Guidelines for Writing Article Reviews
As you read articles in mathematics and mathematics education journals (remember, a minimum of 20 reviews), you should write down:
1.Keyword(s) to identify the topic of the reading. (See the Keyword list below)
2.Bibliographic citation information needed for the article review form
(see the example review below)
3.A short summary of the article or book
4.A personal reaction
These reviews need not be lengthy (perhaps a page), but they should be thorough and thoughtful. Your own and your classmates' reviews will form the beginning of your resource file.
Use a word processor to create the text of your review.
Separate the paragraphs of your narrative with the
symbol <P>
so the paragraphs will show up when pasted into the HTML form on the WEB.
Do not use any other special formatting because we need we need a "clean"
text- only copy of each review to put on the WEB. Save your review in ASCII
by using the "Save As" command in your word processor and saving it in the
form "text with line breaks". Go to the
ED 350 WEB
pageand click on "Submit an Article Review." Fill out the form as indicated
and paste the ASCII text of your review into the box at the bottom of the
form. Be sure you keep copies of your reviews in the event that the e-mail
generated by the form does not get through to me.
Here is what an example of a review:
Keywords homework, tests
Ref: Fenner, 1992 Frequently Absent
Author(s): Fenner, B.C.
Date : 1992
Title: The "Frequently Absent"
Journal or publisher: Mathematics Teacher
Pages, issue: 86(3), p. 196
Reviewed by: Furst
Date of Review: 3/28/00
<P>
This is a short article, if you can even call it an article, but I like the ideas. The purpose of the suggestion is to keep students up-to-date on assignments, quizzes, and tests. First, the teacher must explain from the outset that she has a responsibility to keep the students informed, and that they have the responsibility of taking advantage of the information by doing their assignments, quizzes, and tests. Then the set-up--a bin and a wall chart. When a test is given, the teacher saves a copy for each student not present and writes the student's name on it. All of these then go in a make-up bin. If a student is gone just one day, she can take the test while the teacher goes over the corrected tests with the rest of the class. If the student has been gone for more then one day, a similar form of the test will be waiting in the bin. This way it is the student's responsibility to make sure the test gets taken. Similarly, the student can find any homework assignments from the past week on a wall chart in the classroom. This eliminates taking up the teacher's time with, "What'd we do yesterday?" and it helps out those students who are forgetful or write down the assignment incorrectly.
<P>
I like both ideas, but I'm not sure about the one day business, because I don't know if I could correct a set of exams overnight.
Keywords
Activities - Algebra - Arithmetic - Assessment - Calculus - Communication - Connections - Curriculum - Discrete - Diversity - Equity - Functions - Games - Geometry - Gifted - History - Interdisciplinary Learning - Issues - Management - Manipulatives - Measurement - Number Theory - Planning - Probability - Problem Solving - Programs - Puzzles - Reasoning - Research - Standards - Statistics - Teaching Strategies - Technology - Tests - Trigonometry
To see the reviews submitted to date, click on:
View The Reviews
Return to the ED 350 home
page, Peder's home page or the
St. Olaf home page.
Disclaimer