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The Link between Middle School Mathematics Course Placement and Achievement
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Domina, Thurston – Child Development, 2014
The proportion of eighth graders in United States public schools enrolled in algebra or a more advanced mathematics course doubled between 1990 and 2011. This article uses Early Childhood Longitudinal Study's Kindergarten Cohort data to consider the selection process into advanced middle school mathematics courses and estimate the effects of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Advanced Courses, Mathematics Achievement
Peer Group Contexts of Girls' and Boys' Academic Experiences
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Crosnoe, Robert; Riegle-Crumb, Catherine; Field, Sam; Frank, Kenneth; Muller, Chandra – Child Development, 2008
Girls have caught up with boys in math course taking in high school but reasons for taking math still differ by gender. This study, therefore, investigated gender differences in the linkage between peer relations and math course taking by applying multilevel modeling to a nationally representative data set that includes peer networks and school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Peer Groups, Gender Differences, Peer Influence