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A two and three dimensional high school geometry unit implementing recommendations in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics curriculum and evaluation standards
Spatial visualization--Mathematics and geometry achievement--Cognitive structure--Manipulatives--Lessons for triangles, quadrilaterals, polyhedra, polygons, Eulers Formula, and platonic solids.
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A two and three dimensional high school geometry unit implementing recommendations in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics curriculum and evaluation standards
Spatial visualization--Mathematics and geometry achievement--Cognitive structure--Manipulatives--Lessons for triangles, quadrilaterals, polyhedra, polygons, Eulers Formula, and platonic solids.
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Teachers' Handbook for Using Picture Books to Promote/Reinforce Mathematical Concepts in the Early Primary Grades
The purpose of this paper was to design a handbook for early primary grade teachers interested in using picture books to promote/reinforce mathematics. The handbook includes ten lessons based on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards, 2000.
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Implementing Whole Class Discussions in a Seventh Grade Unit on Ratios
Abstract The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) (2004) stated that in order to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of mathematics, students must be able to communicate about it. As a teacher-researcher, I have identified several of the reasons that there has been increased …
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Mathematics Curriculum Revised to Align to Common Core State Standards
… Core State Standards (CCSS) are the first set of national standards issued in the United States. Currently, all states are in the transition from implementing individual state standards to CCSS in ELA and mathematics. As the CCSS are being introduced and implemented into classrooms, educators …
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Integrating Literacy Strategies into the Mathematics Classroom
In mathematics education today, the restructuring and change from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have taken center stage. The CCSS focus on creating national standards and seek to better prepare students for college and …
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The Relationship Between Middle School Students' Mathematical Vocabulary and Their Achievements in Mathematics: A Mixed Method Study
<p>In 2000, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) included communication in the standards encouraging students to develop their mathematical language to sufficiently and accurately explain their ideas through discourse. For years, there has been a growing movement for students to …
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Writing in the Math Classroom: A Writing Across the Curriculum Project
<p>The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Interpretative Team for the Fourth Mathematics Assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) (Silver, Lindquist, Carpenter, Brown, Kouba, and Swafford, 1988) reports that performance levels for thirteen year-olds has not …
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Software tools for elementary math education : animated mathematical proofs
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [6] has identified the learning of proofs as a critical goal for students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 (p. 56). A proof for elementary students is not the highly structured mathematical argument seen in high school algebra classes. It is, …
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Teacher Efficacy in Relation to Mathematics Reform: A Look at a Collaborative Group of Elementary Teachers
A number of recent efforts to improve mathematics instruction have focused on professional development activities designed to promote changes in teachers' practice that are consistent with the standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM]. Since teacher beliefs can have a …
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Communicating according to the standards: examining math talk in Chinese and U.S. mathematics classrooms
… dissertation examines how some U.S. and Chinese teachers may employ some of the suggestions of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Standards, during their discursive exchanges in the classroom. More importantly, this study attempts to operationalize one section of the Standards, …
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Guided Imagery's Effects on the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy of Elementary Preservice Teachers
… strive to find ways to improve the preparation of preservice teacher candidates. In the area of mathematics education, methods courses that follow National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards for professional development have been successful. This study supports the notion that a …
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Image of Self as Teacher Mediated by Computer Technologies in Learning to Teach
… the perhaps unique ways that students and teachers use the Internet and other computer technologies and for what purposes. Although helping teachers use technology well may be the most important step to helping students, there are almost no hard data on the impacts of technology on …
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The Effects of Teachers' Mathematical Practices on Student Achievement in the Diverse Classroom
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) vision for mathematics education is to provide every student with high-quality instruction from highly effective teachers. Achieving this goal requires a solid mathematics curriculum, competent and experienced teachers who can integrate …
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Case Study of Participants in a Site-Based Secondary Mathematics Methods Course and Internship: Three Teachers in Transition
<p>Although the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) introduced standards intended to reform the teaching of mathematics in 1989, those reform-oriented practices have not saturated mathematics teaching. Mathematics teacher educators continue to work with pre-service and practicing …
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Pre-Collegiate Factors Influencing Students' Success in their First University Mathematics Course: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study
… investigation conducted considered the effect of pre-collegiate factors such as high school size, high school grade point average, ACT mathematics component score, ACT composite score, highest level of high school mathematics available, highest level of high school mathematics completed with at …
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Assessing Linguistic, Mathematical, and Visual Factors Related to Student Performance on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, Eighth Grade Mathematics Test.
The No Child Left Behind Act and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Principles and Standards both had a significant impact on the format and content of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) math test. Content analysis of the 2004 TAKS eighth grade math test identified the …
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A Study of the Effects of Everyday Mathematics on Student Achievement of Third-, Fourth-, and Fifth-Grade Students in a Large North Texas Urban School District
… district who were taught with two different mathematics curricula to determine whether or not they had different effects on student achievement. One of the mathematics curricula, Everyday Mathematics, was developed upon national mathematic standards, written by the National Council of …
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Examining Roberts County Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs Regarding the Nature of Mathematics and Their Classroom Learning Environment
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of mathematics teachers beliefs regarding the nature of mathematics and their classroom learning environment in Roberts County (fictional). The study investigated 165 kindergarten through twelfth grade mathematics teachers that taught at …
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Determining High School Geometry Students' Geometric Understanding Using van Hiele Levels: Is There a Difference Between Standards-based Curriculum Students and NonStandards-based Curriculum Students?
… adequately prepared to understand the concepts of geometry, as they are presented in a high school geometry course (e.g. Burger and Shaughnessy (1986), Usiskin (1982), van Hiele (1986)). Curricula based on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards (1989, 2000) have been …
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