Essays about: "high school mathematics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words high school mathematics.

  1. 1. To Activate, Expose and Elicit thinking : a three step journey Teacher actions and student thinking in 18 Swedish mathematics classrooms in upper secondary

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Carina Bark; [2023]
    Keywords : mathematical thinking; classroom observations; thinking progression; higher order thinking skills; HOTS; mathematics education; upper secondary; matematiskt tänkande; klassrumsobservationer; högre ordningens tänkande; tänkande-progression; HOTS; matematikundervisning; gymnasium;

    Abstract : Today’s research, as well as current Swedish governance documents, stress the high importance of developing students’ abstract, individual and critical thinking in mathematics education. The needs for such quality thinking however stand in stark contrast to the ‘traditional mathematics education’, which cannot be expected to develop such thinking. READ MORE

  3. 2. MiniMIST- A Model Satellite For Teaching STEM Skills

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Kocin Sabareeswaran Bama; [2022]
    Keywords : MIST; Satellite; ESP32; MicroPython; C ; AJAX; Photovoltaic cells; MIST; Satellit; ESP32; MicroPython; C ; AJAX; solceller;

    Abstract : Satellites are evolving around the globe, expanding our possibility to explore space and many other applications. This thesis project is a model satellite used for teaching purposes in the course IE120V Electronics and Programming for Space Applications provided at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fear of Failure in Swedish 9th Grade Students and its effect on their decision to study STEM : A quantitative study

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kemi och biomedicin (KOB)

    Author : Melanie Büchele de Montes; [2021]
    Keywords : Imposter phenomenon; STEM attrition; Gender; gymnasieval;

    Abstract : Sweden faces a recruitment problem in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It has been suggested that imposter phenomenon, a feeling of fraudulence and inability to internalize success, may be the reason why many individuals, especially women, leave STEM fields. READ MORE

  5. 4. Provide pupils with a personal laptop or tablet? : An examination of one-to-one computing programs effect on pupils’ academic performance in primary school, grade 3

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/UCFS

    Author : Elin Ottosson Bixo; [2021]
    Keywords : difference-in-difference; 1:1 programs; ICT; student performance; educational outcome; laptops; education system; primary school;

    Abstract : More and more schools worldwide provide their students with an individual digital tool, investments called 1:1 programs. However, there is still limited knowledge about the causal effects of such programs on students’ education outcomes, especially for high-income countries. READ MORE

  6. 5. Picking up the PISA? Teacher certification and student achievement in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Anja Tuneld; [2020]
    Keywords : Teacher certification; teacher quality; student achievement; education policy;

    Abstract : In an effort to raise the status of teachers and increase the quality and equity of Swedish education by ensuring competent teachers, a national and subject-specific teacher certification was introduced in 2011, despite scant evidence in favor of teacher certification. This thesis attempts to answer the question: What effect do certified teachers in Sweden have on ninth grade student achievement? By applying fixed effects models to school-level panel data spanning the academic years 2014/2015-2018/2019, this study finds that certified teachers have significant and positive effects on student achievement in mathematics, at least in terms of standardized national test results. READ MORE