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Rinne, Luke F.; Ye, Ai; Jordan, Nancy C. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The present study investigated the development of fraction comparison strategies through a longitudinal analysis of children's responses to a fraction comparison task in 4th through 6th grades (N = 394). Participants were asked to choose the larger value for 24 fraction pairs blocked by fraction type. Latent class analysis of performance over item…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Fractions
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Faulkner, Valerie N.; Stiff, Lee V.; Marshall, Patricia L.; Nietfeld, John; Crossland, Cathy L. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2014
This study is a longitudinal look at the different mathematics placement profiles of Black students and White students from late elementary school through 8th grade. Results revealed that Black students had reduced odds of being placed in algebra by the time they entered 8th grade even after controlling for performance in mathematics. An important…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Placement, Race, Elementary School Mathematics