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Bright, George W. – NCTM Yearbook, 1978
Assessment data on student achievement are analyzed to trace performance on some computational skills, with areas of needed improvement identified. (MN)
Descriptors: Achievement, Algorithms, Basic Skills, Computation
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
