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Faulkner, Valerie N.; Stiff, Lee V.; Marshall, Patricia L.; Nietfeld, John; Crossland, Cathy L. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2014
This study is a longitudinal look at the different mathematics placement profiles of Black students and White students from late elementary school through 8th grade. Results revealed that Black students had reduced odds of being placed in algebra by the time they entered 8th grade even after controlling for performance in mathematics. An important…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Placement, Race, Elementary School Mathematics
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Van Dooren, Wim; De Bock, Dirk; Janssens, Dirk; Verschaffel, Lieven – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2008
The overreliance on linear methods in students' reasoning and problem solving has been documented and discussed by several scholars in the field. So far, however, there have been no attempts to assemble the evidence and to analyze it is a systematic way. This article provides an overview and a conceptual analysis of students' tendency to use…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic, Problem Solving, Mathematical Concepts