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Laine, Sonja; Kuusisto, Elina; Tirri, Kirsi – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2016
This article presents two independent studies of Finnish teachers' conceptions of giftedness and considers whether it is a malleable or fixed quality. The first qualitative study examined elementary school teachers' (N = 212) conceptions via inductive-oriented content analysis, whereas the second study measured teachers' (elementary n = 184,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gifted, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics
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Hock, Tan Tong; Tarmizi, Rohani Ahmad; Yunus, Aida Suraya Md.; Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
This study was conducted using a new hybrid method of research which combined qualitative and quantitative designs to investigate the viewpoints of primary school students' conceptual understanding in learning geometry from the aspect of shapes and spaces according to van Hiele theory. Q-methodology is used in this research to find out what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Mixed Methods Research, Geometric Concepts
Yavuz Mumcu, Hayal; Aktürk, Tolga – Online Submission, 2017
The aim of this study is to address and analyse pre-service teachers' mathematical reasoning skills in relation to mathematical thinking processes. For these purposes, pre-service teachers' mathematical reasoning skills namely generalising/abstraction/modelling, ratiocination, development and creative thinking skills and the relationships among…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Thinking Skills, Mathematical Logic, Preservice Teachers