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Creator:: Wohlhuter, Kay A.
Abstract:: This investigation of secondary geometry teachers' decision making in a mathematics curricular reform context examined the following questions: (a) What planning and interactive decisions were secondary geometry teachers making during this time of reform, and (b) what factors influenced the decisions that these teachers made? In addition, comparisons were generated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Barton, Susan Dale
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Susan Dale Barton presented on July 28, 1995 . APPROVED: M Chair of Department of Science and

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

Creator:: Pativisan, Supattra
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the problem solving processes of Thai gifted students when they solved non-routine mathematical problems. The research questions guiding the study were: (1) What is the nature of the problem solving processes that Thai gifted students use as they engage in solving non-routine...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Bamberger, Mary E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this descriptive case study analysis was to provide portraits of the methods college students used to solve probability problems and the factors that supported or impeded their success prior to and after two-week instruction on probability. Fourteen-question Pre- and Post-Instructional Task-Based Questionnaires provided verbal data of nine...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Interview 2: Summary of Responses ........................................................ 230 M: Case

Creator:: Swenson, Karen A.
Abstract:: As a result of the calls for reform in mathematics education and the ever-changing nature of mathematics, today's teachers face the challenge of teaching unfamiliar content in ways that are equally unfamiliar. In view of this challenge, the purpose of this study was to investigate middle school teachers' subject matter...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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