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Allen, Debra – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed method participatory action research study investigated the relationships of effective teaching strategies and gender based learning environments to pre-adolescent females' self-efficacy of mathematical ability, classroom participatory behaviors, and academic achievement in the area of mathematics. Research-based teaching…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Participatory Research, Action Research, Teaching Methods
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Hughes, Elizabeth M.; Witzel, Bradley S.; Riccomini, Paul J.; Fries, Karen M.; Kanyongo, Gibbs Y. – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2014
The need for global competence in mathematics is apparent. Algebra is considered a gateway course to prepare students for the demands of a competitive global market. Many students demonstrate low performance in algebra; this is especially true for students with disabilities. Effective algebra instruction is essential to increase algebra…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Disabilities, Mathematics Skills
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Brown, Sherri L.; Ronau, Robert R. – School Science and Mathematics, 2012
While participating in single- and mixed-gender science and mathematics classes, ninth-grade urban high school students' (n = 118) academic self-concept, self-efficacy, and school climate perceptions were examined. Their perceptions were measured quantitatively from the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics (modified for Science) Attitude and the Patterns…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Measures (Individuals)
Seitsinger, Anne M.; Barboza, Helen C.; Hird, Anne – 1998
An urban independent middle school grouped its 63 sixth and seventh graders into single-sex mathematics classes (SSMC) to improve girls' achievement in mathematics (AIM) and attitudes toward mathematics (ATM) with no negative impact on boys. Researchers analyzed AIM, ATM, and interactions/instruction. AIM measures included Metropolitan Achievement…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Achievement
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – 1996
The 19 papers presented at Wake Forest University's 1996 Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) are as follows: "Initiating and Facilitating Discourse: An Examination of Methods of Four Secondary English Classrooms" (Stella Katherine Beale); "Cheating: Beliefs and Habits" (William Clark); "English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Cheating, Cognitive Style