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Direct linkSuurtam, Christine – Mathematics Teacher, 2012
"Reasoning and sense making should occur in every classroom every day," states "Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making" (NCTM 2009, p. 5). As this book suggests, reasoning can take many forms, including explorations and conjectures as well as explanations and justifications of student thinking. Sense making, on the other…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Grade 7, Mathematics Teachers, Thinking Skills
Download full textGreenberger, Ellen; Entwisle, Doris R. – 1968
The introduction reviews a number of findings and problems in the measurement of achievement motivation and raises some questions concerning the possible friction between motivation to achieve and curiosity. Subjects for the two pilot studies es were ninth graders of average (95-113) and high IQ (128 +) from a predominantly upper middle-class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Curiosity, Grade 9
Merkel-Keller, Claudia – 1977
This study was undertaken: (1) to determine achievement in mathematics of ninth graders (general mathematics students and algebra students) in eight public schools in New Jersey as measured by an achievement test developed and tested by the author; (2) to determine attitudes toward mathematics of the students as measured by an attitude scale…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Psychology, Educational Research, Expectation
REICHMAN, WALTER – 1966
EVIDENCE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF PRESUMED VOCATIONAL MATURITY FACTOR SCORES WAS OBTAINED BY STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACTORS OF VOCATIONAL MATURITY AND A GROUP OF CONCURRENT VARIABLES DEEMED RELEVANT TO VOCATIONAL MATURITY. THESE VARIABLES WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FIVE GROUPS--FAMILY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENT,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Career Development, Factor Analysis
Thomas, Shailer – 1964
This paper has two purposes: (1) to describe the general characteristics of a research project on which this is one part; and (2) to report an experimental attempt at improving academi c performance of low achieving ninth grade students through self concept enhancement (Experiment B). Briefly discussed are the experiments and the research design…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Experiments
Centre for Research and Consultation, Winnipeg (Manitoba). – 1983
The evaluation of Manitoba's French immersion programs for grades 6 and 9, undertaken as part of a policy formation process, compares students' achievement in English language skills and mathematics to the national norm and within immersion groups in those grades. Achievement in French and French language proficiency are also compared within…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
