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Effect of Digital Portfolio Assessment on Mathematics Attitudes and Self-Perceptions of Sixth- through Eighth-Grade Students
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Reynolds, Betty Gulin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent digital portfolios would affect mathematics achievement, attitudes, and self-perceptions of themselves as mathematics learners of sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students. The study analyzed the effect of digital portfolios on the students' performance on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Attitudes, Portfolio Assessment, Measures (Individuals)
Computer-Assisted Instruction Credited with Raising Low Math Scores.
DelForge, Clarence; Bloeser, Alfred E. – 1977
Low scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills Mathematics Sub-Test went up considerably among students who made daily use of Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) at the Log Cabin Elementary School in Jackson County, North Carolina. Students who were in the lower 45% of a class in mathematics achievement were scheduled for daily ten-minute exposure to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
Math on the Fast Track
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Howe, Quincy – Educational Horizons, 2006
In this article, the author relates how a math-assessment software has allowed his school to track the academic progress of its students. The author relates that in the first year that the software was deployed, schoolwide averages in terms of national standing on the math ITBS rose from the 42nd to 59th percentile. In addition, a significant…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement