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Chen, Jinsong – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study evaluated the relationships between classroom practices and mathematics motivation. The evaluation was given in a specific context, namely eighth grade in U.S. middle schools. Using quantitative methods, the study adopted data from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007 and compared classroom practices…
Descriptors: Evidence, Middle Schools, Incentives, Achievement
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Wiseman, Angela M. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2009
Despite the fact that adolescents benefit from caring adults that participate in their child's education, involvement of families decreases incrementally as students progress to higher grades. Through conversations and observations with students, I have examined how students' perceive these points within a poetry program that was developed for…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Adolescents