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Mari Altshuler – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation explores the mathematics identities of early elementary school students. Throughout school, many students come to believe that mathematics is not for them or is not a part of who they are or want to be. Previous research has revealed mechanisms that lead to negative relationships with mathematics for middle grade students and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Student Attitudes, Self Concept, Mathematics Instruction
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Wang, Min; Walkington, Candace; Rouse, Amy – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2022
The purpose of this meta-analysis is to examine the effect of problem-posing on students' mathematical academic outcomes, including problem-solving skills, problem-posing skills, mathematical dispositions, and mathematics achievement. Twenty-one studies that were published between 1990 and 2019 with problem-posing as the intervention were included…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Intervention
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Kotaman, Hüseyin; Aslan, Mustafa – Educational Psychology, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the motivation type preferences of students in kindergartens and second, fourth, sixth, and eighth grades and the underlying reasons thereof after successfully completing a mathematics task. The students in the study solved an easy mathematics question. After they solved the problem, they were presented with…
Descriptors: Preferences, Student Attitudes, Motivation Techniques, Student Motivation
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Metzger, Shari R.; Sonnenschein, Susan; Galindo, Claudia – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Integrating multiple theoretical frameworks, the authors examined rising first- to fourth-grade students' mathematics utility conceptions--their knowledge and beliefs about the usefulness of mathematics, home-based mathematics engagement, and grade-level differences in mathematics utility conceptions and home engagement. Most children viewed…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Value Judgment, Instructional Program Divisions
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Min, Kathryn; Siegel, Christine – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2011
The proposed paper reports on the results of a study conducted to explore the influence of SMART Board technology on student engagement in and perception of classroom activities. Using momentary time-sampling procedures, this study examined differences in second grade students' on-task and off-task behaviors during 30-minute math and science…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Technology Integration, Instructional Effectiveness, Learner Engagement