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(Re)conceptualizing Curriculum in (Physical) Education: Focused on Wellness and Guided by Wisdom
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It is clear to many researchers that physical education needs significant reform (Bain, 1995; Devis-Devis & Sparkes, 1999; Fernandez-Balboa, 1997; Kirk, 2010; Lawson, 2009; Tinning, 2010). While these calls for curriculum change are warranted, how we problematize the issue of curriculum needs...
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Spring 2014
The plethora of research on ESL, L1, L2 and ethnography has left under-reported autoethnographies borrowing mathematics as a tool for thinking. In response to the multiplicity, this dissertation explores personal and academic experiences to expose my own development of an L2 learner, in...
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A Study of Dominican Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Explanations of Factors Affecting Their Instructional Practices
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The purpose of this study was to gain an explanation from teachers on any relationship which exist between students’ performance on the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) mathematics examination and Dominican secondary teachers’ mathematical knowledge, frequency of use of 12 teaching strategies,...
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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:...
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Exploring Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of Teaching and Satisfaction in Blended Learning
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This study investigates the influence of teaching attributes on student satisfaction as perceived by university students enrolled in a blended learning course when the learning context is predominantly a campus-based experience. It merges theory from educational psychology and marketing research...
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High School Physics Students’, High School Physics Teachers’, and University Physics Professors’ Conceptions about What it Means to Understand Physics: A Phenomenographic Study
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There is limited literature about what it means to understand physics. Previous research has focused on university physics students’ understanding of physics concepts, but no research to date has examined variations across populations of what it means to understand physics. This study begins to...