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Creator:: Katwibun, Duanghathai
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to describe middle school students' mathematical dispositions in a problem-based learning [PBL] classroom. Eight volunteer students from one 6th grade mathematics classroom participated in this study. The curriculum used was the Connected Mathematics Project [CMP]. The main sources for data collection were classroom observations,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Katwibun, Duanghathai
Abstract:: The intention of this study was to explore the relationships between Thai middle school girls' and boys' attitudes and beliefs about mathematics and mathematics achievement, future mathematics coursework intentions, and career interests. Participants in this study were 523 students who were enrolled in The Chiang Mai University Demonstration School during...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Means and standard deviations for attitude and belief variables of Thai middle school students 109 2

Creator:: Holmes, Frank L.
Abstract:: A teacher may say, "I have twenty years of experience," but just what does it mean? This study suggests explanations for the meaning of "Experience," not by looking at the number of years in a classroom, but at what teachers did in those years that could make the teaching experience...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science Education presented on May 2, 2003. TITLE: Middle School

Creator:: Irish, Tobias E. L.
Abstract:: This multiple case study explores issues of equity in science education through an examination of how teachers' reasoning patterns compare with students' reasoning patterns during inquiry-based lessons. It also examines the ways in which teachers utilize students' cultural and linguistic resources, or funds of knowledge, during inquiry-based lessons and the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of knowledge, during inquiry-‐based lessons. Three middle school

Creator:: Knudson-Martin, John
Abstract:: This study investigated how a minority population of Latino/a immigrant children attending a middle school in the Pacific Northwest made sense of engaging with school and school mathematics. A cross disciplinary theoretical framework was used to examine how individual student motivation is impacted by the social context in which the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: goal for most lower track middle school mathematics programs is to improve student skills and

Creator:: Morrison, Judith A.
Abstract:: A large amount of research has been conducted that establishes that students of all ages hold conceptions about a variety of science topics that are not in line with accepted scientific beliefs. These preconceptions have been identified in a variety of ways in research situations; this study focused on how...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: emphasis on inquiry-based science programs based on the philosophy that student understanding is

Creator:: Anderson, Shawn M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the concerns of past participants of the Summer Agriculture Institute regarding the use of agriculture as a context for teaching and to determine how they implement curriculum integration. The study used the Concerns-Based Adoption Model as a theoretical framework, which resulted in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my dissertation will become part of

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