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Direct linkAndrew Charles Kercher – ProQuest LLC, 2021
To solve an unfamiliar mathematics problem, students of the subject must know more than the appropriate prerequisite content knowledge. They must also know how best to strategically apply their knowledge, how to monitor and gauge the effectiveness of their work, and how to respond (both cognitively and emotionally) to unanticipated results.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, College Students, Mathematics Skills
Pair, Jeffrey David – ProQuest LLC, 2017
What is mathematics? What does it mean to be a mathematician? What should students understand about the nature of mathematical knowledge and inquiry? Research in the field of mathematics education has found that students often have naive views about the nature of mathematics. Some believe that mathematics is a body of unchanging knowledge, a…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Heuristics, Humanism, Models
Pardue, Teneal Messer – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Language plays a key role in statistics and, by extension, in statistics education. Enculturating students into the practice of statistics requires preparing them to communicate results of data analysis. Statistical argumentation is one way of providing structure to facilitate discourse in the statistics classroom. In this study, a teaching…
Descriptors: Statistics, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Heuristics, Persuasive Discourse
Kanive, Rebecca A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Distinguishing between sources of variability in mathematics performance may contribute to a more comprehensive theory of mathematics skills. Research has examined student differences based upon scores on achievement tests, which provide overall proficiency, but may not provide the detailed information for identifying and remediating difficulties.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 3, Problem Solving, Multiplication
Preston, Angela Irene – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Over the last two decades, students in Singapore consistently scored above students from other nations on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS; Provasnik et al., 2012). In contrast, students in the United States have not performed as well on international and national mathematics assessments and students with…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, At Risk Students
Johnson, Kate R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation builds on research about teacher identities (e.g., Agee, 2004; Sumara & Luce-Kapler, 1996; Ronfeldt & Grossman, 2008), teaching mathematics for social justice (e.g., Felton, 2010; Gutstein, 2006; Skovsmose, 1985; Stinson & Wager, 2012) and learning to teach mathematics for social justice (e.g., Gau, 2005; Gonzalez,…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Educators, Mathematics Instruction
