Tables of contents

Recent changes in A-level mathematics: is the availability and uptake of mechanics declining yet more?

Stephen Lee, Martin C Harrison, Carol L Robinson

111

Prior knowledge of mechanics amongst first year Engineering students

Dick Clements

119

Computer-aided assessment in mechanics: question design and test evaluation

M Gill, M Greenhow

124

The effectiveness of support for students with non-traditional mathematics backgrounds

R J Symonds, D A Lawson, C L Robinson

134

Observing mathematics teaching in three different countries: lessons learnt?

N Metje

145

Holiday work: on writing for children and for the academy

Charles Butler

163

Home: a feeling rooted in the heart

Weimin Mo, Wenju Shen

173

Mixed messages: the problem of class in Mary Norton’s Borrowers Series

Madelyn Travis

187

Surviving rescue: a feminist reading of Scott O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins

Diann L Baecker

195

A journey backwards: history through style in children’s fiction

Christopher Ringrose

207

Adolescent journeys: finding female authority in The Rain Catchers and The House on Mango Street

Christina Rose Dubb

219

General music: meaningful listening from middle and high school students

Elizabeth Ann McAnally

Band: from good to great: nine tips for motivating your band

Mark D Waymire, Todd E Snead

Chorus: the male changing voice: the student's experience

Caroline M Stupple

General music: developing literacy through music

Jean M McIntire

Orchestra: starting a community musical theatre orchestra

Burke Sorenson

Facilitating dialogues on race and ethnicity with technology: challenging 'otherness' and promoting a dialogic way of knowing

Tamie Kanata, Judith N Martin

Powerful preparation of preservice teachers using interactive video conferencing

Andrea Moore Kent

Book review: New Heroes on Screen - Prototypes of Masculinity in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema

Chris Robé

Book review: Literacy in a Digital World - Teaching and Learning in the Age of Information

Nancy Rubin