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M. A. Clements, Editor; Berinderjeet Kaur, Editor; Thomas Lowrie, Editor; Vilma Mesa, Editor; Johan Prytz, Editor – Springer, 2024
This fourth international handbook discusses developments not recognized or dealt with fully in the first three Springer Mathematics Education handbooks and tackles controversial issues in the field. After starting with a provocative introductory chapter which asks whether controversy is a healthy feature of international mathematics education,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Equal Education, Social Justice
Humphrey, Stephen E., Ed.; LeBreton, James M., Ed. – APA Books, 2019
Organizational relationships are complex. Employees do their work as individuals, but also as members of larger teams. They exist within various social networks, both within and spanning organizations. Multilevel theory is at the core of the organizational sciences, and unpacking multilevel relationships is fundamental to the challenges faced…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Theories, Institutional Research, Social Networks
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Xu, Binyan, Ed.; Zhu, Yan, Ed.; Lu, Xiaoli, Ed. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2021
This book seeks to illustrate the research on mathematics competencies and disposition in China according to the conceptual development and empirical investigation perspective. Mathematics education in China has a distinguishing feature a focus of attention to mathematical competency. Paradoxically, there has not been an explicit, refined, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Evaluation Methods
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Railean, Elena, Ed.; Alev Elçi, Ed.; Elçi, Atilla, Ed. – IGI Global, 2017
Metacognition plays an important role in numerous aspects of higher educational learning strategies. When properly integrated in the educational system, schools are better equipped to build more efficient and successful learning strategies for students in higher education. "Metacognition and Successful Learning Strategies in Higher…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Higher Education, Sustainability
Adler, Jill, Ed.; Sfard, Anna, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2016
"Research for Educational Change" presents ways in which educational research can fulfil its commitments to educational practice. Focussing its discussion within the context of mathematics education, it argues that while research-generated insights can have beneficial effects on learning and teaching, the question of how these effects…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Research, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Slaughter-Defoe, Diana T., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
Urban education is an interdisciplinary field, characterized by introducing many perspectives to research pertaining to educational policy and to the practice of educating youth whose lives unfold in densely populated urban metropolitan areas. This book celebrates Constance Clayton's eleven-year tenure as superintendent of the School District of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Urban Education, Race, School Desegregation
Rong, Xue Lan, Ed.; Endo, Russell, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Asian American Education--Asian American Identities, Racial Issues, and Languages presents groundbreaking research that critically challenges the invisibility, stereotyping, and common misunderstandings of Asian Americans by disrupting "customary" discourse and disputing "familiar" knowledge. The chapters in this anthology…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asian American Students, Grade 10, Mathematics Achievement
Fennell, Francis, Ed. – 1983
Papers from three annual conferences of the Research Council for Diagnostic and Prescriptive Mathematics are presented. They are: "The Mathematics Clinic Model: Parents as Clinicians and their Effect on Achievement, Attitude, and Self-Concept" (Lee Wise and Janet Scheer); "Heterogeneous versus Homogeneous Item Arrangements in…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Research
Lindquist, Mary Montgomery, Ed. – 1989
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) completed its fourth mathematics assessment during the 1985-86 school year and finished the analyses of the results in 1988. This monograph, prepared by an interpretive team of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, represents a comprehensive discussion of the results of the fourth…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics
Charles, Randall I., Ed.; Silver, Edward A., Ed. – 1988
This document contains overviews of current research, insights from teachers and tutors, and considerations of such issues as metacognition, choice of operations, and the testing of problem-solving skills. Papers include: (1) "Historical Perspectives on Problem Solving in the Mathematics Curriculum" (George M. A. Stanic and Jeremy…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Applications
Lesh, Richard, Ed.; Lamon, Susan J., Ed. – 1992
This book grew out of a conference sponsored by the Educational Testing Service and the University of Wisconsin's National Center for Research in Mathematical Science Education that focused on assessment issues in mathematics education. The book's 16 chapters focus on clarifying and articulating the goals of assessment and instruction. They are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Innovation, Educational Trends
Burton, Leone, Ed. – 1990
The proportion of women gaining qualifications within the educational systems of many countries has been increasing but the disciplines within which these qualifications are obtained, and ultimately of the career tracks to which such qualifications extend, continue to be sex-biased. This volume provides a start in the identification of biasing…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Mathematics, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation