Descriptor
| Grade 7 | 6 |
| Junior High Schools | 6 |
| Foreign Countries | 5 |
| Mathematics Instruction | 3 |
| Cognitive Processes | 2 |
| Grade 8 | 2 |
| Mathematics Achievement | 2 |
| Teaching Methods | 2 |
| Achievement Need | 1 |
| Addition | 1 |
| Adventure Education | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| Carlson, Jerry | 1 |
| Ethington, Corinna A. | 1 |
| Iida, Minoru | 1 |
| Machida, Kenichi | 1 |
| Mayer, Richard E. | 1 |
| Sekiguchi, Yasuhiro | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
Education Level
| Junior High Schools | 1 |
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
| Japan | 6 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedMachida, Kenichi; Carlson, Jerry – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
The effects of verbal mnemonics on mathematics achievement were investigated using 100 Japanese seventh graders. All students received 10 weeks of mathematics instruction, but the experimental subjects were taught with the aid of verbal rhymes. Significant differences favoring experimental subjects were found on both the immediate and delayed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
Download full textEthington, Corinna A. – 1988
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether gender accounts for student differences in performance and achievement in mathematics. Data for the study were drawn from the Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS) of seventh and eighth grade students from Japan, Belgium, Canada (British Columbia and Ontario), France, the United States,…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Grade 7
Sekiguchi, Yasuhiro – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This study is to explore the potential of Fauconnier's mental space theory in understanding the teaching and learning processes of mathematics. Notions from cognitive linguistics have been introduced to research in mathematics education recently, but there have been little studies about what potential the framework of mental space has in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Learning Processes, Grade 7, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. – 1995
This teaching unit celebrates the 15th anniversary of the twinning of the prefecture of Hokkaido (Japan) and the province of Alberta (Canada) by providing students opportunities to learn more about the two areas and their relationships. Coordinated to address objectives in the grade 7 program of studies on cultural transition, the activities…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Exchange, Culture
Iida, Minoru; And Others – 1984
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of self-concept and anxiety in Japanese early adolescents who participated in an eight-day adventure camp, conducted in 1982 and 1983. The study used 155 sixth- through eighth-grade volunteers, ages 11 to 14. The paper describes the camp program and training for the main activity, a three-day…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adventure Education, Camping, Grade 6
Peer reviewedMayer, Richard E.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1995
This brief report compares the lessons on addition and subtraction of signed whole numbers in three seventh-grade Japanese mathematics texts and four U.S. mathematics texts. Japanese books contained many more worked-out examples and relevant illustrations, while U.S. books had more irrelevant illustrations and unsolved problems. (SLD)
Descriptors: Addition, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 7
