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Hiebert, James – Education and Urban Society, 1985
Many elementary and junior high school students do not become proficient with common and decimal fractions because they have established few connections between the form they learn in the classroom and understandings they already have. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Decimal Fractions, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions, Knowledge Level

Linn, Marcia C. – Sex Roles, 1985
Discusses: (1) potential advantages of learning computer programing, (2) performances of males and females in middle school programing courses, (3) problems teachers face in achieving this potential, and (4) participation of males and females in programing courses. Results show females, on the average, perform as well as or better than males.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education