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Creator:: Katwibun, Duanghathai
Abstract:: The intention of this study was to explore the relationships between Thai middle school girls' and boys' attitudes and beliefs about mathematics and mathematics achievement, future mathematics coursework intentions, and career interests. Participants in this study were 523 students who were enrolled in The Chiang Mai University Demonstration School during...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: intention of this study was to explore the relationships between Thai middle school girls' and boys

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
Full Text:: Middle school mathematics teachers' subject matter knowledge

Creator:: Katwibun, Duanghathai
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to describe middle school students' mathematical dispositions in a problem-based learning [PBL] classroom. Eight volunteer students from one 6th grade mathematics classroom participated in this study. The curriculum used was the Connected Mathematics Project [CMP]. The main sources for data collection were classroom observations,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Knudson-Martin, John
Abstract:: This study investigated how a minority population of Latino/a immigrant children attending a middle school in the Pacific Northwest made sense of engaging with school and school mathematics. A cross disciplinary theoretical framework was used to examine how individual student motivation is impacted by the social context in which the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , 2009. Title: Motivation and Engagement in School among Immigrant Latino Middle School Students

Creator:: Sadri, Pejmon
Abstract:: The movement to reform mathematics teaching and learning in schools began in the 1980s. After dedicating vast resources to support reform efforts since then, the transition to improve mathematics teaching and learning in schools has not occurred. In the majority of mathematics classrooms teachers still rely on traditional teaching strategies...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Intentions and Practices of an Expert Middle School Mathematics Teacher in the Context of a Reformed-based

Creator:: Lee, Kwangho
Abstract:: This study investigated exemplary middle school mathematics teachers’ knowledge of students’ thinking with algebraic word problem solving and how they used this knowledge and understanding in their planning and teaching of students to solve algebraic word problems. Initially, a questionnaire was distributed to nine teachers to gather their interpretation of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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