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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"mathematical tasks"”.
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Mathematical Tasks Without Words And Word Problems: Perceptions Of Reluctant Problem Solvers
… of reluctant problem solvers related to mathematical tasks without words and word problems. Participants were given a choice of working a mathematical task without words or a word problem during four problem-solving sessions. Data were gathered from problem-solving sessions, in the form …
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Students' approaches to mathematical tasks using software as a black-box, glass-box or open-box
Three mathematical software modes are investigated in this thesis: black-box software showing no mathematical steps; glass-box software showing the intermediate mathematical steps; and open-box software showing and allowing interaction at the intermediate mathematical steps. The glass-box and …
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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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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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Learning mathematics in a Turkish-English bilingual after school club
… and explores students’ strategies while tackling mathematical tasks. It examines how learners construct a collaborative bilingual learning environment and form a community of practice. The study is set in a large mixed comprehensive school in North London where approximately 30% of students are …
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Kritická místa matematiky na 1. st. ZŠ vyučované Hejného metodou
… also includes an analysis of pupil solutions to mathematical tasks from the 2015 TIMSS international survey. The empirical part deals with the experience and view of primary school teachers in teaching mathematics by the Hejný method. The first research survey finds from future primary school …
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Cracking the Stereotype Threat Equation: Associations with Executive Functions and the Math Performance of Latine College Students
… their ethnic group, has on Latine students' mathematical performance, a phenomenon known as stereotype threat (ST). Much of the ST research to date, highlights the effects of gender stereotypes on students' (particularly women's) performance on academic tasks completed mainly in untimed …
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Dispositions in Practice: An Autoethnographic Study of Competence in Mathematics
… and pedagogical choices influenced the mathematical practices I sought to establish, and how both student and teacher participation shaped opportunities afforded to students to construct mathematical competence, dispositions, and identities. Grounded in situated cognition and affordance …
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Feedback Dialogues in Elementary Mathematics: An Exploratory Study
… deeper at how feedback, with regard to specific mathematical tasks, was co-constructed with students. The data included four formative assessments that were each followed by a feedback dialogue with four students from a fourth grade classroom. Findings describe consistencies and patterns across …
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Improving my teaching of maths to develop student attitudes towards the subject.
… an increase in children’s confidence of their mathematical ability, an increase in performance of mathematical tasks and problems is offered. It was also suggested that using iPads as a tool for assessments in maths is effective when carried out using game-based applications. There was …
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Transferring the stigma of mathematics during COVID-19 : exploring correlations between parent and student perceptions about mathematics.
… The role parents play when assisting with mathematical tasks outside of school can alter a student's perceptions about the content area. This dynamic pivoted drastically in March 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic as schools shifted to remote learning and parent support became a pillar in the …
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Professional Mathematicians' Level of Understanding: An Investigation of Pseudo-Objectification
… and operate with highly-abstract, advanced mathematical concepts in their own work. In particular, this study examined how professional mathematicians operated with mathematical concepts at different levels of understanding. Moreover, this study aimed to capture what factors influence …
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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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A comparative analysis of musical ability and performance on mathematical exams determined by brain activity and scoring
… skills, which are crucial in completing mathematical tasks (Janurik 2019). Executive functions are a set of cognitive processes that are largely associated with the prefrontal cortex and include working memory, attention shifting, decision making, and cognitive flexibility. The aim of …
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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? …