The students of the targeted fourth, fifth, sixth, and ninth grade classes exhibited difficulties with number sense that interfered with understanding and recall of basic math facts. Evidence for the existences of the problem included teacher observation, test scores, and student and teacher surveys. The research participants included 42 children…

The overall purpose of this study is to disclose plausible prerequisites for students' success in mathematics. The assumption is that a number of interactional conditions are important for students' achievement in mathematics. Certainly, there are individual differences with respect to intellectual qualifications. However, this study concentrates…

A weak negative attitude towards learning science was noticed among the students in Qatar, a matter that was reflected on their achievement in national tests. To test if the use of PBL would improve the students' attitudes towards learning science, a sample of 25 nine graders from Hamza school were motivated to plan their own investigations and to…