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Download full textZhou, Lili; Suazo Flores, Elizabeth; Sapkota, Bima; Newton, Jill – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2021
People often view mathematics as abstract, cold, and irrelevant to real-life, and their school experiences influence such views. In this case study, we investigated the mathematics learning experiences of two women who participated in an afterschool girls STEM club 26 years ago. We explored their experiences in and out of school and how such…
Descriptors: Relevance (Education), Clubs, After School Programs, STEM Education
Boyce, Steven J.; Wilkins, Jesse L. M.; MacDonald, Beth Loveday – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2011
An interview with a sixth-grade student illustrates how her number sense and understanding of variability relate to her ability and proclivity to apply a frequentist (statistical) approach to probability tasks. A general suggestion for teaching about mathematics of uncertainty through the gradual strengthening of estimation, as per the historical…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Probability
Pickworth, Margo – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
In an action research project, young male students from Sydney, Australia and Richmond, USA contributed to a collaborative writing blog. Both groups of students shared the same text with their class teachers, while using the medium of collaborative blogging, a process which was facilitated and managed by the teacher-librarian. Data was gathered…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Action Research, Collaborative Writing
Estes, Thomas H.; And Others – 1989
This study was conducted to determine how well the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) correctly identifies children who are experiencing reading difficulties and to describe more precisely the characteristics of children who have been identified as poor readers so that program planners can design more effective remedial instruction. The DRP and…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Grade 6, Informal Reading Inventories, Middle Schools
Byrd-Smith, LaVerne – 1989
One population at risk of academic failure comprises students who are of average ability, but who score significantly higher in nonverbal aptitude than verbal aptitude. Careful identification and instructional intervention can help these students to perform better. The findings of two studies are presented. The first study was conducted in 1964…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Grade 6
Dzama, Mary Ann – 1989
The Virginia Reading to Learn Project is a state-wide project designed to help content area teachers at the middle school and secondary school levels teach their students how to comprehend their content area textbooks. Teachers learn instructional strategies and techniques within the framework of the total reading process incorporating reading,…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Demonstration Programs, Grade 6, Inservice Teacher Education
