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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 Comparison of Developmental Mathematics Sequences at a North Carolina Community College Using a Markov Chain Model
- Author
- Peeler, Matthew
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Educational evaluation
- Description
- This study compares students at a North Carolina community college taking a course-based developmental mathematics sequence to students taking a new, module-based emporium method developmental mathematics sequence using a Markov chain model to com...
- Title
- Accelerated Math evaluation report
- Author
- Lambert, Richard, Algozzine, Bob
- Subjects--Topical
- Students--Rating of, Mathematics--Study and teaching
- Description
- Progress monitoring has been defined as “a practice that helps teachers use student performance data to continually evaluate the effectiveness of their teaching and make more informed instructional decisions” (Safer and Fleischman, 2005, p. 81). I...
- 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
- DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING A NEW INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE THE SELF-EFFICACY OF ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
- Author
- McGee, Jennifer
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational psychology, Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- The purpose of this study was the development and validation of an instrument to measure the self-efficacy of elementary mathematics teachers. Self-efficacy, as defined by Bandura, was the theoretical framework for the development of the instrumen...
- Title
- Delivery of Remedial Community College Mathematics Instruction in an Emporium Learning Environment: Predicting Academic Success, Persistence, Retention, and Completion
- Author
- Little, Mark
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Community colleges--Study and teaching
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to find predictors of academic success, persistence, retention, and completion for students enrolled in community college developmental education mathematics courses utilizing an accelerated emporium model learning en...
- 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
- Effects of Singapore Model Method with Explicit Instruction on Math Problem Solving Skills of Students At Risk for or Identified with Learning Disabilities
- Author
- Preston, Angela
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Mathematics--Study and teaching
- Description
- Over the last two decades, students in Singapore consistently scored above students from other nations on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS; Provasnik et al., 2012). In contrast, students in the United States have no...
- Title
- Effects of modified schema-based instruction on real-world algebra problem solving of students with autism spectrum disorder and moderate intellectual disability
- Author
- Root, Jenny
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Mathematics--Study and teaching
- Description
- The current study evaluated the effects of modified schema-based instruction (SBI) on the algebra problem solving skills of three middle school students with autism spectrum disorder and moderate intellectual disability (ASD/ID). Participants lear...
- Title
- Exploring the teaching and learning of functions
- Author
- Athanasopoulou, Anna, Saenz-Ludlow, Adalira
- Date Created
- 2022, 2022, 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Higher
- 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
- PREPARING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS: AN INVESTIGATION OF PEDAGOGIES AND STRATEGIES USED IN AN ONLINE ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS COURSE
- Author
- Potter III, James
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational leadership, Educational technology
- Description
- ABSTRACTJAMES THOMSON POTTER III. Preparing high school students for success in advanced placement statistics: an investigation of pedagogies and strategies used in an online advanced placement statistics course.(Under the direction of DR. RICH LA...
- 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 ...