An analysis was conducted of two large samples of 13- and 17-year-old students (N=7,928) who were assessed by the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the 1977-78 and 1981-82 mathematics assessments. A group of 18 statements about math were used to construct a math attitude index. A multivariate log-linear analysis included gender,…

This report is designed to provide New Jersey Congressional legislators with current information on the effectiveness of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) Chapter 1 Program in New Jersey. Data on the reading and mathematics performance of ECIA Chapter 1 students in grades 2 through 8 from participating districts were…

The study examines the relationship between success upon leaving an alternative school program and immediate measures of program effect. The strength of the relationship was used to determine the degree to which the program effected its long term goals of preparing students for future academic or vocational success. Student success was defined as…

This study was designed to determine if the decline evidenced in the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores for mathematics is a true reflection of a decrease in students' mathematical ability, or is a result of the inadequacy of the test in measuring students' mathematical abilities. The data consisted of…

The Chapter 720 bilingual program located at Louis D. Brandeis High School in New York City, seeks to provide specialized Spanish and English instruction in mathematics and language development for 250 Spanish speaking students. This report briefly describes the program's goals and objectives, its organization, and instructional and…

The popular media extensively covered Benbow and Stanley's (1980) reported finding of a major sex difference in mathematical reasoning abilities among gifted seventh-grade students. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of that media campaign on parents' beliefs regarding their sons' and daughters' math aptitudes. Two sets of parental…

In 1976, students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades in a multigraded classroom who had evidence low mathematics scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills were selected to work on the Hewlett-Packard mathematics program for 10 minutes each day on a classroom computer. The higher performing students (the upper 55% of the class) were selected as a…

This ex-post facto, quasi-experimental study was conducted to determine whether students taught nursing math in the classroom did better than students who did not take the nursing math course in the classroom. First-year students enrolled in the Long Beach City College Associate Degree Nursing Program were selected as the treatment sample. Thirty…

Teaching students to think mathematically or to apply mathematics to the solution of real-world problems has become a national priority. This paper explores a method of developing the basic problem-solving skills in a remedial mathematics course at the college freshman level. The first part of this paper describes some basic problem-solving skills…

This literature review examined the relationship between the type of mathematics courses taken and scholastic mathematics achievement. The paper concludes that there is a high correlation between types of mathematics courses taken and scholastic math achievement. Specifically, higher level mathematics courses enhance and foster analytical thinking…

This survey reflects new developments in the mathematics curriculum as emphasized in the curriculum frameworks and state-adopted textbooks. The first section describes the procedure for the development of the survey and the rationale for the topics and types of questions included on the mathematics portion of the test. The second section describes…

This paper compares the old and new curricula of elementary mathematics and natural science in the Republic of China. This study, as the second phase of an evaluation period, tested a sample of the students while they were in the ninth grade and compared them to students who received the old curricula during their elementary studies. The data were…

This report from the Grady High School in Atlanta (Georgia) provides information on student achievement for the 1986-87 school year. The narrative presents 15 findings concerning enrollment, attendance, reading achievement, math achievement, and achievement in other subject areas. Conclusions and recommendations generated from these findings are…

Recent Title I regulations have allowed local school districts to use Title I funds to establish schoolwide projects to upgrade the educational program for the entire school, not just for targeted students. Austin, Texas, used Title I and local funds to establish two schoolwide projects where pullout programs were ended and the pupil/teacher ratio…

Four interference factors to math learning are poor or no instruction, low motivation, inappropriate learning theory, and physiological learning dysfunction. The math clinic, a teaching-learning strategy, uses diagnostic teaching skills and various learning rates for math studies. Instruction is matched to the student from information provided by…