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Van Harpen, Xianwei Y.; Presmeg, Norma C. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
The importance of students' problem-posing abilities in mathematics has been emphasized in the K-12 curricula in the USA and China. There are claims that problem-posing activities are helpful in developing creative approaches to mathematics. At the same time, there are also claims that students' mathematical content knowledge could be highly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Mathematics Instruction, Investigations
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Ni, Yujing; Li, Qiong; Li, Xiaoqing; Zhang, Zhong-Hua – International Journal of Educational Research, 2011
This study investigated curriculum influences on student mathematics achievement by following two groups of students from fifth to sixth grade that were taught either the reformed curriculum or the conventional curriculum. Analyses with three-level modeling were conducted to examine learning outcomes of the students who were assessed three times…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Mathematics Achievement, Problem Solving, Affective Measures
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Zhang, Hongjing; Chang, Kyle; Zhang, Fan; Greenberger, Ellen; Chen, Chuansheng – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
Few studies have compared urban and rural adolescents' mental health problems, especially in developing countries. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mental health problems and coping styles of adolescents in urban and rural areas in China. A total of 927 urban and rural high school students in Shandong Province of China were…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Adolescents, Coping, Urban Areas