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Lo, Ya-yu; Kretlow, Allison G. – Educational Research Service, 2008
This "Focus On" describes instructional strategies that are effective for students with disabilities and that have also been shown to be effective in raising the achievement outcomes of underachieving students without identified disabilities. The authors first describe the challenging characteristics of underachieving students and discuss some of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Educational Research, Underachievement
Johnson, H. Dean; Evans, Marc A. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2008
Understanding the concept of the sampling distribution of a statistic is essential for the understanding of inferential procedures. Unfortunately, this topic proves to be a stumbling block for students in introductory statistics classes. In efforts to aid students in their understanding of this concept, alternatives to a lecture-based mode of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Intervals, Computer Software, Sampling
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Craighead, Robert L., Jr.; Fleck, Cynthia – Primus, 1997
Presents an experiment to design a precalculus topic that would help prepare students for limits in differential calculus. Emphasizes the topic to enhance the interpretation of graphs and to be applicable in both technology-based and traditional precalculus courses. Uses graphing calculators to help students observe the results of their…
Descriptors: Calculus, Educational Technology, Functions (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators