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

Creator:: Howell, Kathy
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract Approved: Redacted for Privacy Margaret L. Niess Although a concern for gender equity provided

The knowledge base and instructional practices of two highly qualified experienced secondary mathematics teachers

Creator:: Beauchman, Molly Laverne Taylor
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge base and instructional practices of two highly qualified experienced secondary mathematics teachers within the context of their classrooms during a unit in a geometry class. Data collected from interviews, classroom observations, pre and post-observation questionnaires, and detailed analyses of several...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Experienced Secondary Mathematics Teachers Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Margaret L. Niess The

Effects of a written intervention on the state anxiety of new mathematics teachers

Creator:: Freeman, Barbara L.
Abstract:: The goal of the research project was to assess the effect of a written intervention on the state anxiety of new mathematics teachers. Twenty-eight beginning mathematics teachers in Washington, Oregon, and California were randomly assigned to treatment or control groups. Treatment was a survival guide, Green Broke, carefully designed to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: new mathematics teachers AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Barbara L. Freeman for the degree of Doctor

Relationship of teacher behaviors and characteristics to critical thinking skills among middle level students

Creator:: Cave, Linda M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of teachers' behaviors and characteristics upon the development of student mathematical critical thinking skills. From a pool of 20 teachers, whose students had been pre- and post-tested for a measure of critical thinking skills, 10 middle level teachers were selected...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Students Abstract approved: Marga(p6t L. Niess The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect

Students thought processes while engaged in computer programming

Creator:: Ahmed, Aqeel M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the thought processes of secondary level novice programmers engaged in computer programming for the purpose of generating hypotheses for consideration in future research on the relationship between computer programming and problem solving. A high school BASIC programming course with 14 students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: accomplished without the instruc- tion, assistance, kindness, and patience of Dr. Margaret L. Niess, my major

Relationships among preservice teachers' conceptions of geometry, conceptions of teaching geometry and classroom practices

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:: Geometry and Classroom Practices. Abstract approved: Margaret L. Niess Prospective teachers enter

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

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:: . Abstract approved: Margaret L. Niess The study examined classroom instructional practices and teacher's

Prediction of academic achievement for college computer science majors in the Republic of China

Creator:: Fan, Tai-Sheng
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine whether student academic achievement in college computer science programs in the Republic of China (ROC) could be predicted by factors reported to be effective in US studies. The relationship between these factors and course performance in computer science programs was examined. Gender...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: not be accomplished without the immeasurable advice of my major professor, Dr. Margaret L. Niess

A Korean elementary teacher's beliefs about teaching and learning and its impact on interactions and norms in mathematics classroom

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:: and Norms in Mathematics Classroom. Abstract approved: Margaret L. Niess This study described

Student understanding of functions and the use of the graphing calculator in a college algebra course

Creator:: Averbeck, Patrick J.
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to investigate students' learning of the function concept and the role of the graphing calculator in a College Algebra course. Differences between students with high symbolic manipulation skills. and students with low symbolic manipulation skills were also examined. On the basis of an algebraic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approved: (/ Margaret L. Niess The purpose of the study was to investigate students' learning of the

ScholarsArchive@OSU

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

The knowledge base and instructional practices of two highly qualified experienced secondary mathematics teachers

Effects of a written intervention on the state anxiety of new mathematics teachers

Relationship of teacher behaviors and characteristics to critical thinking skills among middle level students

Students thought processes while engaged in computer programming

Relationships among preservice teachers' conceptions of geometry, conceptions of teaching geometry and classroom practices

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

Prediction of academic achievement for college computer science majors in the Republic of China

A Korean elementary teacher's beliefs about teaching and learning and its impact on interactions and norms in mathematics classroom

Student understanding of functions and the use of the graphing calculator in a college algebra course

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