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Direct linkWilkerson, Trena L.; Cooper, Susan; Gupta, Dittika; Montgomery, Mark; Mechell, Sara; Arterbury, Kristin; Moore, Sherrie; Baker, Betty Ruth; Sharp, Pat T. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
This study examines the effect varying models have on student understanding of fractions. The study addressed the question of what students know and understand about fractional concepts through the use of discrete and continuous models. A sample of 54 students in kindergarten and 3rd grade were given an interview pretest, participated in…
Descriptors: Investigations, Mathematics, Mathematical Models, Elementary School Mathematics
Keller-Margulis, Milena A.; Shapiro, Edward S.; Hintze, John M. – School Psychology Review, 2008
This study examined the relation between benchmark data and rate of growth across the year for reading, math computation, and math concepts and applications curriculum-based measures, and a statewide and large-scale achievement test. Results showed that reading and math benchmarks were significantly and moderately correlated with performance on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Achievement Tests, Reading Achievement
Download full textLarson, Carol Novillis; Choroszy, Melisa N. – 1985
Described is the mathematics achievement of 391 elementary education majors at the University of Arizona. Students were administered two subtests of the California Achievement Test: the Mathematics Computation Subtest and the Mathematics Concepts and Application Subtest. The CAT was administered in a non-standard manner. Students were allowed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Mathematics, Computation, Education Majors
Solomon, Alan – 1987
A panel of expert referees from the Philadelphia school district categorized items from secondary-level standardized mathematics tests according to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) subobjectives for mathematics. The following tests were covered by the study: (1) California Achievement Tests (Levels 19 and 20); (2) Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Educational Objectives, High Schools, Mathematical Concepts
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1989
This report attempts to discover how students think about and use mathematics in open-ended questions. Part I, "Open-ended Questions in Mathematics," describes the rationale for adding open-ended questions to the grade 12 mathematics test of the California Assessment Program (CAP). Part II describes the findings from students' responses…
Descriptors: High Schools, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Achievement
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
This preschool program offered a highly structured curriculum in which language development was fostered through encouraging verbal responses in a game format context. The curriculum, based on skills and concepts required for success in elementary school, included language arts, reading readiness, mathematical concepts, science, and social…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedPark, Hae-Seong; Bauer, Scott C.; Sullivan, Lisa Melancon – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1998
Examined gender differences in the mathematics performance of high-achieving fourth and sixth graders, noting the effects of ethnicity. Scores from 1996 California Achievement Tests indicated that students in both grades showed significant gender differences. There were no interaction effects of gender by ethnicity. There were inconsistent racial…
Descriptors: Black Students, Computation, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students
McGarvey, Linda J.; And Others – 1989
The construct underlying simple paper-and-pencil logical operations tasks administered to young children in group settings was examined. The logical operations, number concepts, and visual discrimination subtests of the Early School Assessment (ESA) were administered as part of the Fall 1987 national tryout of the ESA. The mathematics concepts and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Construct Validity, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students
