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An Analysis of Secondary Mathematics Textbooks with Regard to Technology Integration
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Sherman, Milan F.; Cayton, Charity; Walkington, Candace; Funsch, Alexandra – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2020
Research has demonstrated that textbooks exert a considerable influence on students' learning opportunities and that technology has the potential to transform mathematics instruction. This brief report provides a systematic analysis of how technology tasks are integrated into secondary mathematics curricula by analyzing a sample of 20 textbooks.…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Textbooks, Technology Integration, Calculators
Investigating the Relationship between STEM Learning Principles and Student Achievement in Math and Science
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Hansen, Michael; Gonzalez, Thomas – American Journal of Education, 2014
Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) advocates commonly emphasize an interdisciplinary, authentic, project-based, and technology-based approach to learning, though the strength of prior research varies. This study examines the association between a range of classroom activities and academic performance gains in math and science. Using…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Correlation
Mathematics Curriculum Study. A Report of the Mathematics Curriculum Study Committee to the North Carolina State Board of Education.
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North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1983
A committee composed of students, parents, teachers, administrators, college/university persons, and representatives from business and industry carefully studied the mathematics curriculum in North Carolina public schools and formulated the recommendations contained in this report. It contains ideas, suggestions, and information resulting from…
Descriptors: Calculators, Computers, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
The State of Mathematics Achievement in North Carolina: The Trial State Assessment at Grade Eight.
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National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments (37 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculators, Educational Assessment, Family Environment
NAEP 1992 Mathematics State Report for North Carolina. The Trial State Assessment Program.
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National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1993
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment which, for the first time in the NAEP's history, made voluntary state-by-state assessments. This 1992 mathematics report marks the first attempt of the National Center for Education Statistics to shift to standards-based reporting of National…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculators, Elementary Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
Studies in Teaching: 2007 Research Digest. Research Projects Presented at Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, December 12, 2007)
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McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2007
These Proceedings document an educational research forum held at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) on December 12, 2007. Table of contents and 23 research studies of high school teaching are included. Each paper contains a literature review, methodology, results, conclusions, and references. Studies include: (1) Cultural…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Cultural Awareness, Spanish, Second Language Learning