The Spectra+ program is a 4-year model arts initiative being conducted in four elementary schools in two southwestern Ohio cities. An empirical study compared students in a Spectra+ program with two groups of students in two alternate, non-Spectra+ programs in districts A and B to measure differences in creativity, academic achievement, self…

This book, in three parts, presents a set of studies that: (1) explores some significant questions about mathematics teaching and learning and (2) illustrates new methodologies for the analysis of new kinds of questions about mathematics education. The data from the Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS) are the starting point for all of…

Understanding the distribution of achievement levels of students' performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is aided through the use of the trilinear chart. This chart is described and its use illustrated with data from the 1992 state NAEP mathematics assessment. The trilinear chart is used to portray three variables…

This information packet contains the 1997 results of the Assessment of Achievement Programme (AAP), established by the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department to monitor the performance of pupils in Scottish schools in particular areas of the curriculum. The packet contains two booklets on the results of the 1997 mathematics survey and…

This study investigated hearing-impaired students' understanding of the mathematical concept of fractional numbers, as measured by their ability to determine the order and equivalence of fractional numbers. Twenty-one students (ages 10-16) with hearing impairments were compared with 26 students with normal hearing. The study concluded that…

Algebra students typically pay little attention to choosing appropriate domains, ranges and scales of axes for graphing functions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of introducing an assignment and employing the graphing calculator to examine and alleviate students' difficulties regarding the selection of appropriate domains,…

This study investigated gender differences on the ACT English and mathematics scores by controlling both high school course taking patterns and high school subject matter course grades. A sample of 5100 ACT test takers (44% male) from the 1989-1990 academic year was selected for this study. Data were analyzed separately for juniors and seniors.…

Parents have the wonderful opportunity and responsibility for nurturing children. This digest presents resources that will enable parents to fulfill their responsibility for developing their children's abilities to do mathematics, while at the same time encouraging more positive attitudes towards mathematics. The resources are divided into three…

This booklet outlines the 1990 national action plan for making mathematics work for minorities developed by the Mathematical Sciences Education Board. Topics discussed are: placing a high priority on mathematics education; charge to the 1990 National Convocation; barriers to minority achievement; what can and should school systems, institutions of…

Through the Section 41, State Bilingual Education program and the E.C.I.A. Chapter 1, Migrant Education program, Saginaw public schools provide supplemental instruction and specialized services in 24 elementary and 6 secondary schools. In 1990-91, the bilingual program served 773 students, mostly Hispanic and some Laotian, while the migrant…

This is the fourteenth annual listing of research on mathematics education prepared for the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. References are organized alphabetically by author within three categories: research summaries, articles, and dissertations. Included are 37 summaries, 247 articles, and 300 dissertations. Studies focused on…

C.F. Leyba conducted a longitudinal study (1972-77) of the Title VII Bilingual Education Program in the Santa Fe Public Schools involving 1,257 students in grades 1-6. Three groups were studied: a longitudinal treatment group (LTG) which received uninterrupted bilingual education for a span of years; a nonlongitudinal treatment group which…

This paper is a critical review of Eleanor Orr's theory that African American students have difficulty with mathematical and scientific concepts because they speak Black English. Orr's data are criticized on many levels. For instance, her facts are derived from a limited subject pool and she has failed to take into account other possible reasons…

Researchers have suggested a language factor as an obstacle in the mathematics learning process for students who do not have a command of English. A review of the literature is presented, focusing on the nature of the interaction between language and mathematics learning. Implications for the design of instructional activities are presented, with…

Two high school general mathematics classrooms were differentially taught a unit on percents, one with a cooperative and the other with an individualistic goal structure. A pre-post-test design with a three-way ANOVA analysis of treatment by time within subjects was used. Neither group was found to be significantly different from the other on the…