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Moving Up! Or Down? Mathematics Anxiety in the Transition from Elementary School to Junior High
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Klee, Holly L.; Miller, Angela D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
Mathematics anxiety negatively impacts cognitive processing, performance, expectations, motivation, and future choices. However, research has not examined patterns in students' mathematics anxiety levels over time. The current study addresses this gap by exploring group-based trajectories in mathematics anxiety during the transition to junior high…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Student Adjustment, Junior High School Students, Elementary School Students
Navigating Multiple Worlds in the Twenty-First Century: Authoring and Editing the Story of One Japanese Kid
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Damrow, Amy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Since the middle of the twentieth century waves of immigration have increased heterogeneity in American classrooms and contributed to new challenges and problems for both teachers and learners. These trends in the United States are, in fact, part of a global phenomenon of large-scale movement of people (Garcia Coll & Marks, 2009;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Communities of Practice
A DEMONSTRATION STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GIVING HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON HIGH-POTENTIAL LOW-ACHIEVING STUDENTS.
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PETERSON, JOHN F.
INFORMATION ON THE BACKGROUND AND ATTITUDES OF AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 191 HIGH-POTENTIAL, LOW-ACHIEVING 10TH-GRADE STUDENTS WAS SUPPLIED TO THEIR TEACHERS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF THIS INFORMATION ON THE STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE. TEACHERS OF STUDENTS (114) IN A QUASI-CONTROL GROUP WERE INFORMED THAT THEIR PUPILS HAD TESTED AS UNDERACHIEVERS, BUT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Control Groups, Educational Research, Experimental Groups