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...
Teachers--Training of, Science--Study and teaching
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Justice-oriented pedagogies support students’ sociopolitical, or critical, consciousness. Research reveals, however, that science educators, the majority of whom are white, struggle to enact these practices. The purpose of this Design-based Resear...
Mathematics--Study and teaching, Ethics, Science--Study and teaching
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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...
Middle school education, Mathematics--Study and teaching
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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...
Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Mathematics
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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 ...