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Fall 2019
Derived from Doll’s (1993) seminal conceptualization of a post-modern curriculum with the criteria of 4Rs (i.e., richness, relations, recursion and rigor), the present research continues the effort to complexify and theorize recursion and recursive curriculum. This study re-conceptualizes...
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Fall 2011
Recent shifts towards spatial issues within education are examined, and mapping is identified as particularly important. The multidisciplinary trend of complexity science is surveyed, in turn, through the lens of physics and education research. The provincial education system of Alberta is...
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Post Ujamaa School-community Connectedness in Tanzania: Exploring Learning Communities in Rural Areas
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This study explores how do schools and communities work together to generate learning communities. One community case in remote rural areas of Tanzania was selected for the study. The community was selected on the criterion that it showed hopeful practices of school-community connectedness and of...
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Observing High-school Students' Mathematical Understanding and Mathematical Proficiency in the Context of Mathematical Modeling
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The use of mathematical modeling in education has been investigated for the last five decades. The benefits of bringing modeling into mathematics classes are well known and well accepted, and modeling is becoming more common and more appealing to mathematics teachers. However, there are still...
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Spring 2010
In this dissertation, I propose that network theory offers a useful frame for informing mathematics education. Mathematical understanding, like the discipline of formal mathematics within which it is subsumed, possesses attributes characteristic of complex systems. As the techniques of network...
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Lesson Study: Mathematics teachers become the professionals in their professional development
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This research begins with an argument for the implementation of a professional development model that would empower mathematics teachers to make changes to their mathematical teaching practices. As this argument evolves so does the need for further investigation into what key components are...
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Spring 2013
This study explores Grade Seven students’ experiences of doubt and certainty in mathematics. During nine months of (bi-monthly) sessions, students responded to several mathematical prompts; their interactions with each other and with the teacher- researcher were video-taped, transcribed, and...
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Fall 2015
Instructional teacher leaders are teachers who are asked to facilitate school improvement through mentorship, collaboration, coaching and professional dialogue. These teachers, who are usually not supervisors or administrators, are faced with the challenge of leading through encouragement and...
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DEVELOPING MATHEMATICS FOR TEACHING THROUGH CONCEPT STUDY: A CASE OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS IN TANZANIA
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This descriptive qualitative case study investigates the question “In what ways does developing mathematics for teaching through concept study contribute to the professional knowledge and skills of pre-service teachers?” The concept studies were conducted in a classroom driven by five conditions:...