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A Conceptual Framework For Student Understanding Of Logarithms, Heather Rebecca Ambler Williams
A Conceptual Framework For Student Understanding Of Logarithms, Heather Rebecca Ambler Williams
Theses and Dissertations
In the past, frameworks for what it means for students to understand elementary mathematical concepts like addition have been well-researched. These frameworks are useful for identifying what students must understand to have a good grasp of the concept. Few such research-based frameworks exist for secondary mathematical topics. The intent of this study was to create such a framework for what it means for students to understand logarithms, a topic that has been under-researched up to this point. Four task-based interviews were conducted with each of four different preservice secondary mathematics teachers in order to test a preliminary framework I had …
Teachers' Decisions To Use Student Input During Class Discussion, Heather Taylor Toponce
Teachers' Decisions To Use Student Input During Class Discussion, Heather Taylor Toponce
Theses and Dissertations
One of the most vital decisions that teachers make during classroom discussion is whether to and how to validate the thinking that students present to the class. In this thesis I describe a study that addressed the issues that are associated with the decisions that teachers make in regards to validating students' ideas. Through qualitative research I explored these issues through videotaping an expert teacher, taking field notes, and conducting interviews. I share a description of what it looks like for one middle school mathematics teacher to make different decisions to use student input during class. The expert teacher in …
How Student Positioning Can Lead To Failure In Inquiry-Based Classrooms, Kelly Beatrice Campbell
How Student Positioning Can Lead To Failure In Inquiry-Based Classrooms, Kelly Beatrice Campbell
Theses and Dissertations
In an effort to improve mathematics instruction, I studied how the positions students choose or are pressed to take on can lead to failure in an inquiry-based classroom. Positioning refers to the temporary roles that a student or a teacher can place each other in or take on in a given classroom environment. Since positions are constructed and maintained by language use, I drew from positioning theory and discourse theory for my theoretical framework. From analyzing transcripts of classroom episodes and interviews with the teacher and a student, I identified common positions that the teacher and the student took on. …