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Using Propensity Scores to Reduce Selection Bias in Mathematics Education Research
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Graham, Suzanne E. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2010
Selection bias is a problem for mathematics education researchers interested in using observational rather than experimental data to make causal inferences about the effects of different instructional methods in mathematics on student outcomes. Propensity score methods represent 1 approach to dealing with such selection bias. This article…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Inferences, Mathematics Instruction
A Process Model of Mathematics Achievement and Attitude.
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Reynolds, Arthur J.; Walberg, Herbert J. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1992
Tested a structural model of mathematics achievement and attitude with a probability sample of 3,116 adolescents from the Longitudinal Study of American Youth. Concluded that prior achievement and home environment influenced subsequent achievement most powerfully and that previous attitude had the most powerful influence on subsequent attitude.…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Classroom Environment, Family Environment, Family Influence