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Download full textMacKay, Irene Douglas – 1975
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between a student's confidence in his computational procedures for each of the four basic arithmetic operations and the student's achievement on computation problems. All of the students in grades 5 through 8 in one school system (a total of 6186 students) were given a questionnaire to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Algorithms, Computation
PDF pending restorationRobitaille, David F. – 1976
Boys' and girls' achievement in arithmetic computation was compared with their feelings of self-confidence in performing computations. A total of 2654 girls and 2786 boys from grades 5 through 8 in one school system participated. Each student was given a test to assess the degree of self-confidence in methods of performing the four basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Algorithms, Computation
Feghali, Issa – 1976
A previous study had confirmed that a substantial number of low achievers in grades 5 through 8 had high algorithmic confidence in each of the four arithmetic operations with whole numbers. The purpose of the present study was to follow up the results through interviewing low achievement-high confidence students in order to ascertain if they…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Algorithms, Computation
Wiles, Clyde – 1976
Two questions were investigated in this study: (1) How did the computational proficiency of sixth graders who had one year's experience with Developing Mathematical Processes (DMP) materials compare with an equivalent group of students who used the usual textbook program; and (2) What occurs when sixth graders study algorithms as sequences of rule…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algorithms, Basic Skills, Computation
Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1994
Effects of previous training and experience in peer tutoring on student interactions were studied for 16 elementary school classes. Student dyads with experience and training in peer tutoring provided more interactional explanations and incorporated sounder instructional principles. In both situations, student explanations tended to be algorithmic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algorithms, Concept Teaching, Context Effect
Anderson, Lorin W.; And Others – 1978
Clinchy and Rosenthal's error classification scheme was applied to test results to determine its ability to differentiate the effectiveness of instruction in two elementary schools. Mathematics retention tests matching the instructional objectives of both schools were constructed to measure the understanding of arithmetic concepts and the ability…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algorithms, Computation, Elementary Education
