Promoting Divergent Thinking in a Hybrid Geometry Course: An Examination of Teachers’ Multiple Solution Approaches While Problem Solving in Geometry

Darryl Corey; Nikita Patterson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 212–217

The purpose of this ongoing study is to examine practicing middle and secondary teachers’ different strategies and method of solutions towards given geometry problems in a hybrid (online & face-to-face) geometry course. The course is designed to...

Activating Metacognition via Distance Learning: An Exploratory Study of In-Service Math Teachers’ use of Metacognitive Monitoring Skills in an Online Problem Solving Course.

Darryl Corey; Hsan Unal

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4385–4388

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine in-service math teachers' use of metacognitive monitoring skills in mathematical problem solving. The results will begin to generate a set of recommendations for mathematics classroom instruction. In-...

Topics: Teachers

An African American male student learning mathematics in a web-based environment: How the absence of traditional classroom cultural differences effects his learning

Darryl Lynn Corey

An @?African American @?male student learning mathematics in a web@-based @?environment: How the @?absence of traditional@classroom cultural@differences @?effects his learning (2000) pp. 1–178

This study utilizes the experiences of one African American male mathematics student, from a local high school, whose performance has been below average in his mathematics course. The purpose of this study was to examine if learning mathematics at a ...

Cognitive and Social Presence While Problem Solving In An Online Geometry Course For Elementary Education Majors

Darryl Corey; Carmen Stokes

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 343–349

The purpose of this study is to explore student learning experiences in an online undergraduate geometry course designed for elementary education majors. More specifically, it examines students’ social and cognitive presence through participants’...

Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Creative Thinking While Problem Solving In an Online Geometry Course

Darryl Corey; Carmen Stokes

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 350–355

Mathematics problem solving has natural ties to creativity. Creativity research has long linked creativity directly with the problem solving. Because creativity and problem solving go hand-in-hand, it is important that mathematics teachers at all...

Differences in Learning Geometry among High and Low Spatial Ability Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers

Hasan Unal; Elizabeth Jakubowski; Darryl Corey

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 40, No. 8 (2009) pp. 997–1012

The objective of this study was to investigate and characterize the geometric thinking and understanding of four pre-service middle and secondary mathematics teachers while considering their spatial ability levels. To investigate the differences, if ...

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

The Experiences of an African American Male Learning Mathematics in the Traditional and Online Classroom--A Case Study

Darryl L. Corey; Beverly L. Bower

Journal of Negro Education Vol. 74, No. 4 (2005) pp. 321–331

The purpose of this study was to compare the learning experience of an African American male mathematics student within an online learning environment and in a traditional mathematics classroom. This case study examined the experiences of one...

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

Best Practices: Lessons Learned From an Online Statewide Collaborative Master's in Mathematics Education Program

Darryl Corey; Laura Jacobsen; Agida Manizade; Anthony Dove; Roofia Galeshi; Rayya Younes

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2497–2498

Professional development is the most significant tool available to directly impact the instructional effectiveness of teachers (Loucks-Horsley, et al., 1999). Loucks-Horsley, et al. (1998) identified courses as possible effective structured...

Topics: mathematics education, Distance/Flexible Education, Graduate Education & Faculty Development