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Zmood, Simone – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
Recent research suggests some teachers may not have a wide range of teaching and learning strategies for their most proficient mathematics students, which could impact on these students' learning and ongoing improvement in performance. This paper outlines the different drivers of high achievement and explores the main curriculum differentiation…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Curriculum Development, Individualized Instruction, High Achievement
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Konstantinou-Katzi, Panagiota; Tsolaki, Eleni; Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria; Koutselini, Mary – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2013
Diversity and differentiation within our classrooms, at all levels of education, is nowadays a fact. It has been one of the biggest challenges for educators to respond to the needs of all students in such a mixed-ability classroom. Teachers' inability to deal with students with different levels of readiness in a different way leads to school…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Individualized Instruction, Calculus
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Forgasz, Helen – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2010
"Streaming" for mathematics remains a contentious issue and particular forms of the practice have been considered inequitable. In the study reported here, the focus was on the extent to which streaming is used for mathematics at years 7-10 in Victorian secondary schools. Also of interest were the forms of streaming adopted and the…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods
Ellis, Daniel K.; Ellis, Kerry A.; Huemann, Linda J.; Stolarik, Elizabeth A. – Online Submission, 2007
Varied academic ability is a problem across the country and is the focus of this action research project report. The four teacher researchers were searching for way to reach all learners with their mathematics instruction. The purpose of the research was to increase mathematical performance in a varied ability math classroom. To address varied…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Cognitive Style, Action Research, Academic Achievement
Cohen, James A. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a two-year mathematics laboratory program for ninth-grade low achievers. The laboratory program was designed to raise the mathematics skills of a selected group of low-achieving ninth graders at Washington High School, a rural urban school in the South Bend Community School Corporation, South…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Grade 9