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Direct linkElizabeth Pursell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Cognitive development of eighth-grade students, as identified by Jean Piaget, occurs during a time when many of them are transitioning between concrete operations and formal operations where the ability to think in abstract concepts becomes possible. Because of this period of transition, many eighth-grade students find difficulty in demonstrating…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Units of Study, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Xin Li – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Evidence has suggested that preschool and kindergarten experiences affect the cognitive and social-emotion development of language-minority students (LMS). This quantitative study aims to illustrate the LMS' preschool and kindergarten experience by investigating the preschool and kindergarten experience, family environment, and school environment.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Language Minorities, Student Experience
Kenton de Kirby – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation targets young students' developing knowledge relevant to a fundamental practice in academic mathematics: the use of diagrams to represent idealized mathematical objects whose properties are established by definition (as in the use of drawn dots to represent zero-dimensional points and drawn lines to represent one-dimensional…
Descriptors: Definitions, Geometry, Problem Solving, Visual Aids
Radin, Benjamin Theodore – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between the type of school-to-home communication (regularly sent, structured emails versus ad hoc emails), the originator of these emails (teacher or student), and Parental Involvement (PI) as measured according to the frequency of email contact and distribution of student and parent emails…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Parent Participation, Middle School Students, Grade 8
Wright, Johnnie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Social promotion is defined as the practice of allowing students who failed to meet performance standards and academic requirements the opportunity to pass on to the next grade with their peers. Although the A+ Educational Reform Act abolished the use of the practice, social promotion continues to occur in numerous school districts across one…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Student Placement, Academic Failure
Kim-O, Mee-Ae Mia – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Mathematics is an increasingly important aspect of education because of its central role in technology (Kuenzi, 2008). Mathematical achievement tests are universally applied throughout schooling in the US to assess yearly progress. The middle school years (e.g., Grade 6-Grade 8) are especially crucial to success in mathematics because students…
Descriptors: Test Items, Difficulty Level, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests
