Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Problem Solving as a Path to Understanding Mathematics Representations: An Eye-Tracking Study

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Kim, Seyeon, Thesis advisor (ths): Burr, Wesley, Thesis advisor (ths): Pollanen, Marco, Degree committee member (dgc): Chan-Reynolds, Michael, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Little is actually known about how people cognitively process and integrate information when solving complex mathematical problems. In this thesis, eye-tracking was used to examine how people read and integrate information from mathematical symbols and complex formula, with eye fixations being used as a measure of their current focus of attention. Each participant in the studies was… more

Combinatorial Collisions in Database Matching: With Examples from DNA

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Johnson, Stephanie, Thesis advisor (ths): Pollanen, Marco, Thesis advisor (ths): Burr, Wesley, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Databases containing information such as location points, web searches and fi- nancial transactions are becoming the new normal as technology advances. Conse- quentially, searches and cross-referencing in big data are becoming a common prob- lem as computing and statistical analysis increasingly allow for the contents of such databases to be analyzed and dredged for data. Searches… more