Describes and presents examples of external and internal characteristics of learning environments that may help students' achievement and interest in mathematics. External characteristics include time, space, and support while internal characteristics include teachers' habits of mind. (MKR)

Underprepared college freshmen (212 in control group; 178 in experimental group) were monitored through 1 year of college mathematics in a study that showed cooperative learning and problem solving had a significant effect on mathematical success. An appendix contains sample problems. (MKR)

Investigated the relationships among Hackett's suggested variables of mathematics and career self-efficacy, perceived external support, mathematics background, and mathematics performance among male and female students selecting mathematics-based college majors. Self-efficacy beliefs, mathematics ability, mathematics anxiety, and level of support…

Describes methods to evaluate the nature and types of math learning disabilities. Describes techniques, beginning with those geared toward children at precomputational level. Details methods for teaching whole number operations, place value, and part-to-whole relationships. (Author/JDM)

Analyzed the mathematics achievement of immigrant children in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand using data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. Immigrant students' mathematics achievement was lower than others only in England, the United States, and Canada. Non-English language background was…

Investigates and compares the effects of explicit timing on mathematics problem completion rates in African American (n=68) and Caucasian (n=18) second-grade students. Results show that both African American and Caucasian second grade students increased their problem completion rates. No significant cross-group differences were found. Discussion…

Simplistic and misleading statements seriously distort what the Third International Mathematics and Science Study actually says about American 12th-graders' performance. Physics and advanced mathematics scores are beyond redemption. However, if the math and science literacy were accurately calculated, factoring in appropriate variables, the United…

Argues that deaf children lag behind their hearing cohorts in mathematics achievement tests and that this difficulty is a consequence of their lack of covert counting strategies and reliance on memorized verbal facts. Investigates the acquisition of an alternative method by deaf students (N=6). Recommends examining better ways to teach arithmetic…

Eighty college students taught to perform in NewAbacus, a new number system, were asked to rate the degree to which they believed their problem solutions were accurate. Results indicate that students believed in their errors more than was realistically warranted. The question of student overconfidence is explored. (SLD)

Considers traditional ways in which attempts have been made to help students become fluent in mathematics and offers a model for ways in which fluency can be achieved with a more economic use of students' time and effort than through traditional models of exercises based on repetition. (MKR)

On an overcast Sunday afternoon April 2005, a crowd of teenagers and their families file through the front gates of Great America theme park, located along a boulevard in the polished suburban circuitry of Silicon Valley. Emerging briskly from this migration of bodies onto the steps of the park auditorium, flanked by his mother and father, is a…

The East Asian countries are known for their high scores on international comparisons of math and science achievement. This does not necessarily mean that the U.S. should rush to adopt their practices and abandon its own strengths. Yong Zhao examines education reforms in math and science from an international perspective and discusses implications…

The aim of the study was to analyze the development of children's adaptive expertise in computing sums and differences up to 100. We defined the adaptive nature of children's strategy choices on the basis of problem (addition, subtraction), achievement, and strategy performance (accuracy, speed). Sixty-nine 2nd graders of high, above-average, or…

Early acceleration of students in mathematics (in the form of early access to formal abstract algebra) has been a controversial educational issue. The current study examined the rate of growth in mathematics achievement of accelerated gifted, honors, and regular students across the entire secondary years (Grades 7-12), in comparison to their…

The purpose of the present study was to improve a multivariate multilevel model in the research literature which estimates the consistency in the rates of growth between mathematics and science achievement among students and schools. We introduced a new multivariate multilevel model via a latent variable approach. Data from the Longitudinal Study…