In the context of the critical role of self-efficacy in educational achievement, this present research examined students' and teachers' efficacy in use of learning strategies in mathematics, and the relationship with achievement. The second phase of a multi-method doctoral study, ninety-two students and ten teachers from a diverse secondary school…

"C[squared] = Creative Coordinates" is an engaging group of tasks that fosters the integration of mathematics and art to create meaningful understanding. The project lets students illustrate of find an image, then plot points to map their design on a grid. The project usually takes about a week to complete. When it is finished, students who are…

This review of literature on progress monitoring was designed to examine the full array of curriculum-based measures (CBMs) in mathematics for students from preschool to secondary schools. We organized the article around two primary concerns: the approach used to develop the measures (curriculum sampling or robust indicators) and the type of…

Solutions to systems of linear equations with coefficients related to each other by an arithmetic progression are discussed. (SD)

The author illustrates many problems in which drawing graphs of functions involving absolute values assists in the solution of algebraic equations and inequalities. (SD)

A short story is presented which uses as its characters rational and irrational numbers and numbers involving fractional exponents. (DT)

What happens in the limiting cases of a parabola when the distance between the focus and directrix approaches zero and when the distance approaches infinity is discussed. (LS)

Four games are described which are intended to help train secondary school students to make valid deductions and to broaden their understanding of certain mathematical structures. (DT)