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Title: A CASE STUDY OF AN EFFECTIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALGEBRA I TEACHER
Author: Linton, Patricia
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education
Description: ABSTRACTPATRICIA LORRAINE CURTIS LINTON. A case study of an effective middle school Algebra I teacher. (Under the direction of DR. DAVID K. PUGALEE)Using a qualitative case study approach, the research was an exploration of the perceptions of midd...

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: An Exploration of Gender Differences in Seventh-Grade Single-Sex Mathematics Classrooms in a Co-Educational Public School
Author: Rohn, Debra
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this exploratory case study was to examine the learning experiences of students enrolled in an all-girls and all-boys math class. Forty-nine (22 boys and 27 girls) seventh-grade students from a rural co-educational public middle sch...

Title: CONCEPT IMAGE OF SLOPE: UNDERSTANDING MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE THROUGH TASK BASED INTERVIEWS
Author: Hoffman, Timothy
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: The mathematical concept of slope has traditionally been a critical topic in the high school mathematics curriculum. However, current educational trends in the United States introduce this concept in middle school. This trend shifted the responsib...

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: Describing Critical Statistical Literacy Habits of Mind
Author: Bailey, Nina
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: This dissertation adopted the three-article format. The entire dissertation aims to explore Describing Critical Statistical Literacy Habits of Mind (CSLHM). The first article describes the creation of the CSLHM framework. The second describes how ...

Title: Designing for High School Students’ Ethical Mathematics Consciousness in an Introductory Data Science Course
Author: Register, Jordan
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Ethics, Science--Study and teaching
Description: The increased reliance on Big Data Analytics (BDA) in society, politics, policy, and industry has catalyzed conversations related to the need for promoting ethical reasoning and decision-making in the mathematical sciences. While the majority of p...

Title: EFFECTS AND PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON THE MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN A STEM COURSE: A MIXED-METHOD STUDY
Author: Johnson, Sarah
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education
Description: To understand how to identify and examine factors that influence parental involvement and math achievement of high school students, I conducted a mixed-method study was guided by the following questions: 1. What are the perceptions of students, te...

Title: ENGAGING DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS STUDENTS IN PROBLEM POSING
Author: Sevier, John
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: This study examines the impact of problem posing on developmental mathematics students. Currently, students enter post-secondary institutions underprepared for college mathematics and are required to take developmental mathematics courses. Given t...

Title: Integration of engineering in a middle grade mathematics classroom: A conceptual framework for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) integration
Author: Pugalenthi, Premkumar
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Middle school education, Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: In recent years, student centered approaches to learning has gained interest especially STEM based learning. It has led to educational policy and standards reforms including the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), which helps teachers, incor...

Title: Mathematics Readiness of Entering College Students
Author: Blat, Catherine
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Higher
Description: The purpose of this descriptive research study was to identify key mathematics competencies first-time college students need to succeed in entry-level college mathematics courses. The study was conducted at a large, urban public, research universi...

Title: Multi-Representation of Linear Functions for Pre-College Students in a STEM Context
Author: Raja, Shagufta
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Curriculum planning
Description: In this case study, five pre-college students and a teacher were interviewed using an assessment instrument consisting of six problems involving linear functions. The qualitative research study model was inspired by Lesh, Post and Behr's Translati...

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: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Stress, Coping, and Retention among Novice Teachers
Author: Fisher, Molly
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Education, Secondary
Description: There are many factors that lead to stress and burnout of teachers that ultimately result in up to half of teachers leaving the profession before their sixth year of experience. This study is a mixed-method approach to the problem that began with ...

Title: Students' Conceptual Knowledge of Limits in Calculus: A Two-Part Constructivist Case Study
Author: Adams, Margaret
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational psychology, Adult education
Description: This case study investigated students' conceptual knowledge of limits in calculus by implementing semi-structured interviews. The constructivist learning principles of Piaget and Inhelder as well as theories of understanding by Skemp guided the st...

Title: Students' Understanding of Quadratic Functions: A Multiple Case Study
Author: Sevim, Volkan
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this study was to explore how individual students understand various aspects of quadratic functions such as quadratic growth, quadratic correspondence, quadratic graphs, vertex points, x-intercepts, y-intercept, line of symmetry, pa...

Title: Supporting Students' Conceptions of Algebraic Equations and Expressions Using Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) Design Theory
Author: Miller, Melissa
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Mathematics
Description: This study investigated ways to support students’ development of mathematical meaning making as they learned to simplify and solve algebraic expressions and equations. The literature addresses the occurrence of specific conceptions by students of ...

Title: THE CASE FOR BUILDING ON STUDENTS' PROPORTIONAL REASONING FOR SLOPE-RELATED TASKS
Author: Kendrick, Curtis
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: ABSTRACTCURTIS D. KENDRICK. The case for building on students’ proportional reasoning for slope-related tasks. (Under the direction of DR. DAVID K. PUGALEE)The purpose of this research was to identify the proportional reasoning strategies that sev...

Title: Teacher Practices, Beliefs, and Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics: A Phenomenological Case Study of Teachers Instructing Mathematically Gifted and Promising Students
Author: Weiss, Christine
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Gifted children--Education, Teachers--Training of
Description: ABSTRACTCHRISTINE H. WEISS. Teacher Practices, Beliefs, and Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics: A Phenomenological Case Study of Teachers Instructing Mathematically Gifted and Promising Students. (Under the direction of DR. DREW POLLY)Student...

Title: The Effects of Explicit Self-regulated Learning Strategy Instruction on Mathematics Achievement
Author: Jenkins, Janet
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Curriculum planning
Description: Self-regulated learning includes the use of a set of strategies for planning, monitoring, and self-evaluating students' efforts toward reaching specific learning goals. This study examined the extent to which explicit self-regulated learning strat...