The Maine RiSE Center presents an ORAL THESIS DEFENSE MST Candidate Allison Dorko Thesis Advisor: Natasha Speer Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Teaching May 2012 Calculus Students’ Understanding of Area and Volume in Non-Calculus Contexts          Researchers have documented difficulties that elementary school students have read more Thesis Defense – Alison Dorko