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What Does Integration of Science and Mathematics Really Mean?
Author(s) -
Davison David M.,
Miller Kenneth W.,
Metheny Dixie L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
school science and mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1949-8594
pISSN - 0036-6803
DOI - 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1995.tb15771.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , mathematics education , integrated curriculum , process (computing) , science education , thematic map , mathematics curriculum , pedagogy , teaching method , mathematics , computer science , psychology , technology integration , geography , cartography , operating system
In this era of curriculum reconstruction, considerable attention is being focused on curriculum integration. The integration of science and mathematics continues to be interpreted in different ways. In this article, five different meanings of integration of science and mathematics–discipline specific, content specific, process, methodological and thematic–are investigated along with instructional implications of these different approaches to integration.