Date of Award

2023-05-01

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Department

Education

Advisor(s)

Mourat Tchoshanov

Abstract

Research indicates that institutions and teachers' pedagogical and content knowledge are essential to student learning and achievement. Nevertheless, teachers' knowledge and practices have been researched primarily in K-12th grades. Therefore, there is a gap in understanding teaching practices in higher education. Moreover, research has forgotten about exploring math classes for non-STEM majors. With this in mind, this research investigates how students perceive math professors' pedagogical and content knowledge and their effect on students' learning experiences in the context of mathematics for social science classes. To achieve this, this study takes a mixed-methods approach in its use of an observation protocol, a survey, interviews, and the framework of mathematics teacher specialized knowledge (MTSK) by Carillo-Yañez et al. (2018) as a guide to understanding mathematics lecturers/professors' knowledge.

Language

en

Provenance

Recieved from ProQuest

File Size

p.

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Julio Hector Solis

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