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Djemil, Abdelhafid – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This experimental mixed method study examined the effect of memorization of multiplication tables on students' performance in math at the high school level. Students took a diagnostic multiplication test and a comprehensive assessment in various mathematics topics. The study used two methods of testing and similar instruments. In the first,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Memorization, Multiplication, 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