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Effectiveness of Computer Animation and Geometrical Instructional Model on Mathematics Achievement and Retention among Junior Secondary School Students
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Gambari, A. I.; Falode, C. O.; Adegbenro, D. A. – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2014
This study investigated the effectiveness of computer animation and geometry instructional model on mathematics achievement and retention on Junior Secondary School Students in Minna, Nigeria. It also examined the influence of gender on students' achievement and retention. The research was a pre-test post-test experimental and control group…
Descriptors: Animation, Geometry, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
"She's Always Been the Smart One. I've Always Been the Dumb One": Identities in the Mathematics Classroom
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Bishop, Jessica Pierson – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2012
The moment-to-moment dynamics of student discourse plays a large role in students' enacted mathematics identities. Discourse analysis was used to describe meaningful discursive patterns in the interactions of 2 students in a 7th-grade, technology-based, curricular unit (SimCalc MathWorlds[R]) and to show how mathematics identities are enacted at…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Identification (Psychology), Mathematics Instruction, Interaction
Sustainable Student Retention and Gender Issues in Mathematics for ICT Study
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Divjak, Blazenka; Ostroski, Mirela; Hains, Violeta Vidacek – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2010
This article reports on the research whose specific objective is to improve student retention in mathematics included in the first-year ICT study programme by means of improving teaching methods, with an emphasis on gender issues. Two principal reasons for this research are, first, the fact that first-year mathematics courses are often viewed as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Context, Gender Issues, Gender Differences
The Effects of Guided Discussion on Math Anxiety Levels, Course Performance, and Retention in a College Algebra Internet Class
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Emig, Christa – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The study sought to test the hypotheses that effective, guided discussions that facilitate meaningful dialogue about math anxiety would reduce levels of math anxiety in college algebra students, and would enhance course performance and course retention at a large community college in South Texas. The study was quantitative with a qualitative…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Anxiety, Effect Size
A Predictor-Corrector Process with Refinement for First-Year Calculus Transition Support
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Turner, Peter R. – PRIMUS, 2008
In this article we discuss an approach to the critical problem of student retention and the high school-college transition. The context of the discussion is centered on science and engineering students for whom calculus in the first year in college is an essential requirement for on-time graduation. This transition/retention problem has become…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Diagnostic Tests, Calculus, Academic Persistence
WWW.Raising Achievement: Internet Research Resources on Raising Achievement in Post-Compulsory Education. The Agency Comments.
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Sawbridge, Stephen J. – 2001
This document is intended to help practitioners and researchers in the United Kingdom find and use Internet-based research resources dealing with raising achievement. The introduction discusses the state of research into school effectiveness in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Part A, which reviews available World Wide Web sites devoted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adoption (Ideas), Basic Skills