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Fixing California's Budget

years in the absence of current action. Voters rejected higher tax rates and totally new taxes in 2009; all that currently remain...

Elementary Schools, Mathematics Achievement, and Technology

thing that was certain was the fact that simply having computers in a classroom did not mean they would have any effect on student...

Confirming Understanding of Probability

come up on 1 die for the sum of two dice to be 3. As the sides of the dice are numbered from 1 to 6, the die would have...

Middle School Math Teaching

that time is always an issue; there is not enough of it to spend with each student. To meet the state and district standards, she ...

Traditionalism and Constructivism in the Teaching of Math

lack of statistically significant differences between the two models, constructivist and traditionalist, the researcher commented ...

Questions on Math Instruction

the mathematical concepts they are learning in the classroom to life outside the classroom (Montagna, 2005).How often do we hear s...

Eleventh Grade Mathematics Teachers in the State of New York

No Child Left Behind requires that students emerge from classes at increasing levels of proficiency, and the law provides a measur...

Stigler and Hiebert's The Teaching Gap

to them the previous Friday and goes over this one (Stigler and Hiebert, 1999). The teacher explains how to do one of the problems...

Elementary School Mathematics, Science, and the Internet

simply by introducing technology, but rather is contingent on teachers integrating it into the curriculum as a whole. Other litera...

Multiple Intelligences, Behaviorist Approaches, and the Teaching of Math

approaches. For example, the humanist approach focuses on the affective side of learning or the feelings and emotional components ...

Math Lesson Design

of curriculum development model is utilised there is the need to engage the pupil and facilitate their learning as well as allow f...

Cynthia Arem on Anxiety About Math

text is logical and begins with a diagnostic process that aids the reader in determining whether or not he or she truly does suffe...

Music Listening and Its Effects

In ten pages this research paper examines the brain impact of listening to music discussing math and the 'Mozart effect' along wit...

Students with Learning Disabilities and the Teaching of Mathematics

In eight pages this paper discusses how to teach math to students who are learning disabled by such methods as mixed ability, whol...

Action Research and Education

In five pages this essay subdivided into 2 sections considers the merits of action research in a new math class for high school st...

Elementary Schools' Innovative Programs

In five pages this research paper discusses program innovations for American schools that assist reading, science, and math educat...

Math Anxiety, Understanding the Fear of Mathematics

significantly with mathematics achievement (Pajares & Miller, 1994), mathematics aptitude (Cooper & Robinson, 1991), and grades in...

The Mathematical Contributions of Aristotle

In a paper that consists of five pages Aristotle's legendary math contributions are celebrated in terms of analysis, syllogism, an...

4 Topics Summarized

In six pages four topics are discussed and include learning disabilities and educational interventions, psychological and educatio...

Connection Between Music and Math

In seven pages this paper considers several programs in an analysis of the relationship that exists between higher scores in math ...

Importance of Mathematics and Statistics in Business

The mode calculates the statistic that occurs the most often, and therefore can be considered the most representative number. If w...

Autobiographical Account of 'Math Anxiety'

was of number 1 to 100. I copied the full chart and was extremely embarrassed when I was a great deal slower than the rest of the ...

Math Assessment, Authentic Assessment Programs, and Inconsistencies

that the focus on academic test scores takes away from the overall intended purpose of the schools within society. Rothstein (2000...

Cohen's Equal Exchange Model and Teaching Math

many variables and a high level of research may be required. This may be at different levels as well as for different reference to...

Inclusive Settings and Students of Low Academic Achievement

order to determine which students were at risk for being special education students. Those at the 34th percentile or lower were c...

Shortcomings of Math and Science Textbooks

science texts were found to be unsatisfactory with little potential for helping students learn important ideas and skills(Stern, R...

Learning Disabled Students and Mathematics

mathematics is strictly needed. By conducting such a study it was shown that learning-disabled students can indeed be taught such...

Memo on Qualitative Study Design

In six pages this paper examines better approaches to teaching math to students who are learning disabled in this qualitative stud...

Mathematics Teacher and Student Inspiration Jaime Escalante

High School, Tito Melean (Jagodzinski, 2001, p. 232). This teacher was in the habit of carrying around a long, thick, bone from th...

High School Students with Disabilities and Math Software

In five pages this paper discusses how for high school pupils who are disabled math software could improve word problem solving wi...