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Filtering by: Advisor Niess, Margaret L. Date 1992 Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Relationship of teacher behaviors and characteristics to critical thinking skills among middle level students

Creator:

Cave, Linda M.

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of teachers' behaviors and characteristics upon the development of student mathematical critical thinking skills. From a pool of 20 teachers, whose students had been pre- and post-tested for a measure of critical thinking skills, 10 middle level teachers were selected...

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Dissertation
Students thought processes while engaged in computer programming

Creator:

Ahmed, Aqeel M.

Abstract:

The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the thought processes of secondary level novice programmers engaged in computer programming for the purpose of generating hypotheses for consideration in future research on the relationship between computer programming and problem solving. A high school BASIC programming course with 14 students...

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Dissertation
Effects of individualized examples and personalized contexts in computer-based adaptive teaching of algebra word problems

Creator:

Lwo, Lwun-syin

Abstract:

The purpose of the present investigation was to develop an adaptive teaching model for an interactive computer-assisted instruction (CAT) program and to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of individualized examples or individualized examples in personalized contexts. Translating word problems into equations provided the context for the CAT investigation. Four...

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Dissertation