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Download full textBernero, Jacqueline – 2000
In many elementary classrooms, math tends to be individualized work with repetitive paper-and-pencil assignments. This research project attempted to generate more interest in math, reduce math anxiety, and make math more enjoyable for students. Through the use of cooperative learning, students practiced and developed social skills needed to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction
Blessman, Jennifer; Myszczak, Beverly – 2001
This action research project describes a program for improving student comprehension of mathematical vocabulary. The targeted population consisted of two classes of fifth grade students from two elementary schools located in the suburbs of a large metropolitan area in Illinois. The problem of poor mathematical vocabulary was documented through…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Troutman, James G. – 1978
The basic question considered in this research practicum was did female students' participation in a special six-week mathematics clinic significantly reduce anxiety towards mathematics. Seventeen female participants completed both a pre and post Aiken-Dreger Math Attitude Scale. A t-test was used to compare the mean pretest and mean posttest…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Females
Burnett, Sara Jane; Wichman, Ann Marie – 1997
This paper describes a program for minimizing students' inability to relate present day school mathematics to real-world experiences, including the high-tech communities around them. The targeted population consisted of second grade elementary students in a growing middle class community located in a suburb of a large metropolitan area in the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Childrens Literature, Grade 2, Instructional Effectiveness
Calvert, Elyse L. – 1981
A study involving 441 students enrolled in pre-calculus mathematics courses at Black Hawk College, Illinois, during Spring 1981 was conducted to measure the correlation between the level of students' math anxiety and four independent variables: sex, age, math background (as measured by the highest level of math course previously completed), and…
Descriptors: Age, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Correlation
Gerig, Denise L. – 1988
The purpose of this study was to review the research on sex-related differences in mathematics achievement to determine the extent of the inequalities and the factors which cause them. The first section concentrates on differences in mathematics achievement between males and females. The second section describes the sex differences in mathematics…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
