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Preston, Angela Irene – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Over the last two decades, students in Singapore consistently scored above students from other nations on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS; Provasnik et al., 2012). In contrast, students in the United States have not performed as well on international and national mathematics assessments and students with…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, At Risk Students
Jackson, Arthur Wesley – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Less than 50% of students from an inner-city high school in a southeastern US state who took the GATEWAY mathematics exam (2001-2007) earned a passing score on the first attempt, prompting teachers at the school to begin a summer intervention program based on Bandura's Self Efficacy Theory, to help them succeed on a subsequent reexamination. The…
Descriptors: Evidence, Direct Instruction, Intervention, Teacher Collaboration