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Title: Using Tools to Support Productive Mathematical Discussions: A Multiple Case Study
Author: Bacak, Julie
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Teachers--Training of, Education, Elementary, Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: Facilitating productive mathematical discussions is considered a core practice of mathematics education. The complexity of this teaching practice presents the need for pedagogical tools to provide structure for preservice teachers (PST) developing...

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: 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: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Montessori Reading and Math Instruction for Third Grade African American Students in Urban Elementary Schools
Author: Brown, Katherine
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Elementary
Description: Improving academic achievement for students of color has long been the subject of debate among advocates of education reform (Anyon, 2013; Breitborde & Swiniarski, 2006; Payne, 2008). Some scholars have advocated for the Montessori method as an al...

Title: Effects of Peer-Delivered Functional Communication Training in an Inclusive School Setting for a High-School Student with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Author: Masud, Andrea
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Special education
Description: Access to inclusive school settings is associated with many benefits for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the areas of academics (Agran et al., 2020; Kurth & Mastergeorge, 2010), social skills (Kleinert et al., 2015; Ly...

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: A composite model of heterosexual identity, self-deception, and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) counseling competence: A mediation model
Author: Erby, Adrienne
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: The study used structural equation modeling to test a correlational model of the relationship between heterosexual identity and LGB counseling competence, testing self-deception as a mediator. A proposed composite model of heterosexual identity wa...

Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE EXPERIENCES OF FACULTY ADVISORS’ PARTICIPATION IN A SHARED MODEL OF ADVISING AT A PRIVATE, COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY
Author: Siarzynski-Ferrer, Kristina
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: Faculty advising has maintained a prominent role in the history of higher education institutions in the United States (Cook, 2009; Habley, 2003; Rudolph 1962). The role of faculty serving as advisors is still significant at private, four-year coll...