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Showing 1 to 20 of 89 for “"Mathematical Knowledge"”.
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Connected mathematics : builiding concrete relationships with mathematical knowledge
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1993.
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Teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching, instructional practices, and student outcomes
… examines the relationships among teachers’ mathematical knowledge, their teaching practices, and student achievement. Quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques (content knowledge assessments, surveys, interviews, and classroom observations) were used to collect data from 21 …
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An Examination of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching in Professional Development Settings
… need to know, a construct referred to as Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (Ball, Thames, & Phelps, 2008). There is, however, a lack of robust research regarding how Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (MKT) is developed within professional development settings. The purpose of this …
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Developing Mathematical Knowledge Through Class Discussion: One Teacher's Struggles in Implementing Reform
… teacher during his efforts to facilitate mathematical discussions in a secondary algebra class. Class discussions and interviews were documented and analyzed to investigate the patterns of discussion, the teacher's role in facilitating discussion, and the struggles encountered by the …
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Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Teachers: The Case of Multiplication and Division of Fractions
… attempts to answer the question, What is the mathematical knowledge required by teachers of elementary mathematics content courses in the area of multiplication and division of fractions? Beginning in the mid-1980s, when Shulman (1986) introduced the idea of pedagogical content knowledge, …
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The Relationship Between Mathematical Knowledge of Numbers and Operations and Mathematics Beliefs of Prospective Teachers
… achievement based on a teacher's mathematics knowledge for teaching (MKT) in numbers and operations concepts. Additional mathematics beliefs items asked participants to rate their level of agreement with math myths and math anxiety statements. Participants were categorized into three groups …
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Four Preservice Teachers' Use of Mathematical Knowledge during Lesson Planning and Instruction in the Field Experience
… often struggle applying their developing knowledge and skills because of the multifaceted nature of the field experience context. This complexity is particularly true in mathematics instruction since it includes simultaneously understanding mathematical concepts and mathematical procedure …
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The effects of a grouping by tens manipulative on children's strategy use, base ten understanding and mathematical knowledge
… improve their number sense, develop advanced mathematical strategies, and build an understanding of the base ten number system. Physical manipulatives used in classrooms, however, are often not designed to promote efficient strategy use, such as counting on, and typically do not encourage …
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An Investigation of Teachers’ Noticing, Cognitive Demand, and Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching: Video Reflections in an Elementary Mathematics Context
… instruction does not enhance the development of mathematical reasoning and ignores the research on students’ mathematical development (Blanton & Kaput, 2005; Stigler & Hiebert, 1999). Recommendations by the mathematics community are to broaden and strengthen teacher content knowledge in …
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Lakatos-style proving activity in primary school: A mixed-methods study to explore and support teachers’ mathematical knowledge and views
… the characteristics of primary school teachers’ mathematical knowledge and views related to Lakatos-style activity? [RQ2] What can be the affordances of primary school teachers’ interaction as a group with an environment featuring comic-style classroom episodes about Lakatos-style activity? …
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Paul Ernest's Social Constructivist Philosophy of Mathematics Education
… of mathematics education and his conceptions of mathematical knowledge and democratic education. Specifically, I use textual analysis to interpret what he intends for each group of students and to critically analyze the conceptions of mathematical knowledge and democratic citizenship implicit in …
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Pre-service primary teachers' cognition of MTK for Euclidean geometric patterns and its effects in classroom practice
This study investigates the mathematical knowledge for teaching Euclidean geometric patterns held by pre-service primary school mathematics teachers during their final year of study. This investigation was intended to establish the cognition of the pre-service teachers on MKT for geometric patterns …
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Student Teacher Knowledge and Its Impact on Task Design
… investigated how student teachers used their mathematical knowledge for teaching and pedagogical knowledge to design and modify mathematical tasks. It also examined the relationship between teacher knowledge and the cognitive demands of a task. The study relied heavily on the framework in …
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Mathematical transfer by chemistry undergraduate students
This thesis reports on a study of the transfer of mathematical knowledge by undergraduate chemistry students. Transfer in this research refers to the students’ ability to use mathematical concepts, previously experienced within a mathematics course, within chemistry contexts. A pilot study was …
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Exploring the use of blogging in applied vs. academic mathematics classrooms
… academic classrooms could be used to increase mathematical knowledge, communication and confidence. This study used a mixed methodology, with quantitative survey data and qualitative data from open-‐ended questions, performance tests, and blog analysis. Forty-‐eight participants (31 male, 12 …
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A Defense of Arithmetical Platonism (Variations on a Theme by Kitcher)
In The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge (1984) Philip Kitcher develops an exciting and insightful picture of arithmetical reality by considering mathematical activities--not objects--as ontologically primitive. Yet, his account goes astray because of his nominalistic interpretation of the …
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Aspects of learning and understanding in multivariable calculus
… of previous research into the acquisition of mathematical knowledge and understanding.
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Gestión mecanizada del conocimiento matemático en topología algebraica
… presented in this thesis tries to particularize Mathematical Knowledge Management to Algebraic Topology. Mathematical Knowledge Management is a branch of Computer Science whose main goal consists in developing integral assistants for Mathematics including computation, deduction and powerful user …
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