Why doesn't it add up? A narrative inquiry into teachers' experiences with math

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Abstract	Abstract The success rates in mathematics education in Canada has been the cause of concern and some controversy. Although Canada has recently scored relatively high on the mathematics section on Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a disproportionately low number of Canadian students go on to enroll in math programs in post-secondary education. The aim of this study was to try to determine whether or not there is a relationship between the experiences elementary math teachers had with math when they were students, and the way they teach math in their classrooms. In order to achieve this overall objective, the following research questions framed this study: (1) how does a teacher’s personal experience with math (as a student/in life) contribute to his/her instructional practices, and (2) what training/education/experiences lead to a successful math teacher? ...
Persons	Persons Author (aut): Daines, Shannon Thesis advisor (ths): Greenwood, Margo Thesis advisor (ths): Fraser, Tina Degree committee member (dgc): Abloye, Oye
Degree Name	Degree Name Master of Education (MEd)
Department	Department Education-Multidisciplinary Leadership
DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.24124/2017/1384
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Dissertations and Theses

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Date Created/Date Issued	2017
Publisher	University of Northern British Columbia
Issuance	monographic

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Keywords	Keywords Math education teacher math experience

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Extent	Extent Number of pages in document: 113
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