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Title
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THE CASE FOR BUILDING ON STUDENTS' PROPORTIONAL REASONING FOR SLOPE-RELATED TASKS
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Author
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Kendrick, Curtis
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics--Study and teaching
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Description
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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...
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Mathematics Readiness of Entering College Students
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Author
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Blat, Catherine
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Higher
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Description
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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...
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Title
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DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR THRESHOLD CONCEPTS IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS METHODS COURSES
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Author
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Glavich, Courtney
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Elementary, Teachers--Training of
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Description
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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...
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Algebraic Thinking of Sixth Graders Through the Lens of Multimodality
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Author
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Lentz, Ute
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics--Study and teaching
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Description
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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...