Keywords: CAS, university education, literature review, technology implementation issues Introduction A growing number of international studies have shown that Computer Algebra Systems (CAS-based) instruction has the potential to positively affect the teaching and learning of mathematics at various levels of the education system, even though this has not been widely realized in schools and institutions (Artigue, 2002; Lavicza, 2006; Pierce & Stacey, 2004). ... We selected two highly regarded international journals in the field, namely the International Journal for Computers in Mathematical L...

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The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians 2008 reiterates the benefits of strong partnerships between schools and external agencies; partnerships that support and encourage young people to pursue career pathways that will enhance their life-chances (MCEETYA 2008). ... For the school leaver, being clear as to the steps and goals needed to pursue a successful career pathway is associated with their having strong interpersonal and intrapersonal skills as well as being able to foster and nurture community connections (Broadbent et al. 2012). ... Identifying and emb...

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The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians 2008 reiterates the benefits of strong partnerships between schools and external agencies; partnerships that support and encourage young people to pursue career pathways that will enhance their life-chances (MCEETYA 2008). ... For the school leaver, being clear as to the steps and goals needed to pursue a successful career pathway is associated with their having strong interpersonal and intrapersonal skills as well as being able to foster and nurture community connections (Broadbent et al. 2012). ... Identifying and emb...

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These new ways will provide students with a better chance of reaching their goal of attending a fine institution and being able to earn a college degree. ... Students would rather attend an inexpensive college and receive a similar education than what they would have received from a more costly school of higher learning. ... In order for an institution to achieve this goal, it needs to hire more experienced faculty members. ...

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Along with many of the following curriculum changes; country schools also had year 9 and 10, in secondary school, learning compulsory agricultural and dairy science. ... Education was done in the traditional form of rote learning, with children chanting the information until the memorised it (Swarbrick, 2012). ... The educators main aim was to create a baseline in education for employers, as the goal at the time was to make children employable (McKenzie, 1992). ... Furthermore, at the end of each academic year each student had an exam, where they had to recount their years learning, they wer...

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A vast difference in the methods and modes of teaching and learning has been observed in these three different educational systems. ... The three schools follow various specific systems and have different mission statements to highlight their goals. ...

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Today's social structure calls for every young adult to attend a university immediately after graduating high school. It tells us we need to have a step-by-step plan of what we are going to do for the rest of our lives and what we're going to do for eight hours every day five days a week, and truthfully I think it's a bunch of garbage. Now I understand that for some people it works, especially if they have a simple mind frame, someone who just goes by the book and doesn't ask questions. However it's not as simple for people like me. We tend to want to do what we wan...

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An additional opposition to as why college athletes shouldn't be paid is because the main goal is to earn a degree. ... They put hours upon hours into practice and learning the system of their respected sport. ...

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