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Miele, Anthony M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine how the study of number theory might affect high school students' metacognitive functioning, mathematical curiosity, and/or attitudes towards mathematics. The study utilized questionnaire and/or interview responses of seven high school students from New York City and 33 high school students from Dalian,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics, Questionnaires
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Zacharos, Konstantinos; Antonopoulos, Konstantinos; Ravanis, Konstantinos – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
In this study we attempted to highlight the pedagogical role of activities to familiarize pre-schoolers with the measurement processes of container capacity. The sample of the study consisted of 20 subjects aged five-six, all coming from two Greek state kindergartens of the same area, bearing the same middle socioeconomic background. The research…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Intervention, Socioeconomic Background, Mathematics Activities
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Ng, Sik Hung; Pipe, Margaret-Ellen; Beath, Bruce; Holton, Derek – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1999
Examines how the wording of statistical problems affects 11-12 year old children's answers. Ninety-six children were given statistical problems on two statistical concepts (base-rate and the law of large numbers). Indicates that the children had a high level of statistical intuition and knew when to reason statistically. (CMK)
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades