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  • Graphing calculators in college calculus : an examination of teachers' conceptions and instructional practice

    Creator:
    Barton, Susan Dale
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    The study examined classroom instructional practices and teacher's professed conceptions about teaching and learning college calculus in relationship to the implementation of scientific-programmable-graphics (SPG) calculators. The study occurred at a university not affiliated with any reform project. The participants were not the catalysts seeking to implement calculus reform, but expressed...
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    Introduction This study will investigate teachers' conceptions about teaching and learning and actual

  • The culture of undergraduate computer science education : its role in promoting equity within the discipline

    Creator:
    Howell, Kathy
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    Although a concern for gender equity provided the framework for this research, the results of this study highlighted the fact that the question of equity should be broadened to include concern for the tier of talented women and men who currently choose not to persist in an undergraduate computer science...
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    appreciation to five students and two instructors who were willing to share themselves with me and this study

  • Strategies utilized in computer problem solving and object-oriented programming

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    Zaman, Naeem
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    The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe how novice students solved computer programming problems in a beginning college level computer science (CS) course with an introduction to object-oriented programming (OOP) and what knowledge they obtained about OOP and computer problem solving (CPS) as a result of their experiences....
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    -error, (3) performing a desk-check strategy and (4) using the VISUAL C++ debugger. This study

  • The relationship of a problem-based calculus course and students' views of mathematical thinking

    Creator:
    Liu, Po-Hung
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    It has been held that heuristic training alone is not enough for developing one's mathematical thinking. One missing component is a mathematical point of view. Many educational researchers have proposed problem-based curricula to improve students' views of mathematical thinking. The present study reports findings regarding effects of a problem-based calculus...
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    problem solving is thinking about the mathematical problems. As such, the teaching and learning of