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The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast
ISSN 1551-3440 Vol.6, Nos.1&2 (January 2009)
pp. 1-294
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0. TO PUBLISH OR NOT TO PUBLISH?- THAT IS THE (EDITORIAL) QUESTION
Bharath Sriraman (USA) pp.1-2

FEATURE THEMES
STATISTICS EDUCATION/MER1 IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

1. TEACHER KNOWLEDGE AND STATISTICS: WHAT TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE ARE USED IN THE PRIMARY CLASSROOM?
Tim Burgess (New Zealand) pp.3-24

2. WHAT MAKES A “GOOD” STATISTICS STUDENT AND A “GOOD” STATISTICS TEACHER IN SERVICE COURSES?
Sue Gordon, Peter Petocz and Anna Reid (Australia) pp.25-40

3. STUDENTS’ CONCEPTIONS ABOUT PROBABILITY AND ACCURACY
Ignacio Nemirovsky, Mónica Giuliano, Silvia Pérez, Sonia Concari , Aldo Sacerdoti and Marcelo Alvarez (Argentina) pp.41-46

4. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT DIFFICULTIES WITH INDEPENDENT AND MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS CONCEPTS
Adriana D'Amelio (Argentina) pp.47-56

5. ENHANCING STATISTICS INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris (Cyprus), Efi Paparistodemou (Cyprus) & Despina Stylianou(USA) pp.57-78

6. TEACHING STATISTICS MUST BE ADAPTED TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES: A Case Study from Hungarian Higher Education
Andras Komaromi (Hungary) pp.79-86

7. STATISTICS TEACHING IN AN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY: A Motivation Problem
Klara Lokos Toth (Hungary) pp.87-90

8. CALCULATING DEPENDENT PROBABILITIES
Mike Fletcher (UK) pp.91-94

9. FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
Mike Fletcher (UK) pp.95-98

10. LEARNING, PARTICIPATION AND LOCAL SCHOOL MATHEMATICS PRACTICE
Cristina Frade (Brazil) & Konstantinos Tatsis (Greece) pp.96-112

11. IF A.B = 0 THEN A = 0 or B = 0?
Cristina Ochoviet(Uruguay) & Asuman Oktaç (Mexico) pp.113-136

FEATURE ARTICLES

12. THE ORIGINS OF THE GENUS CONCEPT IN QUADRATIC FORMS
Mark Beintema & Azar Khosravani (Illinois, USA) pp.137-150

13. THE IMPACT OF UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS COURSES ON COLLEGE STUDENT’S GEOMETRIC REASONING STAGES
Nuh Aydin (Ohio, USA) & Erdogan Halat (Turkey) pp.151-164

14. A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF STUDENT’S REPRESENTATIONS FOR DIVISION OF FRACTIONS
Sylvia Bulgar (USA) pp.165-200

15. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDINGS OF ALGEBRAIC GENERALIZATIONS
Jean E. Hallagan, Audrey C. Rule & Lynn F. Carlson (Oswego, New York) pp.201-206

16. COMPARISION OF HIGH ACHIEVERS WITH LOW ACHIEVERS: Discussion of Juter’s (2007) article
T. P. Hutchinson (Australia) pp.207-212

17. FOSTERING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE VERBAL, ALGEBRAIC, AND GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATIONS OF BASIC PLANAR CURVES FOR STUDENT’S SUCCESS IN THE STUDY OF MATHEMATICS
Margo F. Kondratieva & Oana G. Radu (New Foundland, Canada) pp.213-238

18. KOREAN TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENT SUCCESS IN MATHEMATICS: Concept versus procedure
Insook Chung (Notre Dame, USA) pp.239-256

19. HOW TO INCREASE MATHEMATICAL CREATIVITY- AN EXPERIMENT
Kai Brunkalla (Ohio, USA) pp.257-266

20. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!
Steve Humble (UK) pp.267-274

21. A TRAILER, A SHOTGUN, AND A THEOREM OF PYTHAGORAS
William H. Kazez (Georgia, USA) pp.275-276

MONTANA FEATURE

22. Book X of The Elements: Ordering Irrationals
Jade Roskam (Missoula, Montana) pp.277-294
 
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