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Sam Vancini – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research investigates significant moments in college students' drawn life stories in mathematics with the aim of examining implications for STEM engagement and potential reasons for gender-related differences in participation in mathematics intensive STEM fields. My research employs drawn life stories in mathematics specifically focused on…
Descriptors: College Students, Personal Narratives, Mathematics Education, Learner Engagement
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Fungirai Mudhefi; Koena Mabotja; Dimakatjo Muthelo – Perspectives in Education, 2024
The 21st-century mathematics classrooms should equip learners with well-grounded knowledge and thinking skills pertaining to geometry. However, Euclidean geometry remains one of the challenging, if not the most difficult topic for many learners. As a result, the purpose of this article is to interpret Grade 12 learners' learning difficulties in…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Grade 12
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Ilhan, Aziz; Tutak, Tayfun – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2021
The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool that measures mathematical visualization perceptions for mathematics teacher candidates. Therefore, the type of study is a survey research. Research was carried out with 462 (336 Female, 125 Male) mathematics teacher candidates from a university located in the Eastern…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Henderson, Christie – Mathematics Teacher, 2019
Embedding mathematics in a relatable context has changed the way Christie Henderson's elementary students view the subject. In this article, Henderson discusses how presenting mathematics through a relatable context enables students to visualize the math and make a pictorial representation to aid them in solving it. When relevant and relatable…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers
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Hatisaru, Vesife; Murphy, Carol – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2019
The present study aimed to examine lower secondary students? images of mathematics comprised of stated attitudes to and perceived needs for mathematics, and their views about mathematicians and their work. A group of 1284 lower secondary students drew a picture of mathematicians and described their drawings. The students? drawings fell into two…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Professional Personnel, Mathematics Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Sun, Koun Tem; Chen, Meng Hsun – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2019
From random interviews of mathematics teachers, the researchers are conscious that students have difficulties in solving problems regarding compound body volume measurement. The researchers found the main factor involved in the difficulties was incomplete spatial concepts. Augmented reality (AR), which is a kind of educational technology, has been…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computer Software
Baltaci, Serdal; Yildiz, Avni – Online Submission, 2015
Each new version of the GeoGebra dynamic mathematics software goes through updates and innovations. One of these innovations is the GeoGebra 5.0 version. This version aims to facilitate 3D instruction by offering opportunities for students to analyze 3D objects. While scanning the previous studies of GeoGebra 3D, it is seen that they mainly focus…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Technology, Geometry
Chick, Helen L., Ed.; Vincent, Jill L., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
The first volume of the 29th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education contains plenary lecture and research forum papers as listed below. Short oral communications papers, poster presentations, brief summaries of discussion groups, and working sessions are also included in the volume. The plenary…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary School Mathematics, Semiotics, Mathematics Education