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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:: , and Dr. Karen Higgins. On a personal level, I thank my family for their love, support, and

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

Creator:: Swangrojn, Porntip
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: are also given to Dr. Thomas P. Dick, Dr. Karen Higgins, and Dr. Stel Walker for honoring me by

A study of factors that influence experienced teachers in grades kindergarten through five to integrate computer technology into the teaching and learning process

Creator:: Bradford, Doss C.
Abstract:: Although the public schools have spent billions of dollars on computer technology, only a few teachers are integrating them into their teaching. The purpose of this study was to determine barriers to the integration of computers into teaching and potential teaching strategies to encourage integration. Teachers (N=122) from 14 elementary...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: provided by Dr. Jodi Engel, Dr. Cheryl Jordan, and Dr. Karen Higgins. I would like to add a special thanks

Integrating indigenous knowledge into the community development process : the Zimbabwean experience

Creator:: Munyaka, Golden
Abstract:: This study is a critical ethnography of my professional career as an educator born and raised in the Shona culture in Zimbabwe. In this metaphysical study I reconstruct a worldview that I consider to be representative of Shona customs and beliefs. Doing this project has challenged my own ethnic identity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: biases at a time when I had almost lost hope; Professor Karen Higgins for introducing me to radical

Pseudo-spectral approximations of Rossby and gravity waves in a two-Layer fluid

Creator:: Wolfkill, Karlan Stephen
Abstract:: The complexity of numerical ocean circulation models requires careful checking with a variety of test problems. The purpose of this paper is to develop a test problem involving Rossby and gravity waves in a two-layer fluid in a channel. The goal is to compute very accurate solutions to this test...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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

Creator:: Dickinson, Valarie L.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Toward An Academic Theory of Social Justice Judgment and Decision-Making : Rights, Justice, and Legal Ideology

Creator:: Werner, Michael W.
Abstract:: This dissertation serves a threefold purpose: 1. identify the principles, practices and assumptions implicated in an academic theory of social justice; 2. continue moving towards articulating a theory of social justice judgment and decision making; and 3. develop a model of social justice judgment and decision making that will assist...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Exploring definitions of student success throughout community colleges in the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Creator:: McBeth, Scott S.
Abstract:: The topic of student success is beginning to grow in popularity throughout the United States. Student success has a wide variety of definitions ranging from a direct definition of graduation to an indirect definition of a student setting a goal of finishing a class successfully. Now there are stakeholders such...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Issues experienced by community college STEM faculty implementing and using pedagogies of engagement

Creator:: Thatcher, Valory Rae Anna
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the issues involved with implementing and using pedagogies of engagement in community college STEM courses. The rationale for this study was based on current and emerging STEM education policy directives calling for an updated approach to teaching undergraduates, focused on student engagement,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of my committee: Dr. Jim Arnold, Dr. Kate Dins, Dr. Brian Flay, Dr. Karen Higgins, and especially

From risk to resiliency : academic persistence in Mexican-American high school English as a Second Language students

Creator:: Temes, Carla A.
Abstract:: Five student-researchers and the author engaged in a continually-evolving, student-driven qualitative research study. Despite significant disadvantages, including navigating a. foreign culture without speaking the language, these invulnerable learners succeeded. Ultimately of greatest interest to the six were an analysis of their collective knowledge and experiences, and their individual transformation over...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Thanks also to the members of my doctoral committee, Dr. David Beranek, Dr. Karen Higgins, Dr. Sunil

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

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

A study of factors that influence experienced teachers in grades kindergarten through five to integrate computer technology into the teaching and learning process

Integrating indigenous knowledge into the community development process : the Zimbabwean experience

Pseudo-spectral approximations of Rossby and gravity waves in a two-Layer fluid

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

Toward An Academic Theory of Social Justice Judgment and Decision-Making : Rights, Justice, and Legal Ideology

Exploring definitions of student success throughout community colleges in the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Issues experienced by community college STEM faculty implementing and using pedagogies of engagement

From risk to resiliency : academic persistence in Mexican-American high school English as a Second Language students

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