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What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
"Culture and the Interaction of Student Ethnicity with Reward Structure in Group Learning" examined the effects of different reward systems used in group learning situations on the math skills of African-American and white students. The study analyzed data on 75 African-American and 57 white fourth- and fifth-grade students from urban…
Descriptors: African American Students, Urban Schools, Ethnicity, Academic Achievement
Alibali, Martha W.; Kao, Yvonne S.; Brown, Alayna N.; Nathan, Mitchell J.; Stephens, Ana C. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2009
This study investigated middle school students' conceptual understanding of algebraic equations. Participants in the study--257 sixth- and seventh-grade students--were asked to solve one set of algebraic equations and to generate story problems corresponding with another set of equations. Structural aspects of the equations, including the number…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Algebra, Secondary School Mathematics, Grade 6