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A CASE STUDY OF AN EFFECTIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALGEBRA I TEACHER
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Author
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Linton, Patricia
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Date Created
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2011
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education
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Description
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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...
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Accelerated Math evaluation report
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Author
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Lambert, Richard, Algozzine, Bob
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Subjects--Topical
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Students--Rating of, Mathematics--Study and teaching
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Description
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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...
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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...
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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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Describing Critical Statistical Literacy Habits of Mind
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Author
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Bailey, Nina
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics--Study and teaching
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Description
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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 ...
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ENGAGING DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS STUDENTS IN PROBLEM POSING
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Author
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Sevier, John
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Date Created
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2019
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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 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...
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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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Multi-Representation of Linear Functions for Pre-College Students in a STEM Context
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Author
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Raja, Shagufta
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics--Study and teaching, Curriculum planning
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Description
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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...
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Stress, Coping, and Retention among Novice Teachers
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Author
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Fisher, Molly
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Education, Secondary
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Description
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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 ...
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Students' Conceptual Knowledge of Limits in Calculus: A Two-Part Constructivist Case Study
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Author
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Adams, Margaret
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational psychology, Adult education
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Description
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This case study investigated students' conceptual knowledge of limits in calculus by implementing semi-structured interviews. The constructivist learning principles of Piaget and Inhelder as well as theories of understanding by Skemp guided the st...
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Students' Understanding of Quadratic Functions: A Multiple Case Study
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Author
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Sevim, Volkan
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Date Created
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2011
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics--Study and teaching
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Description
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The purpose of this study was to explore how individual students understand various aspects of quadratic functions such as quadratic growth, quadratic correspondence, quadratic graphs, vertex points, x-intercepts, y-intercept, line of symmetry, pa...