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How Do High School Students Get Help on Their Mathematics Homework? A Study of Digital and Non-Digital Resource Use
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van de Sande, Carla; Boggess, May; Hart-Weber, Catherine – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2014
No one is born with all of the answers, and therefore it is not unusual for students of all ages and ability levels to need assistance completing their homework assignments. Traditionally, resources for seeking help on homework included class notes, textbooks, teachers, friends, tutors, and parents. Now, however, the Internet has greatly extended…
Descriptors: High School Students, Homework, Help Seeking, Technology Uses in Education
Testing the "Acting White" Hypothesis: A Popular Explanation Runs out of Empirical Steam
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Wildhagen, Tina – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
According to the "acting White" hypothesis, African American students who do well in school are negatively sanctioned by their peers, leading them to withdraw future academic engagement. No study to date has tested the entire causal process posited by the hypothesis. This article uses the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, nationally…
Descriptors: African American Students, Academic Achievement, White Students, High Achievement
Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 8, Number 4
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Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) The Value of Enhanced Reading Opportunities in High Schools: Report Finds Supplemental Reading Programs Can Improve…
Descriptors: Homework, Advanced Placement, Reading Programs, Academic Achievement
Report of the 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education
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Banilower, Eric R.; Smith, P. Sean; Weiss, Iris R.; Malzahn, Kristen A.; Campbell, Kiira M.; Weis, Aaron M. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2013
The 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education was designed to provide up-to-date information and to identify trends in the areas of teacher background and experience, curriculum and instruction, and the availability and use of instructional resources. A total of 7,752 science and mathematics teachers in schools across the United…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Science Education, Mathematics Education, Teacher Background
Culminating Experience Action Research Projects, Volume 13, Fall 2008
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McAllister, Deborah A., Ed.; Cutcher, Cortney L., Ed. – Online Submission, 2010
As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. Licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience. This course, Education 590 Culminating…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Homework, Creativity, Test Results
Pursuing Rigor at the Middle Level
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Lifvendahl, Scott – Principal Leadership, 2007
In this article, the author discusses AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), a program that enrolls the students who are most frequently marginalized in rigorous classes to prepare them for postsecondary education. The best predictor of success or failure in postsecondary education is the intensity and quality of secondary school…
Descriptors: Secondary School Curriculum, Study Skills, Postsecondary Education, Grade Point Average