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Creator:: Scholz, Janet Maria
Abstract:: Prospective teachers enter teacher education programs with previously formed conceptions of geometry and its teaching. These conceptions help them make sense of new information about teaching, their roles as teachers, and their translation of mathematics into learning activities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among preservice...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: teacher education programs with previously formed conceptions of geometry and its teaching. These

Creator:: Morrell, Patricia Drozdowski
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine fifth, seventh, and tenth graders' attitudes toward school and classroom science by means of questionnaires and interviews. In particular, the study hoped to determine (a) if a relationship existed between these two attitudes, (b) what relationship, if any, grade level, gender, ethnicity,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: achievement, none have considered the possibility of a relationship between attitude and student personal

Creator:: Cho, Cheong-soo
Abstract:: This study described how and why a Korean elementary teacher taught mathematics as he did. Specifically, the study sought to describe his beliefs about the teaching and learning of mathematics and relate them to patterns of classroom interaction and norms. An ethnographic inquiry guided the study of one third grade...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: how and why a Korean elementary teacher taught mathematics as he did. Specifically, the study sought

Creator:: Myers, Carolyn J.
Abstract:: The majority of today's youth succeed in the traditional educational classroom. However, greater numbers of our children are not experiencing success in the traditional classroom and are at-risk of dropping out of school before completing graduation requirements. The magnitude and urgency of this problem was addressed in 1990 by the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Gfeller, Mary Katherine
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to describe tenth grade students' views of the purposes of geometric proof within the context of their learning. Classroom observations, the curriculum, assessment tools, journal questions, and a preconceptions questionnaire were used to provide context for the views expressed by students from a single...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: group work. The episodes provided details about how and when the classroom teacher addressed various

Creator:: Singmuang, Charuwan
Abstract:: The study investigated the impact of Thai preservice middle school mathematics teachers' knowledge of subject matter and of students' conceptions of division of rational numbers with respect to their classroom practices in a teaching environment controlled by a required national curriculum. Four preservice teachers were selected with different knowledge of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: that such a limited understanding negatively influences the teaching experiences of a student teacher

Creator:: Liu, Po-Hung
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: mathematics. Further, students leaned toward a conservative attitude in the certainty of mathematical

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