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Filtering by: Subject Science -- Study and teaching Committee Member Higgins, Karen Decade 1990-1999

The influence of primary children's ideas in science on teaching practice

Creator:

Dickinson, Valarie L.

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A large body of research has examined how children enter the science classroom with previously formed ideas about the content they will learn. These ideas influence how the child interprets instruction. This study reversed the investigative focus by exploring how children's ideas in science influence teaching. Specifically, the study examined...

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Dissertation
Problem solving strategies of Thai second graders for addition and subtraction word problems

Creator:

Swangrojn, Porntip

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The purpose of this study was to investigate solution strategies that Thai second graders used to solve addition and subtraction word problems. Fifty-eight children participated in this study, 40 children took a written test, and 18 children participated in an interview. In addition, two classrooms were selected for observation, and...

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Masters Thesis

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using their informal knowledge. The data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study
Gender differences in subjective task values in mathematics and their relations to course-taking intentions

Creator:

Conner, Daniel A.

Abstract:

There has long been discussion on whether or not there are gender differences in different academic areas, particularly mathematics. One fact that most researchers agree on is that fewer females than males take upper-level mathematics courses beginning in adolescence and continuing through college. As a result, many females severely restrict...

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Dissertation

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take courses in this area. This study views the subjective task values in mathematics of20 1 3rd and