Effective Teaching, Student Engagement in Classroom Activities, and Sex-Related Differences in Learning Mathematics.

Peterson, Penelope L.; Fennema, Elizabeth

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Publication Date: 1985

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Effective Teaching, Student Engagement in Classroom Activities, and Sex-Related Differences in Learning Mathematics.

Peterson, Penelope L.; Fennema, Elizabeth

American Educational Research Journal, v22 n3 p309-35 Fall 1985

Classroom activities related to the mathematics achievement level of students in 36 fourth-grade mathematics classes were identified. Engagement in competitive mathematics activities, cooperative mathematics activities, social activities, and off-task behavior was consistently and differentially related to girls' versus boys' low-level and high-level mathematics achievement. (Author/BS)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Class Activities, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Equal Education, Grade 4, High Achievement, Intermediate Grades, Low Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Sex Differences, Student Participation, Time on Task

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress

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