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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
- A Case Study of Hispanic Middle School Students In An ESL Classroom: Discourses In Academic Reading Instruction
- Author
- Andrews, Horace
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
- Description
- This case study examined student teacher interaction that took place in one ESL middle school classroom with 29 Latino/a students learning to read in English. Observations in classrooms and interviews with teachers were conducted over a ten month ...
- Title
- Comparing Effects of Two Grouping Conditions to Teach Algebraic Problem-Solving to Students with Mild Disabilities in Inclusive Settings
- Author
- Harris, Amber
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Mathematics
- Description
- This study compared two grouping conditions (Direct Instruction vs. an instructional package containing Direct Instruction, Peer Assisted Learning Strategies, and self-monitoring) on 6th and 7th grade special education students' abilities to solve...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- PARTICIPANTS IN ADULT BASIC SKILLS CLASSES USING INTERTEXTUAL AND METACOGNITIVE SKILLS AND STRATEGIES TO AID READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
- Author
- MacMonagle, William
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Adult education, Curriculum planning
- Description
- The purpose of this research was to seek evidence of awareness ofmetacognitive processes and intertextuality in the reading comprehension of students inan adult basic education class. Its purpose was to interweave several strands of researchinvest...
- 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
- 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...
- Title
- The Effects of a College Preparatory Program on Social Capital, Student Achievement, and College Matriculation
- Author
- Mack, Victor
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Curriculum planning
- Description
- With an unstable economy and non-diverse populations in STEM-related majors and fields, the United States of America is faced with unprecedented challenges in meeting the growing demands of a technical society. The lack of minorities in STEM-relat...
- Title
- The effects of students' profile, communication, and discourse in an advanced placement statistics classroom
- Author
- Royster, Norma
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Curriculum planning, Education, Secondary
- Description
- This study sought to describe the communicative aspect that should be part of any secondary mathematics classroom and, more specifically, the statistics classroom. Focusing on the observation of students allowed for a detailed account of the learn...
- 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
- WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER: IMPLEMENTING THE SIOP MODEL INTO AN URBAN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS
- Author
- Collins, Jennifer
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Curriculum planning
- Description
- Research points to many factors that contribute to the achievement gap between white and minority students however; one important issue that is often overlooked is the academic language status of the student. Knowing that lack of familiarity and p...
- 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...