232 research outputs found
Civil Practice—Res .ludicata and Election of Remedies
Smith v. Kirkpatrick, 305 N. Y. 66, 111 N. E. 2d 209 (1953)
Effect of social background on the development of probabilistic concepts
This research explores how the social backgrounds of a group of students contributed to their intuitive knowledge in probabilistic reasoning, and influenced their processing of the associated mathematics. A group of Year 11 students who came from families for whom the phenomenon of track gambling formed an important part of their cultural background was identified. Another group consisting of students in the same mathematics course (Year 11 Maths in Society) but from families for whom the phenomenon of gambling in any form was totally absent from their social backgrounds was identified. Twenty students were selected from each group. The research employed a qualitative methodology in which a phenomenographic approach was used to investigate the qualitatively different ways in which individuals within the two groups thought about concepts involving probabilistic reasoning, and processed the related mathematical skills and concepts. The cognitive processes involved in the applications of probabilistic and related mathematical concepts in a variety of both gambling and non-gambling situations were studied in order to determine whether this culturally based knowledge could be viewed as a type of ‘ethnomathematics.’ Data were obtained through individual structured interviews which enabled patterns of reasoning to be compared and contrasted. Analyses of these data enabled intuitive mathematical understandings possessed by the gamblers not only to be identified, but also to be linked with their social backgrounds. Also differences between how individuals in the two groups processed probabilistic and associated mathematical knowledge were determined. This research complements and extends existing knowledge and theories related to culturally-based mathematical knowledge. Implications for further research, for classroom teaching, and for curriculum development in the study of probability in senior secondary mathematics classes are discussed
Dyscalculia: What is its prevalence? Research evidence from case studies
AbstractThis paper presents an examination of two case studies conducted by the author who has, over the past two decades conducted numerous such studies. One, whom we will call Len, is typical of a person with a “learned difficulty” in mathematics and as such is representative of the vast majority of clients diagnosed by the author. The other, whom we will call Sophie, is the most severe example of a very small group of clients who, the author believes, suffers from dyscalculia. The author contends that the prevalence of dyscalculia is much lower than that reported in some of the literature (Geary, 2000; Munro, 200). Wadlington & Wadlington, (2008) for example claim it is the most common type of learning difficulty in mathematics with an incidence of up to 8%. The author contends that these figures generally include a significant proportion of pupils with what are better called “learned difficulties” and that the incidence of dyscalculia, a permanent neurological disorder, is less than 2%. The author recommends that further research is clearly needed to determine the incidence of genuine dyscalculia, as opposed to learned difficulties, in the population. Furthermore, much more research is needed to determine whether or not or to what extent suffers can benefit from regular instruction
Civil Practice—Construction of Complaint
Curren v. O\u27Connor, 304 N. Y. 515, 109 N. E. 2d 605 (1952)
Civil Practice—Counterclaim in Suit by Partnership
Ruzicha v. Rager, 305 N. Y. 191, 111 N. E. 2d 878 (1953)
Civil Practice— Doing Business Within the State
Elish v. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co., 305 N. Y. 267, 112 N. E. 2d 842 (1953)
Civil Practice—Deposit in Lieu of Bail
Standard Electric Equip. Corp. v. Laszkowski, 305 N. Y. 58, 110 N. E. 2d 555 (1953)
Civil Practice—Pre-trial Deposition
Buffalo v. Hanna Furnace Corp., 305 N. Y. 369, 113 N. E. 2d 520 (1953)
Civil Practice—Statute of Limitations
Blessington v. McCrory Stores Corp., 305 N. Y. 140, 111 N. E. 2d 421 (1953)
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