This research attempts to look for ways to assess elementary school students in mathematics, to discover what they can do, and what they understand. It aims to establish benchmarks for student progress in grades 1 through 5 and to begin a process for identifying students who are at risk for failure in mathematics. This paper presents each…

The Illinois Mathematics Assessment Framework is designed to assist educators, test developers, policy makers, and the public by clearly defining those elements of the Illinois Learning Standards that are suitable for state testing. It is not designed to replace a local mathematics curriculum and should not be considered a state mathematics…

An employer notes complaints about the level of arithmetic skills in school leavers. That technology will affect employment skills is noted, but a flexible teaching approach which will help students describe what has been done is endorsed. (MNS)

This brief review of research on calculators indicates that they will not harm achievement and that they are helpful in problem solving and for teaching other mathematical ideas. (MNS)

Reanalyzes the impact of Catholic school attendance on the reading and mathematics achievement of senior and sophomore pupils using the same data employed by Coleman, Hoffer and Kilgore in their report "Public and Private Schools." The significance of four additional variables, not controlled in the original study, are discussed. (AM)

The question of whether females have less mathematical ability than males is discussed. Games are described that show sex differences and how they have been used to demonstrate the "inferiority" of females. Everyone suffers, it is suggested, when ability is not utilized and potential is ignored. (MLW)

Comparison of 24 elementary school-age children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and 20 children with attention deficit disorder without hyperactivity (ADD/noH) on a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment found math achievement test scores for students with ADD/noH were significantly lower than those for students with…

Investigates the problem-posing abilities of third-grade children who displayed different profiles of achievement in number sense and novel problem solving. Concludes that children had difficulties in posing a range of problems in formal contexts in contrast to informal contexts, and children of different achievement profiles displayed different…

Addresses the initial understanding that advanced undergraduate mathematics students exhibit when presented with a new concept in an environment requiring self-generation and self-validation of examples of the concept. Concludes that students who used an example generation learning strategy were more effective in attaining an initial understanding…

A 5-week cross-age tutoring program involved 14 11-year-olds and 13 7-year-olds. Measures of self-esteem and analysis of verbal interactions indicated that tutors gained in self-concept and self-esteem, tutees in self-esteem. Verbal interactions showed significant increases in use of math words, strategic dialog, and praise. (Contains 61…

Uses data from Third International Mathematics and Science Study to compare performance in different schooling systems. Finds general problems with the efficiency of resource usage similar to those found previously in the United States. Effects do not appear to be determined, for example, by school policies that involve compensatory application of…

Examined the impact of increased salience of negative stereotypic expectations on math performance among high school students. Results indicated that female students in the condition of heightened salience of negative stereotypic expectations underperformed in comparison to their control group counterparts. The effect of blatant stereotype threat…

This study examined the degree to which samples collected in product portfolios from 216 kindergarten through second-grade students were able to predict their successful performance in a gifted program four years later. Students whose product portfolios were in the top quarter performed significantly better on later math and reading achievement…

This study examined reciprocal relationships between attitude toward mathematics and mathematics achievement. High school seniors from the Dominican Republic completed mathematics achievement tests and a questionnaire on mathematics attitudes. Results indicated that reciprocal relationships existed, suggesting that the reciprocal nature between…

Examined two independent sophomore cohorts from a midwestern high school (332 students and 318 students) that had implemented a multischedule system (traditional block, block, hybrid). Results show a significant difference among schedule types for only one cohort, and only for one mathematics computation test. Results also indicate that schedule…