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Direct linkWieselmann, Jeanna R.; Roehrig, Gillian H.; Kim, Justine N. – School Science and Mathematics, 2020
With ongoing underrepresentation of women in STEM fields, it is necessary to explore ways to maintain girls' STEM interest throughout elementary and middle school. This study is situated within the context of Designs in STEM (pseudonym), an out-of-school program that engages urban youth in authentic STEM experiences. Participants were 30 girls…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Elementary School Students, Females, Student Attitudes
Alderton, Julie – Gender and Education, 2020
This article explores one female student teacher's experiences of learning to teach mathematics. Data included weekly emails and an interview through which Kelly expressed her struggle to be recognised as mathematical and to be heard in pedagogical relationships within a subject that is discursively aligned with masculinity. Analysis drew on…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Females
Download full textDavidson, Samone; Askew, Mike – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
This paper is located within the research into encouraging learners to reason mathematically and become engaged with concepts rather than just procedures. It reports on a research in progress examining two techniques to be used at the beginning of a sequence of lessons in order to elicit students' prior knowledge and understanding of topics about…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Teaching Methods
Mishal, Adina; Patkin, Dorit – Teacher Development, 2016
The present study aimed to explore the contribution of a mathematics in-service training course to elementary school teachers (1st-6th grades) in Israel. The study was conducted among 449 educators. They were required to respond to background questions. Moreover, they were asked to indicate their expectations from the in-service training course…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Instruction
Mousavi, Shima; Radmehr, Farzad; Alamolhodaei, Hasan – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2012
Introduction: The main objective of this study is (a) to investigate whether cognitive styles and working memory capacity could predict mathematical performance and which variable is relatively most important in predicting mathematical performance and b) to explore whether cognitive styles and working memory capacity could predict mathematical…
Descriptors: Homework, Cognitive Style, Short Term Memory, Role
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
Shapka, Jennifer D.; Keating, Daniel P. – American Educational Research Journal, 2003
This article investigates the benefits of girls-only classroom instruction in math and science during Grades 9 and 10, in the context of a public coeducational high school. It is based on a longitudinal investigation with 786 participants: 85 girls in all-girl classes, and 319 girls and 382 boys in a regular coeducational program. Preexisting…
Descriptors: Psychological Characteristics, Intervention, Females, Science Achievement
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction
