| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Dyer, Sarah Claire
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| Author's Email Address |
sdyer1@ebrschools.org |
| URN |
etd-07032012-113855 |
| Title |
Improving Middle School Math Achievement Using a Web-Based Program and Extended Written Tasks |
| Degree |
Master of Natural Sciences (M.N.S.) |
| Department |
Natural Sciences (Interdepartmental Program) |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Neubrander, Frank |
Committee Chair |
| Lane, Sean |
Committee Member |
| Perlis, Robert |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- dual intensity
- conceptual understanding
- procedural fluency
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| Date of Defense |
2012-06-22 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
This thesis outlines a dual-intensity approach using a web-based program, MyMathLab, for procedural fluency and, in parallel, extended written tasks for helping students improve their reasoning skills, to learn to use multiple representations, and securing mathematical knowledge. The new Common Core State Standards have increased expectations and achievement goals at all grade levels, the required changes being most significant at earlier grade levels (in elementary and middle schools). It is my assertion that a combined approach, one that encompasses both procedure-oriented practice for fluency and extended written tasks designed to stretch thinking and reasoning is needed to meet these goals.
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