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Download full textSchoen, Harold L.; Cebulla, Kristin J.; Winsor, Matthew S. – 2001
The level of preparation for college entrance tests, university mathematics placement tests, and beginning college mathematics courses was studied for students who completed the Standards-oriented curriculum "Contemporary Mathematics in Context" (A. Coxford, J. Fey, C. Hirsch, H. Schoen, E. Hart, B. Keller, and A. Watkins, 2001), the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, College Preparation, Curriculum
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 2001
This document evaluates the 1999 Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat (TIMSS-R) results for eighth grade students and compares them to the 1995 results. TIMSS-R compares 38 nations' mathematics and science performance and allows the United States to compare the achievement of its eighth grade students to the original TIMSS.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum, Elementary Education, Evaluation
Lubienski, Sarah Theule – 2001
Utilizing 1990 and 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress data regarding mathematics achievement, students' backgrounds, and mathematics teacher practices, this paper examines race and SES (socioeconomic status) related disparities in student performance, beliefs about mathematics, and classroom experiences. Although overall mathematics…
Descriptors: Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education
Dillow, Sally, Ed. – Education Statistics Quarterly, 2003
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of work done across all parts of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Each issue contains short publications, summaries, and descriptions that cover all NCES publications, data product, and funding opportunities developed over a 3-month period. Each issue also contains a message…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, International Education, International Studies
Dulaney, Chuck; Burch, Glenda – 2001
This report presents the results of Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) students on the North Carolina End-of-Grade (EOG) multiple-choice tests from May and June 2001. The EOG tests have several components, but all are designed to measure student achievement of the knowledge and skills of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Achievement
Thornton, Constance; Wongbundhit, Yuwadee – 2002
Florida's Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is preparing all children for success in the mathematics and science, technology-dependent 21st century. Ongoing National Science Foundation funding catalyzed substantial changes in the systemic reform movement of mathematics and science education from 1994-99. The Miami-Dade USI produced…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Tamassia, Claudia; Schleicher, Andreas – 2002
In response to the need for internationally comparable student achievement data, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) launched the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). PISA represents a commitment by the members of OECD to monitor the outcomes of education systems in terms of student achievement. This…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, International Education, International Studies
Barton, Paul E. – 2002
This report considers the state of science and mathematics achievement in the United States, with a focus on the lower average achievement of minority students and on the relatively high proportion of minority students who achieve at high levels in mathematics and science. The data and analyses available from many sources suggest that meeting the…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Educational Needs, High Achievement, Job Skills
Hsu, Ti; Wang, Hsiu Fei – 2002
It is well known that math phobia is a common problem among young school children. It becomes a challenge to educational practitioners and academic researchers to figure out ways to overcome the problem. Collaborative team learning has been proposed as one of the alternatives. This study was part of a large and ongoing research project designed to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 2000
This report refocuses the international comparisons of eighth-grade students' achievement with the view to highlighting the place of the United States among the nations. A second component looks at the performance of sections of the eighth-grade student population against the same kind of international benchmarks. A third component picks up the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Grade 8
Gregoire, Michele; Algina, James – 2000
Theory on parenting styles was used as a theoretical framework to examine the relationship of aspects of school climate to the mathematics achievement, academic engagement, and locus of control orientation of eighth graders. Student and school data were drawn from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 for 19,435 students and 997…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Locus of Control
Kiplinger, Vonda L.; Haug, Carolyn A.; Abedi, Jamal – 2000
In 1998 it became apparent that support for state assessments in Spanish at the elementary level was waning in Colorado, and it was likely that only an English-language version would be available for the grade 5 mathematics assessment in 1999. A study was conducted to provide empirical results to inform decisions regarding language accommodations…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Limited English Speaking, Mathematics Achievement
Gu, Wenyuan – 1997
This study compared intact beginning fifth grade classes in one of the districts in Shanghai, People's Republic of China to American Norms on the KeyMath-Revised: A Diagnostic Inventory of Essential Mathematics (KeyMath-R) and the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT-3). The review of literature contrasted the two cultures with regard to students,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Comparative Education, Computation, Cross Cultural Studies
Fowler, Frances C.; Poetter, Thomas S. – 1999
A study provides a deeper understanding of teaching elementary mathematics in France. France performed creditably in mathematics on both the Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS) and the Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS). In analyzing the French approach to teaching elementary mathematics, three theoretical frames are…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Perry, Donna G. – 1999
The intent of this study was to determine if attendance in a good quality prekindergarten program using developmentally appropriate activities had a positive effect on kindergarten mathematics readiness skills and achievement. Participating were 80 children, 4 to 6 years old, divided into two experimental and two control groups. Standardized test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
