 2021. Survey data (N = 283) estimate that 58% of people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento were fully vaccinated and 65% were at least partially vaccinated, but these estimates are likely upper bounds for the true population rates. Many unvaccinated people still planned to receive the vaccine, and concerns about safety and side effects were the most common reasons for hesitancy. Vaccination was more common for people using homelessness services at higher levels, but even frequent visits to drop-in centers were associated with higher vaccination rates among unsheltered people. This group was especially likely to have been vaccinated through outreach efforts, like pop-up vaccination clinics and street medicine teams. The study’s results hopefully inform ongoing vaccination efforts and contribute to a growing empirical literature on this urgent topic
The Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke: An Outline
No full textIt has been some years since Locke Studies published an update on the Clarendon Edition. The current state of the Edition is given here. Two volumes will appear within the next eighteen months: J. R. Milton’s edition of the Abridgements of the Essay and Mark Goldie’s edition of The Correspondence of John Locke, vol. 9, Supplement
Honouring Water: The Mistawasis Nêhiyawak Water Governance Framework
No full textCollaborative water governance in Indigenous territories requires the building of a nation-to-nation relationship where different water worldviews and knowledges are acknowledged, valued, and included in water governance. This article presents the Mistawasis Nêhiyawak Honour the Water Governance Framework, an alternative collaborative water governance approach in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Nêhiyawak principles, identity, knowledge, and self-determination are its foundation. Equitable dialogue is the central axis. The framework represents an alternative water governance structure to the current Canadian system that may more effectively respond to the water challenges of this First Nation. This framework supports the appeal from Mistawasis First Nation and other Nations, for the de-construction of hegemonic colonial water governance systems towards the co-construction of shared processes of water participation, decision-making, and responsibility
The Source and Structure of Girl World: Tina Fey’s Mean Girls and Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees and Wannabes
No full textSexual Assault Sentencing: A Game of Diverging Interests Among Male and Female Judges?
No full textThe debilitating judicial process experienced by victims of sexual assault largely prevents women from seeking justice for sexual offences. Offences of a sexual nature remain the most underreported crime, in part due to primitive stereotypes that operate to discredit the victim and favour the offender. Some scholars predict that inherent differences, such as gender, influences judicial decision-making. Women who are familiar with the female condition, are better suited to preside over cases of a sexual nature because of their inherent capacity to resonate with the harm that accompanies sexual violence. The following article investigates to what extent male and female judges vary in their sentencing practices of sexual offenders, to determine at what extent gender makes a difference. By conducting an in-depth content analysis, this article presents stark findings of the diverging mitigating and aggravating considerations granted to assailants of sexual assault
Criminalization and Victimization in Canada: Using Sexual Violence and the Law to Establish How Intergenerational Trauma is the Most Significant Correlate of Indigenous Women’s Association with Crime
No full textIndigeneity and justice are facets of Canadian society that have faced systemic incongruence with one another. Intersectional criminological inquiry is essential to optimally establish the various ways in which Indigenous women come into contact with crime. It will be argued that intergenerational trauma is the most pertinent correlate of Indigenous women’s association with criminality and victimhood. Sexual violence and the law will be conceptualized as contemporary colonial structures that disproportionately embed Indigenous women into the Canadian criminal justice system (CJS). The purpose of this paper is to contextualize the experiences of Indigenous women within the CJS to better understand and eventually remedy criminalization and victimization, relative to colonialism.