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Volume 3, Number 2 (2000) Part I: Special Issue: Programs That Work Conference Proceedings: Women and Minorities in Mathematics and Science, March 2000

Full Issue

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

Table of Contents

Front Matter

Part I: Special Issue

A Challenge to All: Raising the Participation and Success of Women and Minorities in Mathematics, Science, and Technlogy
Mark R. Warner and Loren D. Pitt

Why Do We Need Programs that Work?
K. C. Thornton

What Does Research Suggest about Successful Programs for Women and Minorities?
D. R. Sterling

Bridges—Mathematics Support for Third-Grade Girls
J. M. Jarrell

Project Best: A Collaborative Program to Recruit Teachers and Enhance Science Performance of Middle School Students
D. J. Simon

Bridging the Gap: the Classroom and the "Real World"
P. Strickler

Geometry and Mathematics Through Bridge Building
J. Joyner

VCEPT/Gateway 2000 Partnership Project – Advanced Scholars Program
H. Johnson

Learning on the Halfshell
M. H. Duffey and C. Roberts

Climbing the Ladder from Ninth Grade to College: A Career Ladder Program at the Science Museum of Virginia
A. Thomas and D. Hagan

Achieving Science SOL with a Hands-On Approach
J. N. Granger

The Sonia Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day
E. G. D. Jones

Diversity Education for Pre-Service Science Teachers
D. R. Sterling

Woman, Wife, Mommy and Scientist: The Impact of a Readers' Theatre Play on Elementary Pre-Service Teachers' Understanding of Gender Issues
J. Matkins, R. Miles, and J. McDonnough

Recommendations from Conference Participants

Part II: Regular Journal Features

A Simple Anharmonic Oscillator
K. Durlacher, J. Boyd, and T. Didascalou Waterman

Use of the World Wide Web in Mathematics Instruction
A. Lewis

Overhead Projector Demonstrations Using Household Materials
S. Soloman, B. Brook, J. Ciraolo, L. Jackson, Chin-Hyu Hur, and M. Oliver-Hoyo

Educational Research Abstracts
G. Bass Jr.

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