Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Bodnar, Jessica, Thesis advisor (ths): Bruce, Catherine D, Degree committee member (dgc): Hawes, Zachary, Degree committee member (dgc): Mooney, Claire, Degree committee member (dgc): Handlarski, Denise, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Spatial reasoning and spatial structures are relatively new areas of research in mathematics education. In this study of children exploring spatial conceptions of grid structures, twenty-one children (ages 4-9) were given a series of tasks involving square grids during virtual interviews. As a result of an ideal-type analysis of the qualitative data, a typology of conceptions of grids… more Full Text: YOUNG CHILDREN’S SPATIAL CONCEPTIONS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRID STRUCTURES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Kolodzinski, Tyler Michael, Thesis advisor (ths): Bruce, Catherine D, Degree committee member (dgc): Bruce, Catherine, Degree committee member (dgc): Suurtamm, Christine, Degree committee member (dgc): Smale, William, Degree committee member (dgc): Mooney, Claire, Degree committee member (dgc): Niblett, Blair, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This study investigates the potential for a responsive model of professional development in mathematics education which acknowledges how teachers perceive the value of professional learning, and examines how those perceptions are connected to teacher efficacy. Three fields of educational research ground this study: (i) professional development strategies in mathematics education, (ii)… more Full Text: TEACHER EFFICACY AS AN INDICATOR OF HOW MATHEMATICS EDUCATORS PERCEIVE THE VALUE OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education …