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Magal, Oran. "What is mathematical about mathematics?" Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119516.
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During a crucial period in the formation of modern-day pure mathematics, Georg Cantor wrote that "the essence of mathematics lies precisely in its freedom". Similarly, David Hilbert, in his landmark work on the axiomatization of geometry, took the view that we are free to interpret the axioms of a mathematical theory as being about whatever can be made to satisfy them, independently of pre-axiomatic ideas, seemingly intuitive truths, or typical empirical scientific applications of that theory. Cantor's and Hilbert's emphasis on the independence of pure mathematics from philosophical preconceptions, empirical applications, and so on raises the question: what is it about?In this dissertation, I argue that essential to mathematics is a certain kind of structural abstraction, which I characterise in detail; furthermore, I maintain that this abstraction has to do with combination and manipulation of symbols. At the same time, I argue that essential to mathematics is also a certain kind of conceptual reflection, and that there is a sense in which mathematics can be said to be a body of truths by virtue of the meaning of its concepts. I argue further that a certain ongoing interplay of intuitive content on the one hand and abstraction or idealization on the other hand plays a significant part in shaping pure mathematics into its modern, axiomatic form. These arguments are made in the course of analyzing and building on the work of both historical and contemporary figures.À une période cruciale de la formation des mathématiques pures modernes, Georg Cantor déclara que « l'essence des mathématiques, c'est la liberté ». De même, David Hilbert, dont l'oeuvre sur l'axiomatisation de la géométrie fut une étape charnière de l'élaboration des mathématiques modernes, soutenait que nous sommes libres d'interpréter les axiomes d'une théorie mathématique comme se rapportant à tout objet qui leur est conforme, indépendemment des idés préconçues, de ce qui semble intuitivement vrai et des applications scientifiques habituelles de la théorie en question. L'emphase que mettent Cantor et Hilbert sur l'indépendance des mathématiques pures des conceptions philosophiques préalables et des applications empiriques suscite la question: sur quoi, au fond, portent les mathématiques?Dans cette dissertation, je soutiens qu'une certaine forme d'abstraction structurelle, que je décris en détail, est essentielle aux mathématiques; de plus, je maintiens qu'à la base de cette abstraction sont la combinaison et la manipulation de symboles. En même temps, j'estime qu'au coeur des mathématiques est aussi un certain type de réflexion conceptuelle et qu'il existe un sens dans lequel les mathématiques sont un ensemble de vérités en vertu de la signification de leurs concepts. Je conclue qu'une intéraction continue entre le contenu intuitif d'un côté et l'abstraction ou l'idéalisation de l'autre joue un rôle important dans le développement des mathématiques axiomatiques modernes. J'avance ces arguments sur la base d'une analyse de travaux tant historiques que contemporains.
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Gordon, Calvert Lynn Melanie. "Mathematical conversations within the practice of mathematics." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0027/NQ39532.pdf.
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Newing, A. "Mathematical recreations as a source of new mathematics." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.355096.
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Wilensky, Uriel Joseph. "Connected mathematics : builiding concrete relationships with mathematical knowledge." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29066.
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Gates, Miriam Rebecca Galpin. "Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Visions for Mathematical Inquiry in Equitable Mathematics Spaces:." Thesis, Boston College, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108775.
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Thesis advisor: Lillie R. AlbertIn mathematics education, there is an imperative for more just and equitable experiences in mathematics spaces, as well as ongoing efforts to move classroom instruction toward mathematical inquiry. While Mathematics Teacher Educators (MTEs) are expected to support multiple initiatives in mathematics education, they are particularly responsible for the professional learning of teachers and teacher candidates. MTEs must therefore prepare and support the professional learning of teachers to achieve twin goals. This study was designed to understand how MTEs envision their roles in supporting development of teachers across MTEs’ many professional functions in their work toward the twin goals of equity and inquiry. The findings suggest that identifying the forms mathematical knowledge takes is important for mathematical inquiry and that interrogating these forms can be used to counter pervasive social myths about who can do mathematics. Further, MTEs articulated three interrelated values for application of mathematics inquiry teaching for justice and equity: creating space, supporting sense-making, and naming how power and privilege have operated and continue to operate in mathematics spaces. Finally, MTEs described how mathematics inquiry practices are a mode for understanding the world and can be used to promote equity by uncovering biases and assumptions. These findings suggest a promising avenue for leveraging mathematical inquiry to increase equitable outcomes in mathematics spaces
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2020
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Teacher Education, Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction
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Szabo, Attila. "Mathematical abilities and mathematical memory during problem solving and some aspects of mathematics education for gifted pupils." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för matematikämnets och naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-146542.
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This thesis reports on two different investigations. The first is a systematic review of pedagogical and organizational practices associated with gifted pupils’ education in mathematics, and on the empirical basis for those practices. The review shows that certain practices – for example, enrichment programs and differentiated instructions in heterogeneous classrooms or acceleration programs and ability groupings outside those classrooms – may be beneficial for the development of gifted pupils. Also, motivational characteristics of and gender differences between mathematically gifted pupils are discussed. Around 60% of analysed papers report on empirical studies, while remaining articles are based on literature reviews, theoretical discourses and the authors’ personal experiences – acceleration programs and ability groupings are supported by more empirical data than practices aimed for the heterogeneous classroom. Further, the analyses indicate that successful acceleration programs and ability groupings should fulfil some important criteria; pupils’ participation should be voluntary, the teaching should be adapted to the capacity of participants, introduced tasks should be challenging, by offering more depth and less breadth within a certain topic, and teachers engaged in these practices should be prepared for the characteristics of gifted pupils. The second investigation reports on the interaction of mathematical abilities and the role of mathematical memory in the context of non-routine problems. In this respect, six Swedish high-achieving students from upper secondary school were observed individually on two occasions approximately one year apart. For these studies, an analytical framework, based on the mathematical ability defined by Krutetskii (1976), was developed. Concerning the interaction of mathematical abilities, it was found that every problem-solving activity started with an orientation phase, which was followed by a phase of processing mathematical information and every activity ended with a checking phase, when the correctness of obtained results was controlled. Further, mathematical memory was observed in close interaction with the ability to obtain and formalize mathematical information, for relatively small amounts of the total time dedicated to problem solving. Participants selected problem-solving methods at the orientation phase and found it difficult to abandon or modify those methods. In addition, when solving problems one year apart, even when not recalling the previously solved problem, participants approached both problems with methods that were identical at the individual level. The analyses show that participants who applied algebraic methods were more successful than participants who applied particular methods. Thus, by demonstrating that the success of participants’ problem-solving activities is dependent on applied methods, it is suggested that mathematical memory, despite its relatively modest presence, has a pivotal role in participants’ problem-solving activities. Finally, it is indicated that participants who applied particular methods were not able to generalize mathematical relations and operations – a mathematical ability considered an important prerequisite for the development of mathematical memory – at appropriate levels.At the time of the doctoral defense, the following paper was unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 4: In press.
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Bergman, Ärlebäck Jonas. "Mathematical modelling in upper secondary mathematics education in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tillämpad matematik, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-54318.
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The aim of this thesis is to investigate and enhance our understanding of the notions of mathematical models and modelling at the Swedish upper secondary school level. Focus is on how mathematical models and modelling are viewed by the different actors in the school system, and what characterises the collaborative process of a didactician and a group of teachers engaged in designing and developing, implementing and evaluating teaching modules (so called modelling modules) exposing students to mathematical modelling in line with the present mathematics curriculum. The thesis consists of five papers and reports, along with a summary introduction, addressing both theoretical and empirical aspects of mathematical modelling. The thesis uses both qualitative and quantitative methods and draws partly on design-based research methodology and cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT). The results of the thesis are presented using the structure of the three curriculum levels of the intended, potentially implemented, and attained curriculum respectively. The results show that since 1965 and to the present day, gradually more and more explicit emphasis has been put on mathematical models and modelling in the syllabuses at this school level. However, no explicit definitions of these notions are provided but described only implicitly, opening up for a diversity of interpretations. From the collaborative work case study it is concluded that the participating teachers could not express a clear conception of the notions mathematical models or modelling, that the designing process often was restrained by constraints originating from the local school context, and that working with modelling highlights many systemic tensions in the established school practice. In addition, meta-results in form of suggestions of how to resolve different kinds of tensions in order to improve the study design are reported. In a questionnaire study with 381 participating students it is concluded that only one out of four students stated that they had heard about or used mathematical models or modelling in their education before, and the expressed overall attitudes towards working with mathematical modelling as represented in the test items were negative. Students’ modelling proficiency was positively affected by the students’ grade, last taken mathematics course, and if they thought the problems in the tests were easy or interesting. In addition empirical findings indicate that so-called realistic Fermi problems given to students working in groups inherently evoke modelling activities.
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Holdaway, Emma Lynn. "Mathematical Identities of Students with Mathematics Learning Dis/abilities." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8536.
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The majority of research on the mathematics teaching and learning of students with mathematics learning dis/abilities is not performed in the field of mathematics education, but in the field of special education. Due to this theoretical divide, students with mathematics learning dis/abilities are far more likely to be in classes that emphasize memorization, direct instruction, and the explicit teaching of rules and procedures. Additionally, students with mathematics learning dis/abilities are often seen as "unable" to succeed in school mathematics and are characterized by their academic difficulties and deficits. The negative assumptions, beliefs, and expectations resulting from ableistic practices in the education system color the interactions educators, parents, and other students have with students with mathematics learning dis/abilities. These interactions in turn influence how students with mathematics learning dis/abilities view and position themselves as learners and doers of mathematics. My study builds on the theoretical framework of positioning theory (Harré, 2012) in order to better understand the mathematical identities of students with mathematics learning dis/abilities. The results of my study show how these students use their prepositions and enduring positions to inform the in-the-moment positions they take on in the mathematics classroom.
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Shabel, Lisa A. "Mathematics in Kant's critical philosophy : reflections on mathematical practice /." New York : Routledge, 2003. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38959242q.
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Piatek-Jimenez, Katrina L. "Undergraduate mathematics students' understanding of mathematical statements and proofs." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280643.
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This dissertation takes a qualitative look at the understanding of mathematical statements and proofs held by college students enrolled in a transitional course, a course designed to teach students how to write proofs in mathematics. I address the following three research questions: (1) What are students' understandings of the structure of mathematical statements? (2) What are students' understandings of the structure of mathematical proofs? (3) What concerns with the nature of proof do students express when writing proofs? Three individual interviews were held with each of the six participants of the study during the final month of the semester. The first interview was used to gain information about the students' mathematical backgrounds and their thoughts and beliefs about mathematics and proofs. The second and third interviews were task-based, in which the students were asked to write and evaluate proofs. In this dissertation, I document the students' attempts and verbal thoughts while proving mathematical statements and evaluating proofs. The results of this study show that the students often had difficulties interpreting conditional statements and quantified statements of the form, "There exists...for all..." These students also struggled with understanding the structure of proofs by contradiction and induction proofs. Symbolic logic, however, appeared to be a useful tool for interpreting statements and proof structures for those students who chose to use it. When writing proofs, the students tended to emphasize the need for symbolic manipulation. Furthermore, these students expressed concerns with what needs to be justified within a proof, what amount of justification is needed, and the role personal conviction plays within formal mathematical proof. I conclude with a discussion connecting these students' difficulties and concerns with the social nature of mathematical proof by extending the theoretical framework of the Emergent Perspective (Cobb & Yackel, 1996) to also include social norms, sociomathematical norms, and the mathematical practices of the mathematics community.
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Rodd, Mary Melissa. "Mathematical warrants, objects and actions in higher school mathematics." Thesis, Open University, 1998. http://oro.open.ac.uk/54372/.
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'Higher school mathematics' connotes typical upper secondary school and early college mathematics. The mathematics at this level is characterised by moves to (1) rigour in justification,(2) abstraction in content and (3) fluency in symbolic manipulation. This thesis investigates these three transitions - towards rigour, abstraction, and tluencyusing philosophical method: for each of the three transitions a proposition is presented and arguments are given in favour of that proposition. These arguments employ concepts and results from contemporary English language-medium philosophy and also rely crucially on classroom issues or accounts of mathematical experience both to elucidate meaning and for the domain of application. These three propositions, with their arguments, are the three sub-theses at the centre of the thesis as a whole. The first of these sub-theses (1) argues that logical deduction, quasi-empiricism and visualisation are mathematical warrants, while authoritatively based justification is essentially non-mathematical. The second sub-thesis (2) argues that the reality of mathematical entities of the sort encountered in the higher school mathematics curriculum is actual not metaphoric. The third sub-thesis (3) claims that certain 'mathematical action' can be construed as non-propositional mathematical knowledge. The application of these general propositions to mathematics in education yields the following: 'coming to know mathematics' involves:(1) using mathematical warrants for justification and self conviction; (2) ontological commitment to mathematical objects; and (3)developing a capability to execute some mathematical procedures automatically.
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Segarra, Escandón Jaime Rodrigo. "Pre-service teachers' mathematics teaching beliefs and mathematical content knowledge." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/671686.
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L’estudi del coneixement matemàtic i les creences de l’eficàcia de l’ensenyament de les matemàtiques en la formació inicial dels futurs mestres és fonamental, ja que influencia el rendiment acadèmic dels seus estudiants. L’objectiu d’aquesta tesi és estudiar tant el coneixement matemàtic inicial dels futurs mestres com també les seves creences sobre l’eficàcia matemàtica i la seva actitud envers les matemàtiques. Per a complir amb l’objectiu, es realitzen vàries investigacions. Primer, s’estudien els coneixements inicials de nombres i geometria dels estudiants del primer curs del Grau d’Educació Primària a la Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). En segon lloc, s’estudien les creences de l’eficàcia de l’ensenyament de les matemàtiques dels futurs mestres durant el grau. En tercer lloc, en aquesta Tesi es compara l’autoeficàcia i l’expectativa de resultats de l’ensenyament de les matemàtiques de futurs mestres, mestres novells i mestres experimentats. En quart lloc, s’estudia la relació entre les creences de l’ensenyament de les matemàtiques, l’actitud envers les matemàtiques i el rendiment acadèmic dels futurs mestres. En cinquè lloc, s’estudia la influència dels factors experiència docent, nivell d’educació i nivell d’ensenyament sobre les creences de l’eficàcia de l’ensenyament de les matemàtiques en mestres en actiu. Finalment, es compara l’autoeficàcia de l’ensenyament de les matemàtiques entre els estudiants del quart any del grau de mestres a la Universitat del Azuay i a la URV. Els resultats d’aquesta Tesi ofereixen informació potencialment important sobre el coneixement matemàtic, les creences, l’autoeficàcia de l’ensenyament de les matemàtiques i l’actitud envers les matemàtiques dels futurs mestres i dels mestres en actiu. Aquests resultats poden ajudar a desenvolupar polítiques adients a l’hora de dissenyar plans d’estudis i també assessorar als professors dels graus de mestre en les institucions d’educació superior.El estudio del conocimiento matemático y las creencias de la eficacia de la enseñanza de las matemáticas en la formación inicial de los futuros maestros es fundamental, ya que influye en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes. El objetivo de esta tesis es estudiar tanto el conocimiento matemático inicial de los futuros maestros como sus creencias sobre la eficacia matemática y su actitud hacia las matemáticas. Para cumplir con el objetivo se realiza varias investigaciones. Primero, se estudia los conocimientos iniciales de números y geometría de los estudiantes de primer año del Grado de Educación Primaria en la Universidad Rovira y Virgili (URV). En segundo lugar, se estudia las creencias de la eficacia de la enseñanza de las matemáticas de los futuros maestros a lo largo del grado. Tercero, esta Tesis compara la autoeficacia y la expectativa de resultados de la enseñanza de las matemáticas de futuros maestros, maestros novatos y maestros experimentados. Cuarto, se estudia la relación entre las creencias de la enseñanza de las matemáticas, la actitud hacia las matemáticas y su rendimiento académico. Quinto, se estudia la influencia de los factores experiencia docente, nivel de educación y nivel de enseñanza, sobre las creencias de la eficacia de la enseñanza de las matemáticas en maestros en servicio. Finalmente, se compara la autoeficacia de la enseñanza de las matemáticas entre los estudiantes de cuarto año del grado de maestro en la Universidad del Azuay y en la URV. Los resultados de esta Tesis ofrecen información potencialmente importante sobre el conocimiento matemático, las creencias, la autoeficacia de la enseñanza de las matemáticas y la actitud hacia las matemáticas de los futuros maestros y maestros en servicio. Estos resultados pueden ayudar a desarrollar políticas adecuadas para diseñar planes de estudios y también asesorar a los profesores de los grados de maestro en las instituciones de educación superior.
The study of mathematical content knowledge and teachers’ mathematics teaching beliefs of the pre-service teachers is fundamental, since it influences the academic performance of students. The objective of this Thesis is to study the initial mathematical knowledge of pre-service teachers and also their teachers’ mathematics teaching beliefs and their attitude towards mathematics. To meet the objective, various investigations are carried out. First, the initial knowledge of numbers and geometry of first-year students of the primary education degree at the Rovira and Virgili University (URV) is studied. Second, pre-service teachers’ mathematics teaching beliefs are studied throughout the grade. Third, this Thesis compares the self-efficacy and the expectation of results of the teaching of mathematics of pre-service teachers, novice in-service teachers and experienced in-service teachers. Fourth, the relationship between the teachers’ mathematics teaching beliefs, the attitude towards mathematics and their academic performance is studied. Fifth, the influence of the factors teaching level factor and level of training on the teachers’ mathematics teaching beliefs of in-service teachers is studied. Finally, the self-efficacy of mathematics teaching of fourth-year students at the Azuay University and at the URV is compared. The results of this Thesis offer potentially important information on the mathematical knowledge, beliefs, self-efficacy of mathematics teaching and the attitude towards mathematics of pre-service teachers and in-service teachers. These results can help develop policies for curriculum developers and teaching professors at institutes of higher education.
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Zell, Simon. "Using physical experiments in mathematics lessons to introduce mathematical concepts." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-81188.
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Physical experiments have a great potential in mathematics lessons. Students can actively discover how mathematical concepts are used. This paper shows results of research done how students got to know the different aspects of the concept of variable by doing simple physical experiments. Further it will be shown what other concepts could be touched by the same treatment.
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Verwey, Johanna Cornelia (Hanlie). "Investigating the interaction of mathematics teachers with learners' mathematical errors." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24743.
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This study investigated the interaction of mathematics teachers with learners’ mathematical errors. The teachers’ verbal interaction with learners’ errors during learning periods and their written interaction in assessment tasks were explored. The study was contextualized in grade 9 secondary school classrooms in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The investigation was epistemologically underpinned by constructivism/socio-constructivism. The investigation was qualitatively approached through four case studies. Structured and semi-structured interviews, classroom observations and learners’ written assessment tasks were employed as sources of data. The participating teachers were described in terms of their beliefs about mathematics, their beliefs about learners’ mathematical errors, their observed prevalent teaching approach and their professed and enacted interaction with learners’ mathematical errors. Within-case and cross-case comparisons ensued. The findings proposed that when teachers believed that the value of learners’ errors was vested in the corrections thereof, rather than employing these opportunities for discussion, valuable opportunities for learners to develop and improve their meta-cognitive abilities might potentially be lost. The findings further indicated that a focus on the mere correction of learners’ errors probably denied learners opportunities to develop a mathematical discourse. The results of the investigation illuminated that an emphasis on achievement during assessment, together with a disapproving disposition towards errors among teachers and learners, were hindrances. They acted as barriers to engendering a socio-constructivist learning environment in which interactions with learners’ errors could enhance learning and establish a negotiating mathematical community. A concurrence between the teachers’ prevalent teaching approach and their mathematical beliefs was confirmed. However, in two of the four cases, a dissonance was revealed between their prevalent teaching approach and their interaction with learners’ errors. Interaction with learners’ mathematical errors was hence identified as a separate and discrete component of a teacher’s practice. The findings suggest the explicit inclusion of error-handling in reform-oriented teacher-training and professional development courses to utilize learners’ mathematical errors more constructively.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Hulet, Ashley Burgess. "Student Evaluation of Mathematical Explanations in anInquiry-Based Mathematics Classroom." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5715.
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Students do not always evaluate explanations based on the mathematics despite their teacher's effort to be the guide-on-the-side and delegate evaluation to the students. This case study examined how the use of three features of the Discourse—authority, sociomathematical norms, and classroom mathematical practices—impacted students' evaluation and contributed to students' failure to evaluate. By studying three pre-service elementary school students' evaluation methods, it was found that the students applied different types of each of the features of the Discourse and employed them at different times. The way that the features of the Discourse were used contributed to some of the difficulties that the participants experienced in their evaluation of explanations. The results suggest that researchers in the field must come to believe that resistance to teaching methods is not the only reason for student failure to evaluate mathematical explanations and that authority is operating in the classroom even when the teacher is acting as the guide on the side. The framework developed for the study will be valuable for researchers who continue to use for their investigation of individual student's participation in mathematical activity.
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Owens, Beverly Karen. "The Language of Mathematics: Mathematical Terminology Simplified for Classroom Use." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2242.
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After recognizing the need for a simpler approach to the teaching of mathematical terminology, I concluded it would be valuable to make a unit of simplified terms and describe methods of teaching these terms. In this thesis I have compared the terminology found in the Virginia Standards of Learning objectives to the materials found at each grade level. The units developed are as follows: The Primary Persistence Unit- for grades K-2; The Elementary Expansion Unit- for grades 3-5; and The Middle School Mastery Unit- for grades 6-8.
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Lewis, Matthew. "Laboratory Experiences in Mathematical Biology for Post-Secondary Mathematics Students." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5219.
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In addition to the memorization, algorithmic skills and vocabulary which is the default focus in many mathematics classrooms, professional mathematicians are expected to creatively apply known techniques, construct new mathematical approaches and communicate with and about mathematics. We propose that students can learn these professional, higher level skills through Laboratory Experiences in Mathematical Biology (LEMBs) which put students in the role of mathematics researcher creating mathematics to describe and understand biological data. LEMBs are constructed so they require no specialized equipment and can easily be run in the context of a college math class. Students collect data and develop mathematical models to explain the data. In this work examine how LEMBs are designed with the student as the primary focus. We explain how well-designed LEMBs lead students to interact with mathematics at higher levels of cognition while building mathematical skills sought after in both academia and industry. Additionally, we describe the online repository created to assist in the teaching and further development of LEMBs. Since student-centered teaching is foreign to many post-secondary instructors, we provide research-based, pedagogical strategies to ensure student success while maintaining high levels of cognition.
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Khalo, Xolani. "Analysis of grade 10 mathematical literacy students’ errors in financial mathematics." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/1369.
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The main aim of the study was (1) to identify errors committed by learners in financial mathematics and (2) to understand why learners continue to make such errors so that mechanisms to avoid such errors could be devised. The following has been hypothesised; (1) errors committed by learners are not impact upon by language difficulties, (2) errors committed by learners in financial mathematics are not due to prerequisite skills, facts and concepts, (3) errors committed by learners in financial mathematics are not due to the application of irrelevant rules and strategies. Having used Polya’s problem-solving techniques, Threshold Concept and Newman’s Error Analysis as the theoretical frameworks for the study, a four-point Likert scale and three content-based structured-interview questionnaires were developed to address the research questions. The study was conducted by means of a case study guided by the positivists’ paradigm where the research sample comprised of 105 Grade-10 Mathematics Literacy learners as respondents. Four sets of structured-interview questionnaires were used for collecting data, aimed at addressing the main objective of the study. In order to test the reliability and consistency of the questionnaires for this study, Cronbach’s Alpha was calculated for standardised items (α = 0.705). Content analysis and correlation analysis were employed to analyse the data. The three hypotheses of this study were tested using the ANOVA test and hence revealed that, (1) errors committed by learners in financial mathematics are not due to language difficulties, as all the variables illustrated a statistical non-significance (2) errors committed by learners in financial mathematics are not due to prerequisite skills, facts and concepts, as the majority of the variables showed non-significance and (3) errors committed by learners in financial mathematics were due to the application of irrelevant rules and strategies, as 66.7% of the variables illustrated a statistical significance to the related research question.
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Foley, Catherine. "Girls' perceptions of mathematics : an interpretive study of girls' mathematical identities." Thesis, University of Reading, 2016. http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/65926/.
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This thesis explores girls’ perceptions of mathematics and how they make sense of their mathematical identity. It seeks to understand the characterisations girls make of mathematics and mathematicians, shedding light upon their positioning as mathematicians. This is important because there remains a tendency for able females to rate themselves lower than males of a similar attainment, and be less likely to continue into post-compulsory study of mathematics. This research followed an interpretive paradigm, taking a grounded, case-based approach and using a mosaic of qualitative methods. Fourteen girls from a school in the south-east of England aged 8-9 at the start of the study took part in the research over 15 months. The data collected comprised scrapbooks, concept maps, relationship wheels, drawings, digital photographs, metaphors, group and individual interviews. Data were analysed using open and focused coding, sensitising concepts and constant comparison to arrive at key categories and themes. The main conclusions of the study are that time taken to explore the diversity of girls’ perceptions of themselves as mathematicians provides a powerful insight into their identity formation. Many girls struggled to articulate the purpose of mathematics dominant in their vision of what it meant to be a mathematician. Whilst they recognised a rich variety of authentic mathematical activity at home, this was overwhelmed by number, calculation, speed and processes, with mathematics recognised as desk-bound and isolating. They made sense of their mathematical identity through their characterisations of mathematics alongside interactions and comparisons with others. The girls in the study took a high degree of responsibility for their own development, believing they could improve with ever-greater effort. However, this led to the need for a buffer zone, allowing teachers, family and friends to support the individual in continuing to grow and protecting them from mathematical harm. This research recommends the provision of safe spaces for mathematical exploration in terms of time, space and collaboration, connecting mathematical study with application and interest, reframing mathematics as a social endeavour and sharing responsibility with girls for their mathematical development. Finally, it suggests the value of practitioners paying close attention to girls’ evolving mathematical identities.
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Jakobsson-Åhl, Teresia. "Encouraging Participation in Mathematical Practices : Messages in the Boost for Mathematics." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för konst, kommunikation och lärande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-67660.
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In this thesis, focused attention is given to the idea of task solvers as active participants in mathematical practices. The theoretical assumptions of the study, reported in this thesis, are inspired by socio-political concerns. The aim of the study is to investigate the underlying view of participation in mathematical practices, as understood in a nationwide teacher professional development programme, the Boost for Mathematics, in Sweden. To be more precise, the study is arranged to problematise ways of encouraging students as active participants. This aim is approached by means of the following research questions: (1) What messages do mathematical tasks in the Boost for Mathematics send about people as participants in mathematical practices? and (2) What is the role of multiple representations in these messages? An empirical study is reported. The data of the study, i.e., three collections of problems, are drawn from the Boost for Mathematics. Data processing is conducted by using a modified version of a pre-existing data processing framework, focusing on mathematical practices as socio-political practices. The empirical study uncovers an implicit view of task solvers in mathematical practices and especially a detachment between students, as potential task solvers, and the social contexts where mathematical ideas and concepts are embedded. This implicit view is challenged from the assumption that it is motivating for a student to conceive him/herself as someone who is ‘qualified’ to take part in mathematical practices.
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Kilgore, Pelagia Alesafis. "Adult College Students' Perceptions about Learning Mathematics via Developmental Mathematical xMOOCs." Scholar Commons, 2018. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7179.
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Debates over the promising change Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) might offer to traditional online learning now produce significant attention and discourse among the media and higher education. Ample articles discuss the potential benefits of MOOCs from the perspectives of faculty and administration. However, little is known about students’ perceptions of MOOCs. Given the lack of relevant literature and the reality that MOOCs are created to benefit students, it is important to elicit current college students’ perceptions of MOOCs since it is well documented learning mathematics online has its problems (Ashby, Sadera, & McNary, 2011; Frame, 2012; Ho et al., 2010; Hughes et al., 2005; Jameson & Fusco, 2014).
In this descriptive exploratory case study, I explored the perceptions of eight adult college students enrolled in a developmental mathematical xMOOC. I utilized constant comparative methods (open, axial, and selective coding) to analyze the data and identified overarching themes related to student perceptions of learning developmental mathematics via an xMOOC. XMOOCs are structured like large online lecture courses, usually with auto grading features for tests and quizzes and video-recorded lectures. I also employed post structural tenets to scrutinize the data through different lenses. My goals were to explore college students’ perceptions of learning via developmental mathematical xMOOCs, the reasons students chose to learn developmental mathematics via an xMOOC, students’ beliefs of personal characteristics needed to successfully complete a developmental mathematical xMOOC and their ideas about how to improve developmental mathematical xMOOCs. The study provides insights about college students’ learning and success via developmental mathematical xMOOCs and adds needed information to the literature on higher education distance learning.
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Dickerson, David S. "High school mathematics teachers' understandings of the purposes of mathematical proof." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
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Novinger, Susan. "Talking mathematics : children's acquisition of mathematical discourse in a permeable curriculum /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9953887.
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Hart, Hilary. "Mathematics Vocabulary and English Learners: A Study of Students' Mathematical Thinking." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2573.
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This study examined the mathematical thinking of English learners as they were taught mathematics vocabulary through research-based methods. Four English learners served as focus students. After administering a pre-performance assessment, I taught a 10-lesson unit on fractions. I taught mathematics vocabulary through the use of a mathematics word wall, think-pair-shares, graphic organizers, journal entries, and picture dictionaries. The four focus students were audio recorded to capture their spoken discourse. Student work was collected to capture written discourse. Over the course of the unit, the four focus students used the mathematics vocabulary words that were taught explicitly. The focus students gained both procedural and conceptual knowledge of fractions during this unit. Students also expressed elevated confidence in their mathematics abilities.
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Prestwich, Paula Jeffery. "Mathematical Interactions between Teachers and Students in the Finnish Mathematics Classroom." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5785.
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The Finnish school system has figured prominently in the PISA international assessments for over 10 years. Many reasons are given for Finnish success yet few of them focus on what is happening in the mathematics classroom. This study addresses the question of “What does mathematics instruction in the Finnish mathematics classroom look like?” Eight Finnish mathematics classes, from 6th – 9th grade were recorded, translated, and analyzed using the Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI) 2013 video coding protocol. Other aspects and observations of these classes also are discussed. Although the study is small, this study gives a view into the nature of some Finnish mathematics classrooms.
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Matthew, Giammarino. "Mathematical flexibility." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28459.
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Mathematicians, mathematics researchers and educators are now arguing that an essential aim of mathematics education should be to equip students so they can adapt to new mathematical situations and use mathematics to solve authentic problems that arise in day-to-day life. This, mathematical flexibility – defined here as adaptation when dealing with number, magnitude or form – is important to mathematics researchers and educators, but the classroom context may not always promote flexibility. Building across converging lines of cognitive, social-psychological, and neuro-biological research, this study investigated whether mathematical flexibility might be profitably understood as a network of functional components. This study was designed to: 1) investigate the functional components of mathematical flexibility and contrast them with functional components of mathematical competence; and 2) evaluate the effectiveness of a network approach for understanding the relationship between environmental and individual components of mathematical flexibility. Results indicated that flexibility appeared to be associated with network activity which co-activated two or more other networks, while competence appeared to be characterized by a series of network activations which occurred individually and in sequence. Further, results suggested that the case study approach used here to identify network activity could reveal meaningful dynamics in network activity, and these dynamics could be related to flexible or competent performance. Implications for researchers and practitioners are identified in the discussion. However, because this study was constrained by the ways in which flexibility was conceptualized and features of the methodology, limitations and directions for future research are also suggested.
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Black, Robert J. "Mathematical investigations." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1986. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10328.
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Since the publication of Mathematics Counts in 1982 there has been a growing interest in investigational work in the mathematics classroom. There have been many books published specifically on investigational work and the related topic of problem solving. Class texts have been pub1ished claiming to follow the suggestions of Mathematics Counts including investigationa1 work. The new examination at 16, the General Certificate of Secondary Education appears to be moving towards containing work of an investigationa1 nature. In the first chapter the nature of investigationa1 work is examined. Distinctions are drawn between problem solving and investigationa1 work. A list of characteristics of investigationa1 work is considered with a view to clarifying exactly what constitutes investigational work in mathematics. In the second chapter the role of investigational work is considered both in the curriculum as a whole and more specifically in the mathematics curriculum. Particular attention is paid to the aims and objectives of mathematics education as set out in Mathematics from 5 to 16. The third chapter considers how investigationa1 work can be introduced into the secondary school both in the short term and over a greater period of time. The next chapter examines how an investigationa1 approach is used in a recently published mathematics scheme, SMP 11 - 16. In chapter five the various roles that the micro-computer can play in investigationa1 work is examined by considering a number of computer programs. Finally the difficulties in assessment presented by investigationa1 work are compared with methods of assessment currently in practice. Several forms of assessment are suggested for investigationa1 work undertaken in timed examinations and also as coursework within the school.
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Wedin, Hanna. "Mathematical Induction." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Algebra och geometri, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-414099.
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Feldhaus, C. Adam. "How Mathematical Disposition and Intellectual Development Influence Teacher Candidates' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching in a Mathematics Course for Elementary School Teachers." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1343753975.
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Baber, Marla Ann Lasswell. "Exploring Mathematical Capital: an Essential Construct for Mathematical Success?" PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3470.
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In the United States students have traditionally struggled with mathematics. Many students leave the educational system with limited mathematical literacy that can adversely affect their success as a college student, a consumer and citizen. In turn, lack of mathematical literacy affects their socioeconomic status. Through improving their mathematical literacy, students can be more successful not only in mathematics but, it seems in many aspects of their lives. Many researchers have defined mathematical literacy; yet, we need to understand more about how mathematical literacy develops. This study explores a model that identifies four key components that seem to be associated with the development and sustainability of mathematical literacy. When mathematical capital is viewed through the theoretical frame of reciprocal determinism, the nonlinear effects may contribute to the development of mathematical capital leading to a solid foundation for mathematical literacy. The purpose of this study was to describe and explain in what ways successful mathematics high school student attributes, abilities and experiences contribute to the development of mathematical capital that seems to be a foundation for mathematical literacy. The participants were a representative sample of seven diverse freshman high school students from an urban high school in the Pacific Northwest United States who are successful in mathematics as determined by grades in first term freshman mathematics courses and standardized test scores. Data collected included a survey, an achievement test, and interviews. Results from the mixed methods case study seemed to indicate that successful mathematics students have the four components of the proposed model of mathematical capital. The four proposed components are: (a) a positive mathematical self-esteem, (b) a working toolkit of mathematical skills and content knowledge and the application of that knowledge, (c) a problem-solving mindset, and (d) access to a support network. Implications for mathematics instruction are included. Future research needs to address how the four components interact so that more students can experience success in mathematics and become mathematically literate.
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Blackburn, Chantel Christine. "Mathematics According to Whom? Two Elementary Teachers and Their Encounters with the Mathematical Horizon." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/344451.
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A longstanding problem in mathematics education has been to determine the knowledge that teachers need in order to teach mathematics effectively. It is generally agreed that teachers need a more advanced knowledge of the mathematical content that they are teaching. That is, teachers must know more about the content that they are teaching than their students and also know more than simply how to "do the math" at a particular grade level. At the same time, research does not clearly indicate what advanced mathematical knowledge (AMK) is useful in teaching or how it can be developed and identified in teachers. In particular, the potential AMK that is useful for teaching is too vast to be enumerated and may involve a great deal of tacit knowledge, which might be difficult to detect through observations of practice alone. In the last decade, researchers have identified that teaching practice entails a specialized knowledge of mathematics but the role of advanced mathematical knowledge in teaching practice remains unclear. However, the construct of horizon content knowledge (HCK) has emerged in the literature as a promising tool for characterizing AMK as it relates specifically to teaching practice. I propose an operationalization of HCK and then use that as a lens for analyzing the knowledge resources that a fourth and fifth grade teacher draw on in their encounters with the mathematical horizon. The analysis identifies what factors contribute to teachers' encounters with the horizon, characterizes the knowledge resources, or HCK, that teachers draw on to make sense of mathematics they engage with during their horizon encounters, and explores how HCK affords and constrains teachers' ability to navigate mathematical territory. My findings suggest that experienced teachers' HCK includes a situated, professional teaching knowledge that, while sometimes non-mathematical in nature, informs their understanding of mathematical content and teaching decisions. This professional teaching knowledge guides how teachers use and generate mathematical structures that sometimes align with established mathematical structures and in other cases do not. These findings have implications regarding the way in which the development of AMK is approached relative to teacher education, ongoing professional development, and curriculum design.
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Patel, C. "Approaches to studying and the effects of mathematics support on mathematical performance." Thesis, Coventry University, 2011. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/f079ef99-a237-4a3b-ae2d-344c89654741/1.
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The concern over undergraduate engineering students’ mathematical skills and the means of addressing this through the provision of mathematics support is the main driver of this research. With the emergence of mathematics support within mathematics education there has been an associated research community interested in measuring the effectiveness of mathematics support provision. Recent studies have measured improvements in mathematics performance for students who have used mathematics support against those who have not by comparing prior mathematical ability against examination results. This does not address the issue of individual differences between students and resulting changes in mathematical ability. However the provision of mathematics support for individual students is resource intensive hence evaluation of the effectiveness of the support is essential to ensure resources are efficiently used. This mathematics education research examines the effectiveness of mathematics support in addressing the mathematics problem. It does this by considering individual differences and the mismatch of mathematical skills for studying at University by analysing the effectiveness of mathematics support in improving mathematical skills. The dataset for the analysis comprises of over 1000 students from a Scottish Post-92 University, over 8% having made use of mathematics support, and nearly 2000 students from an English Russell Group University, with just over 10% having made use of the support. It was discovered that in both sets of data the students who came for mathematics support in comparison to their peers had a statistically significant lower mathematical skills base on entry to their course, and at the end of their first year had improved their mathematical skills base more than their counterparts. Although the analysis is based on data from UK Universities we believe the findings are relevant to the international community who are also engaged in the provision of mathematics support.
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Kim, In Hong. "Preschool Teachers’ Knowledge of Children’s Mathematical Development and Beliefs About Teaching Mathematics." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2013. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc407808/.
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Early childhood education emphasizes the need of providing high quality early childhood mathematics programs for preschool children. However, there is little research that examines the importance of preschool children’s mathematical knowledge development and teachers’ beliefs about how to teach mathematics to young children. The purposes of this study were to investigate pre-service and in-service preschool teachers’ knowledge of children’s mathematical development and their beliefs about teaching mathematics in the preschool classroom and also to determine how experience differentiates the two groups. This research employed a non-experimental research design with convenient sampling. Ninety-eight pre-service teachers and seventy-seven in-service preschool teachers participated in the research. The Knowledge of Mathematical Development survey (KMD) and the Beliefs survey were used to investigate possible differences between pre-service and in-service preschool teachers’ knowledge of children’s mathematical development and between their beliefs about teaching mathematics. The findings of this study indicate a statistically significant difference between pre-service teachers and in-service preschool teachers in relation to their knowledge of mathematical development. This finding shows that pre-service teachers’ knowledge of children’s mathematical development is somewhat limited; most pre-service teachers have difficulty identifying the process of preschool children’s development of mathematics skills. A second finding reveals a statistically significant difference between pre-service teachers and in-service preschool teachers in relation to their beliefs about (a) age-appropriateness of mathematics instruction in the early childhood classroom, (b) social and emotional versus mathematical development as a primary goal of the preschool curriculum, and (c) teacher comfort with mathematics instruction. No statistically significant difference was found between pre-service teachers’ and in-service preschool teachers’ beliefs regarding the locus of generation of mathematical knowledge. Both groups believe it is the teacher’s responsibility to intentionally teach mathematics to young children. This result suggests that both pre-service and in-service preschool teachers believe that teachers should play a central role in the teaching of mathematics to preschool children. However, both groups would need appropriate education and training to learn how to teach mathematics to young children. Pre-service and in-service preschool teachers’ varying levels of experiences and different levels of education may help explain why there is a significant difference between their knowledge of mathematical development and beliefs about teaching mathematics.
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Cronk, Carol Elizabeth. "Effects of mathematics professional development on growth in teacher mathematical content knowledge." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2012. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/139.
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The purpose of this project was to determine if there was a correlation between teachers' scores on fractions items on project assessments and the percentage of participation time in professional development activities.
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Durfee, Lucille J. "BIO-MATHEMATICS: INTRODUCTION TO THE MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE HEPATITIS C VIRUS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/428.
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In this thesis, we will study bio-mathematics. We will introduce differential equations, biological applications, and simulations with emphasis in molecular events. One of the first courses of action is to introduce and construct a mathematical model of our biological element. The biological element of study is the Hepatitis C virus. The idea in creating a mathematical model is to approach the biological element in small steps. We will first introduce a block (schematic) diagram of the element, create differential equations that define the diagram, convert the dimensional equations to non-dimensional equations, reduce the number of parameters, identify the important parameters, and analyze the results. These results will tell us which variables must be adjusted to prevent the Hepatitis C virus from becoming chronic.
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Koch, Thorsten. "Rapid mathematical programming." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2004. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=973541415.
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Widmer, Tobias K. "Reusable mathematical models." Zürich : ETH, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Department of Computer Science, Chair of Software Engineering, 2004. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=dipl&nr=192.
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Domoshnitsky, Alexander, and Roman Yavich. "Internet Mathematical Olympiads." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-79663.
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Modern Internet technologies open new possibilities in a wide spectrum of traditional methods, used in mathematical education. One of the areas, where these technologies can be efficiently used, is an organization of mathematical competitions. Contestants can stay in their schools or universities in different cities and even different countries and try to solve as many mathematical problems as possible and then submit their solutions to organizers through the Internet. Simple Internet technologies supply audio and video connection between participants and organizers in a time of the
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Collazo, Antonio. "The Mathematical Landscape." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/116.
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The intent of this paper is to present the reader will enough information to spark a curiosity in to the subject. By no means is the following a complete formulation of any of the topics covered. I want to give the reader a tour of the mathematical landscape. There are plenty of further details to explore in each section, I have just touched the tip the iceberg. The work is basically in four sections: Numbers, Geometry, Functions, Sets and Logic, which are the basic building blocks of Math. The first sections are a exposition into the mathematical objects and their algebras. The last section dives into the foundation of math, sets and logic, and develops the ``language'' of Math. My hope is that after this, the reader will have the necessary (maybe not sufficient) information needed to talk the language of Math.
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Norgren, Ofelia. "Mathematical Special Relativity." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Matematiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-435242.
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Chikara, Sasaki. "Descarte's mathematical thought /." Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic, 2003. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39088689f.
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Sak, Ugur. "Mđ: THE THREE-MATHEMATICAL MINDS MODEL FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MATHEMATICALLY GIFTED STUDENTS." Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona, 2005. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu%5Fetd%5F1032%5F1%5Fm.pdf&type=application/pdf.
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Sak, Ugur. "M3: The Three-Mathematical Minds Model for the Identification of Mathematically Gifted Students." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194533.
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Views of giftedness have evolved from unilateral notions to multilateral conceptions. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the psychological validity of the three-mathematical minds model (M3) developed by the author. The M3 is based on multilateral conceptions of giftedness to identify mathematically gifted students. Teachings of Poincare and Polya about mathematical ability as well as the theory of successful intelligence proposed by Sternberg (1997) provided the initial framework in the development of the M3. A secondary purpose was to examine the psychological validity of the three-level cognitive complexity model (C3) developed by the author. The C3 is based on studies about expertise to differentiate among gifted, above-average and average-below-average students at three levels.The author developed a test of mathematical ability based on the M3 and C3 with the collaboration of mathematicians. The test was administered to 291 middle school students from four different schools. The reliability analysis indicated that the M3 had a .72 coefficient as a consistency of scores. Exploratory factor analysis yielded three separate components explaining 55% of the total variance. The convergent validity analysis showed that the M3 had medium to high-medium correlations with teachers' ratings of students' mathematical ability (r = .45) and students' ratings of their own ability (r = .36) and their liking of mathematics (r = .35). Item-subtest-total score correlations ranged from low to high. Some M3 items were found to be homogenous measuring only one aspect of mathematical ability, such as creative mathematical ability, whereas some items were found to be good measures of more than one facet of mathematical ability.The C3 accounted for 41% of variance in item difficulty (R square = .408, p < .001). Item difficulty ranged from .02 to .93 with a mean of .29. The analysis of the discrimination power of the three levels of the C3 revealed that level-two and level-three problems differentiated significantly among three ability levels, but level-one problems did not differentiate between gifted and above average students. The findings provide partial evidence for the psychological validity of both the M3 and C3 for the identification of mathematically gifted students.
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Ferdinand, Victor Allen. "An elementary mathematics methods course and preservice teachers' beliefs about mathematics and mathematical pedagogy: A case study /." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488191124570001.
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Tapia, Ernesto. "Understanding mathematics: a system for the recognition of on-line handwritten mathematical expressions." [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/2005/12/index.html.
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Cardella, Monica E. "Engineering mathematics : an investigation of students' mathematical thinking from a cognitive engineering perspective /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10692.
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Thompson, Kent M. "The relationship between mathematical leadership skills and the mathematics achievement of elementary students." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1095430511&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Tanner, H. F. R. "Using and applying mathematics : developing mathematical thinking through practical problem solving and modelling." Thesis, Swansea University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.639162.
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Using and Applying Mathematics in the National Curriculum focuses on the development of reasoning skills through problem solving, and links the processes involved in learning new mathematics with the application of existing knowledge to new situations. This thesis begins by examining how mathematical knowledge is constructed and how children make sense of it. The nature of practical problem solving and modelling is considered and the literature on teaching and learning problem solving and modelling is reviewed with particular emphasis on metacognition and social practices. The research reports a quasi-experiment in which 314 pupils aged between 11 and 13 followed a mathematical thinking skills course and were compared with matched control pupils using pre-tests, post-tests, delayed texts and structured interviews. Assessment instruments were devised to assess pupils' mathematical cognitive development, their metacognitive skills and their metacognitive self knowledge. Statistical data were supported by participant observations. On average, experimental pupils performed slightly better than control pupils in metacognitive skill and mathematical development in the post and delayed-tests. The content of the mathematical development test had not been taught directly by the course and far transfer is claimed. The teachers were divided into four groups according to teaching approach, based on analysis of the qualitative data. The most successful teachers used a flexible form of scaffolding and encouraged reflection. Their classes demonstrated a substantial advantage over their controls in metacognitive skill, metacognitive self knowledge and mathematical development. Recommendations are made about teaching approaches.
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Hamburg, Maryanna P. "Financial Mathematical Tasks in a Middle School Mathematics Textbook Series: A Content Analysis." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1258164585.
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Cox, Raymond Taylor. "Mathematical Modeling of Minecraft – Using Mathematics to Model the Gameplay of Video Games." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1431009469.
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