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Title: Algebraic Thinking of Sixth Graders Through the Lens of Multimodality
Author: Lentz, Ute
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: This study explores ways in which sixth graders without prior formal algebra instruction attempt to generalize algebraic growing patterns. In a teaching experiment setting, two pairs of students solved the growing pattern tasks while having access...

Title: DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR THRESHOLD CONCEPTS IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS METHODS COURSES
Author: Glavich, Courtney
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Elementary, Teachers--Training of
Description: Teacher education programs have long sought to increase preservice teachers' competency through coursework that promotes content, pedagogical knowledge, and specialized forms of knowledge that interweave the two. Still, newly licensed teachers are...

Title: DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING A NEW INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE THE SELF-EFFICACY OF ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
Author: McGee, Jennifer
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational psychology, Educational tests and measurements
Description: The purpose of this study was the development and validation of an instrument to measure the self-efficacy of elementary mathematics teachers. Self-efficacy, as defined by Bandura, was the theoretical framework for the development of the instrumen...

Title: Embedding Numeracy Instruction within Standards-Based Algebra Lessons for Secondary Students with Extensive Support Needs
Author: Clausen, Amy
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Special education
Description: Federal legislation requires every student receive access to and make progress in the general curriculum. Teachers have reported difficulties in meeting this requirement for students with extensive support needs (ESN) who do not yet demonstrate fo...

Title: Navigating the Epistemological Rocky Waters of Mathematics Education: An Instrumental Multiple Case Study
Author: Schinck, Amélie
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Teachers--Training of, Curriculum planning
Description: The various beliefs about mathematics and its role in society led to differing beliefs about what it means to learn mathematics and how best to teach it. Mathematics education research and organizations such as the National Council of Teachers of ...

Title: USING THE CONTEXTUALIZED INTERACTION MODEL TO EXAMINE CHANGES IN TEACHER BELIEFS
Author: Neale, Henry
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Curriculum planning
Description: With the increased importance placed on the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields throughout the world but particularly in the United States, research in mathematics education has become widely recognized as critical to e...

Title: WRITING TO LEARN STATISTICS IN AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS COURSE
Author: Northrup, Christian
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Statistics
Description: This study investigated the use of writing in a statistics classroom to learn if writing provided a rich description of problem-solving processes of students as they solved problems. Through analysis of 329 written samples provided by students, it...