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Reyhan Safak – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Structural reasoning is a combined ability to "look for structures, recognize structures, probe into structures, act upon structures, reason in terms of general structures, and see how a piece of knowledge acquired resolves a perturbation experienced" (Harel and Soto, 2017). The purpose of this study was to explore the cognitive…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication, Elementary School Students, Thinking Skills
Nilsen, Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This scholarly personal narrative explores the use of contemplative practices by teachers to support the development of authentic relationships with their students. The narrative demonstrates the value of contemplative practices in education by telling the story of the author's first seven years as a Waldorf teacher and the contemplative practices…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Reflection
Dominguez Menendez, Liliam – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In this dissertation study, the researcher explored how pedagogy affects the creative process of visual artists who are also higher education art teachers. In order to understand and conceptualize the relationship between pedagogy and art making through the artist-teacher lens, the method and the methodology of Portraiture (Lawrence-Lightfoot…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Art Teachers, Artists, Teaching Methods
Ponti Medeiros, Cezar Augusto – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation explores why grammatical structures are better learned implicitly or explicitly by investigating differential object marking (DOM) in Spanish. To address the effectiveness of implicit versus explicit instruction in the classroom, the researcher focused on two of the main features that constrain DOM in Spanish: animacy and…
Descriptors: Spanish, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Teaching Methods
Parker, Catherine Frieda – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A possible contributing factor to students' difficulty in learning advanced mathematics is the conflict between students' "natural" learning styles and the formal structure of mathematics, which is based on definitions, theorems, and proofs. Students' natural learning styles may be a function of their intuition and language skills. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Definitions, Intuition, Writing Skills, Language Skills
Swanson, Kenneth A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The problem that this dissertation investigated is the insufficient representation of teachers' voices in the discussion of motivational characteristics of second language learners in middle and high schools especially with consideration of instructional information and communication technologies. The purpose was to determine the nature of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Technology, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation