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A Content Analysis Of Addition And Subtraction From The Math Teacher's Manuals For Orono, Maine And Santiago, Chile, Jordan Houdeshell
A Content Analysis Of Addition And Subtraction From The Math Teacher's Manuals For Orono, Maine And Santiago, Chile, Jordan Houdeshell
Honors College
The purpose of this study is to do a comparative content analysis of two second grade math teachers’ manuals; one from Santiago, Chile and the other from Orono, Maine. I will be looking at and comparing one unit of study in both math teacher’s manuals: a unit on addition and subtraction.
This thesis will explore how the words and language used in the math teacher’s manuals may affect the way teachers teach addition and subtraction content and what is expected from the second-grade learners. For the comparative content analysis I will focus on, sort, and count the verbs that appear …