Connections in High School Mathematics Textbooks that Support Understanding of Key Features of Graphs of Functions

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dc.contributor.advisorDogbey, James
dc.contributor.authorMalachite, Anna M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-09T20:33:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-09T20:33:30Z
dc.date.available2016-09-09T20:33:30Z
dc.date.available2016-09-09T20:33:30Z
dc.date.issued2016-07
dc.descriptionA Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for MASTER OF SCIENCE in The Graduate Mathematics Program (Curriculum Content Option) from Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to evaluate a particular high school mathematics series of textbooks for its potential to adequately support teachers in emphasizing function-related connections. The investigation was limited to topics surrounding analysis of graphs of functions, specifically, domain and range; minima, maxima, and vertex; slope and increasing or decreasing intervals; and, intercepts and zeros. The chosen textbooks are McGraw-Hill’s Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Precalculus textbooks with a copyright date of 2016. Each textbook was reviewed in sequential order. Items relating to the topics of interest were placed in a connection category and evaluated for nine different qualities. Data collected about the types of connections and the quality of those items reveals that the chosen textbooks have numerous connections among representations, but fewer connections to the real-world and across disciplines. Furthermore, a greater number of contextual items are included in Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 than in Precalculus. Future investigations may aim to compare the series evaluated in this study to another series of mathematics textbooks. Additionally, teacher interactions with the textbook might provide more useful insights.en_US
dc.description.collegeCollege of Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.description.departmentMathematics and Statisticsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/691
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.subjectDomainen_US
dc.subjectRangeen_US
dc.subjectx-intercepten_US
dc.subjecty-intercepten_US
dc.subjectminimumen_US
dc.subjectmaximumen_US
dc.subjectslopeen_US
dc.subjectzerosen_US
dc.subjectextremaen_US
dc.subjecttransferen_US
dc.subjectapplicationen_US
dc.subjecthigh schoolen_US
dc.subjecttextbooken_US
dc.subjectfunctionsen_US
dc.subjectgraphsen_US
dc.subjectconnectionsen_US
dc.subjectreal-worlden_US
dc.subjectinterdisciplinaryen_US
dc.titleConnections in High School Mathematics Textbooks that Support Understanding of Key Features of Graphs of Functionsen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMathematicsen_US
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A & M University--Corpus Christien_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US

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