Search for dissertations about: "mathematical competence"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words mathematical competence.
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1. Assessing mathematical creativity : comparing national and teacher-made tests, explaining differences and examining impact
Abstract : Students’ use of superficial reasoning seems to be a main reason for learning difficulties in mathematics. It is therefore important to investigate the reasons for this use and the components that may affect students’ mathematical reasoning development. READ MORE
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2. Exercising Mathematical Competence: Practising Representation Theory and Representing Mathematical Practice
Abstract : This thesis assembles two papers in mathematics and two papers in mathematics education. In the mathematics part, representation theory is practised. Two Clebsch-Gordan type problems are addressed. READ MORE
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3. Learning Physics through Transduction : A Social Semiotic Approach
Abstract : This doctoral thesis details the introduction of the theoretical distinction between transformation and transduction to Physics Education Research. Transformation refers to the movement of meaning between semiotic resources within the same semiotic system (e.g. READ MORE
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4. The influence of national curricula and national assessments on teachers’ beliefs about the goals of school mathematics
Abstract : What students should learn in school and therefore also what teachers should teach is an important issue worldwide. Mathematics teaching (and teaching in other subjects) is often regulated by some form of governing text in a written curriculum communcating a set of standards. READ MORE
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5. Supporting mathematical reasoning through reading and writing in mathematics : making the implicit explicit
Abstract : In school mathematics, mathematical reasoning with an emphasis on language is considered an important competence. A student’s competence to reason in mathematics requires specific reading and writing skills, but suitable activities to support these skills are difficult to find. READ MORE