Deconstructing Teacher Candidates’ Metaphors for Mathematics, Technology, and Teaching Using Technology

Elizabeth Jakubowski; Atilla Ozdemir

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2674–2675

This brief paper will show the relationship between the types of metaphors for technology, mathematics and teaching mathematics with technology used by teacher candidates in four different majors (i.e., elementary education, special education, early ...

Topics: mathematics education, Mathematics, Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Distance Learning Made It Possible: Conceptual Change Of Practicing Mathematics Teachers In Learning And Teaching Problem Solving.

Darryl Corey; Hasan Unal; Elizabeth Jakubowski

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3453–3456

Some literature on teacher conceptual change focuses on the mathematics classroom teacher and aspects of their conceptual change in the teaching and learning of mathematics (see Shaw & Jakubowski, 1991). The purpose of this study was to examine in...

Topics: Teachers, Mathematics, Change

Promoting and Fostering Creativity in Problem Solving via Distance Learning: Harnessing Practicing Teachers’ Mathematical Creativity in an Online Problem Solving Course.

Darryl Corey; Hasan Unal; Elizabeth Jakubowski

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4389–4391

In 1957, with the launch of the Sputnik, the Soviets won the first major event in space exploration. The US blamed this setback on the lack of creativity. US engineers were not creative enough. Creativity researchers speak of "problem awareness" and ...

Topics: Teachers, Mathematics, Teaching Methods, Creativity

A Cluster Analytic Approach: Investigation of Interrelationship between Mathematics Teachers’ Beliefs about Using Computers in Mathematics Education, Gender, Teaching Experience, and Computer Experience

ONDER KOKLU; ELIZABETH JAKUBOWSKI; TAYFUN SERVI; Jiajing Huang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2878–2885

This study investigated the complex relationship between mathematics teachers’ gender, computer experience, teaching experience, and beliefs about integrating computers in teaching mathematics (cognitive beliefs, instructional beliefs, motivational...

Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related

Prospective Mathematics Teachers’ Initial Reactions to Model-Centered Instruction

Lingguo Bu; Elizabeth Jakubowski; Lydia Dickey; Nermin Bayazit; Orhan Curaoglu; Hyewon Kim; Recep Cakir; J. Michael Spector

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 4025–4029

New mathematics learning technologies support model-centered learning and instruction through their representational flexibility, interactivity, and dynamic interconnections.Using the next-generation graphing calculators, we conducted two five-week...