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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"mathematical education"”.
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Adult numeracy, mathematical education and social meanings
… and developed from a discourse of mathematics education, has as its task the elaboration of the social implications of principles in adult education and the pedagogic outcomes of three sets of numeracy materials.
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Examining the Mathematical Education Gaps during the Transition from Middle School to High School
… effects that this transition has on a student’s mathematical gains. PSAT 8/9 test scores and NWEA MAP scores were collected for a unified district and paired T hypothesis tests were utilized to examine the change in test scores throughout the transition from eighth grade to freshmen year. This …
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Mathematical maturity for engineering students
This dissertation presents four studies on the mathematical education of engineering students. The first study is a qualitative analysis of the beliefs of engineering faculty at a single institution regarding what constitutes “mathematical maturity” for engineering students. Faculty emphasized the …
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Implementing the NCTM Standards in a Traditional Classroom
… a quarter of this century, change in mathematics education has been proposed in the United States. According to Hatfield and Price (1992), change fell short in the 1950s and 1960s because reforms were typically headed by college mathematicians and were directed toward improving textbooks. This …
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Critical Events in Students’ Engagement with Mathematics
… UK and Ireland have noted declining levels of mathematical preparedness amongst students entering universities over the last twenty years. Third level institutions already invest significant resources in the provision of mathematics tuition to first year students and in response to this decline …
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Exploring the TPACK of Grade 9 mathematics teachers in the Western Cape of South Africa
The Department of Basic Education is striving towards improving the Grade 9 mathematics TIMSS results (Department of Basic Education, 2019). The use of technology in the mathematic classroom has shown to be able to transform mathematical education (Wiest, 2001) and, if implemented correctly in …
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Why do I teach math this way: A qualitative examination of how teacher experiences impact the implementation of instructional practices
… 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 …
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An Exploration of the Interplay between Assessment and Mobile Pedagogies, in Secondary School Mathematics
… to use mobile technologies to support their mathematical thinking, it is non-trivial for an education system to evaluate this learning. This thesis considers what teachers perceive to be the value of engaging with student-centred mobile technologies. How do traditional mathematics assessments …
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A Cross-Cultural Study of Socioeconomic Status, Parental involvement, and Students' Mathematics Achievement
… choices in being involved in their children's education. This study examined the relationships among socioeconomic status, parental involvement, and students' mathematics achievement in Jordan and the United States. It also investigated the reasons that motivate parental involvement in both …
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Enhancing Early Number Learning: Effects of an 8- Week Abacus Training Intervention on Subitising, Counting, and Motivation
… from both cognitive psychology and mathematics education. However, current literature highlights that more studies are needed to understand the relationship between affective and cognitive aspects of learning mathematics (Steffe, 2017). Despite efforts by early years mathematics educators and …