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Can A Three-Day Training Focusing On The Nature Of Science And Science Practices As They Relate To Mind In The Making Make A Difference In Preschool Teachers' Self-Efficacy Engaging In Science Education?, Colleen Meacham Nov 2017

Can A Three-Day Training Focusing On The Nature Of Science And Science Practices As They Relate To Mind In The Making Make A Difference In Preschool Teachers' Self-Efficacy Engaging In Science Education?, Colleen Meacham

Dissertations and Theses

As technology and our world understanding develop, we will need citizens who are able to ask and answer questions that have not been thought of yet. Currently, high school and college graduates entering the workforce demonstrate a gap in their ability to develop unique solutions and fill the current technology-driven jobs. To address this gap, science needs to be prioritized early in children's lives. The focus of this research was to analyze a science training program that would help pre-school teachers better understand Mind in the Making life skills, the nature of science, science practices, and improve their self-efficacy integrating …


Caracterización De Las Estrategias Didácticas Que Promueven El Desarrollo De Las Competencias En Pensamiento Matemático En Los Niños De Básica Primaria De La Escuela Normal Superior De Monterrey Casanare, Jesús Olivo Flórez Suárez, Víctor Manuel Hurtado Cruz, Carlos Arturo Rodiño Hoyos Aug 2017

Caracterización De Las Estrategias Didácticas Que Promueven El Desarrollo De Las Competencias En Pensamiento Matemático En Los Niños De Básica Primaria De La Escuela Normal Superior De Monterrey Casanare, Jesús Olivo Flórez Suárez, Víctor Manuel Hurtado Cruz, Carlos Arturo Rodiño Hoyos

Maestría en Docencia (Yopal)

El presente trabajo se encuentra enmarcado en la línea de investigación: “Saber educativo, pedagógico y didáctico”; está adscrito al Macroproyecto “Competencias, Evaluación Auténtica y Didáctica del Lenguaje y Matemáticas”. La investigación centra su atención en estudiar las dificultades que tienen los docentes de básica primaria para la enseñanza de las matemáticas desde la perspectiva de la integración del pensamiento matemático, desde el uso de estrategias didácticas adecuadas que faciliten el desarrollo de estas competencias y la pertinencia de la planeación y evaluación de los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje. La investigación está orientada desde el paradigma socio-crítico con enfoque cualitativo; tipo exploratoria-descriptiva. …


Análisis De Las Estrategias Didácticas Utilizadas Por Los Docentes Para El Desarrollo Del Razonamiento Matemático En Estudiantes De Grado Tercero Del Colegio Antonio Nariño - La Yopalosa, Municipio De Nunchía – Casanare, Yolanda Alfonso Gutierrez, Luis Alberto Niño Gonzalez Jul 2017

Análisis De Las Estrategias Didácticas Utilizadas Por Los Docentes Para El Desarrollo Del Razonamiento Matemático En Estudiantes De Grado Tercero Del Colegio Antonio Nariño - La Yopalosa, Municipio De Nunchía – Casanare, Yolanda Alfonso Gutierrez, Luis Alberto Niño Gonzalez

Maestría en Docencia (Yopal)

Este proyecto centra su atención en el análisis de las estrategias didácticas utilizadas por los docentes para desarrollar el razonamiento matemático de los estudiantes de grado tercero de la Institución Educativa Antonio Nariño La Yopalosa, a fin de posibilitar en los estudiantes mejores niveles de aprendizaje y fortalecer el pensamiento crítico, reflexivo y creativo, implicando que sean más competentes académicamente y en la vida cotidiana. En tal sentido, la investigación de enfoque Cualitativo y de tipo descriptivo, se desarrolló a través del método Investigación-Acción. La recolección de la información se llevó a cabo mediante la técnica principal de la Observación, …


An Exploration Of The Math Names For Numbers: An Early Childhood Mathematics Intervention, Suzanne Magargee May 2017

An Exploration Of The Math Names For Numbers: An Early Childhood Mathematics Intervention, Suzanne Magargee

Theses & Dissertations

A longitudinal study of the effects of an early childhood mathematics intervention was conducted in 2 private elementary schools in a large city in central Texas. The study included 377 participants in prekindergarten through fifth grades. Explicit non-inverted number names were taught in English and Spanish to prekindergarten and kindergarten students, with formative assessments conducted during this timeframe. Summative assessment results from standardized achievement tests were collected in grades 1 through 5 from 341 of the participants. Normal curve equivalent scores of total mathematics achievement, problem solving, and mathematics procedures were compared among groups of children with no or up …


21st Century Education: The Importance Of The Humanities In Primary Education In The Age Of Stem, Christine M. Reiter May 2017

21st Century Education: The Importance Of The Humanities In Primary Education In The Age Of Stem, Christine M. Reiter

Senior Theses

Taking into consideration the global shift towards innovation and technological development, the rapid changes in the global economy, and the United States Department of Education’s attempts to find a one-size-fits-all solution for America's education woes, our national focus has shifted towards the STEM subjects—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This shift to STEM-focused education has challenged the role of the Humanities in American education, introducing concerns that the overwhelming emphasis on STEM disciplines has pushed the arts, Humanities and human sciences off to the side or even completely out of the picture in American classrooms. In our everchanging technology-focused world, …


Desarrollo De La Competencia De Indagación En La Enseñanza De Las Ciencias Naturales En Básica Primaria Del Instituto Técnico Ambiental San Mateo De Yopal Casanare, Lixa Milena Rojas Arenas, Johan Javier Rosas Granados, Yenny Rocio Sanabria Feb 2017

Desarrollo De La Competencia De Indagación En La Enseñanza De Las Ciencias Naturales En Básica Primaria Del Instituto Técnico Ambiental San Mateo De Yopal Casanare, Lixa Milena Rojas Arenas, Johan Javier Rosas Granados, Yenny Rocio Sanabria

Maestría en Docencia (Yopal)

Este trabajo de grado da cuenta de la investigación titulada “Desarrollo de la competencia de indagación en la enseñanza de la ciencias naturales en básica primaria del Instituto Técnico Ambiental San Mateo de Yopal-Casanare” desarrollada en los años 2015 y 2016. Emerge de una preocupación por los bajos resultados de la competencia de indagación en las Pruebas SABER 5º en el área de ciencias naturales. Se partió del interés explícito por investigar una situación social con aras de iniciar el ejercicio de la práctica reflexiva de los profesores de ciencias naturales para caracterizar y favorecer el desarrollo de la competencia …


Technology And Student Achievement In Stem Subjects: Perspectives From Teachers In Grades 3rd-5th, Kayleigh D. Hunter Jan 2017

Technology And Student Achievement In Stem Subjects: Perspectives From Teachers In Grades 3rd-5th, Kayleigh D. Hunter

Honors College Theses

The purpose of this study is to research teachers’ perspectives of their role and responsibilities of integrating technology in the classroom and the influence of technology on student achievement. The participants involved in the qualitative research process included seven in-service professional public school teachers. The thirty minute to an hour interviews were piloted using researcher created interview question constructed from previous research on teachers’ perceptions of technology. The questions used were created to specifically answer the researcher’s topic of study; some questions are regarding whether teachers believe success is technology driven and what benefits they think technology brings. The teachers …


Mom, Dad, Help Please: The Home Environment’S Influences On A Child’S Math Ability, Nicole Kerkhof Jan 2017

Mom, Dad, Help Please: The Home Environment’S Influences On A Child’S Math Ability, Nicole Kerkhof

CMC Senior Theses

Recently, there has been a big surge of research and public interest in increasing the math capabilities and skills of American children. This paper serves as a literature review examining how the home environment, specifically parents, can help with that. This meta-analysis delves into the factors of maternal math talk, a parent’s own math anxiety, and the relationship between a parent and child in the context of a parent’s gender stereotypes and a parent’s perception on his or her child’s math abilities. Interventions, suggestions, and future implications are also discussed. This paper will hopefully bring needed awareness to parents about …