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Two Case Studies Examining How International Graduate Teaching Assistants Built Mathematical Literacy Knowledge Within The Affordances And Constraints Of A Calculus Instructional System, Patricia A. Rand

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

As universities contend with high rates of student attrition from intended STEM majors, due to many students’ difficulty in passing entry-level mathematics courses, they must examine the systems they have in place and determine how best to support these students. Historically, graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) are assigned to introductory calculus classes, which serve as undergraduate-level gatekeeping courses. On one hand, this allows for additional instructors to assist mathematics faculty; however, many universities do not provide adequate training in pedagogy for their GTAs. Untrained GTAs may not have the requisite pedagogical content knowledge to teach and support struggling students. GTAs should …

Mathematics Teachers’ Working With Cooperative Learning, Jaime Gomez

Theses and Dissertations

Teaching styles vary greatly amongst educators. One being extensively researched and highly discussed is the method of cooperative learning. Although many studies have shown the benefits of incorporating cooperative learning into classrooms, it has not been a widely used method of teaching in high school mathematics classrooms. This study explores some of the efforts that teachers, who utilize cooperative learning in their classrooms, make to implement cooperative learning lessons successfully. Furthermore, this study also explores the challenges these teachers have encountered when using cooperative learning. Data was collected qualitatively by interviews and surveys from six in-service high …

The Reality Of Classroom Questions Posed By Mathematics Female Teachers At The Basic Education Stage In Libya: A Qualitative Study واقع الأسئلة الصفية التي تطرحها معلمات الرياضيات في مرحلة التعليم الأساسي في ليبيا: دراسة نوعية, Asma Abdalla Al-Ashhab, Prof. Ibrahim Ahmad Al.Shara

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract: The study aimed at investigating the reality of the classroom questions posed by mathematics female teachers of the basic education stage during their instruction to determine the levels, objectives and types of the questions. To achieve the purpose of the study, a purposeful sample of six female teachers who were interested in participating in this study were chosen, and six lessons for each of them were recorded visually and three of them were interviewed. The study found that most of the questions ranged from the first three cognitive levels: remembering, understanding, and application, the most of which was in …

A Phenomenographic Study Of K-8 Mathematics Teachers’ Conceptualizations And Their Accounts Of Enacting Integrated Stem Education, Elizabeth Forde

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Students’ mathematics performance in the United States and internationally continues to cause concern among educators, researchers, and policymakers. This concern coupled with a re-energized interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has resulted in calls to revisit the approaches used in teaching mathematics. A promising pathway for improving students’ problem-solving skills and mathematical understanding is through integrated approaches (Burghardt et al., 2010; Chiappetta, 2009) as is currently being practiced in STEM education. One of the major stakeholders and catalysts in implementing this transformative possibility is mathematics teachers. Teachers’ conceptualizations and approaches to instruction affect student learning outcomes (Srikoom et …

أهمية اكتساب معلمي الرياضيات في مرحلة التعليم الأساسي لمهارات التدريس. دراسة ميدانية على عينة من المعلمين في بعض مدارس ريف دمشق. The Importance Of Acquiring Teaching Skills For Mathematics Teachers In The Basic Education Stage. A Field Study On A Sample Of Teachers In Some Schools In The Countryside Of Damascus., رويدا حمدان

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Education and Psychology

هدف البحث إلى تعرف أهمية اكتساب معلمي الرياضيات في مرحلة التعليم الأساسي لمهارات التدريس. ومن أجل تحقيق أهداف البحث تم إعداد استبانة مؤلفة من (83) عبارة وزعت على خمسة أبعاد هي: مهارة التخطيط للدرس, ومهارة تنفيذ الدرس, ومهارة التقييم والتقويم, ومهارة الخصائص الشخصية والتفاعلية, ومهارة البيان العلمي. تكونت عينة البحث من (100) معلم ومعلمة من الحلقة الأولى والحلقة الثانية في مرحلة التعليم الأساسي, تم اختيارها بالطريقة العشوائية. ولمعالجة معطيات البحث تم استخدام المتوسطات الحسابية, والانحرافات المعيارية, وتحليل التباين الأحادي, وقد توصل الباحث إلى النتائج الآتية:

أظهرت نتائج العمل الإحصائي لمعطيات الدراسة المتمثلة باستجابات أفراد عينة البحث على استبانة مهارات التدريس, …

Why Do I Teach Math This Way: A Qualitative Examination Of How Teacher Experiences Impact The Implementation Of Instructional Practices, Carrie A. Heaney

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Since the 1960s, there has been an effort among the mathematical education community to shift instructional practices from a focus on arithmetic, memorizing rules, and completing practice worksheets to instructional practices that allow students to see mathematics as content that requires thinking and pattern explorations. Many mathematics teachers have not fully embraced these shifts in instructional practice. This study aimed to examine secondary mathematics teachers’ experiences and how those experiences connect to teachers’ implementation of student-centered instructional practices in the lessons they design. This qualitative study utilized a grounded theory approach to examine how a teacher’s experiences as a student …