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Emotion and Disaffection with School Mathematics
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Lewis, Gareth – Research in Mathematics Education, 2013
This paper reports some initial findings from research designed to understand more deeply the motivational and emotional landscape of disaffection with school mathematics. A context is described in which there has been significant concern expressed about a number of aspects of mathematics education, but where affect is seen as salient to these…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Student Motivation, Emotional Response, Phenomenology
Science Education Reform in Qatar: Progress and Challenges
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Said, Ziad – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
Science education reform in Qatar has had limited success. In the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS), Qatari 4th and 8th grade students have shown progress in science achievement, but they remain significantly below the international average. Also, in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), Qatari…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Change, Problem Based Learning, Questionnaires
East Meets West: What Americans and Hong Kong People Think about Technology
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Volk, Kenneth S.; Dugger, William E., Jr. – Journal of Technology Education, 2005
A few years ago, Rose and Dugger (2002) published the results of a public opinion poll on "What Americans Think about Technology." Sponsored by the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) and conducted by the Gallup Organization, this ITEA/Gallup poll revealed many things about the public's understanding and attitudes about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Opinion, Technological Literacy, Computer Attitudes