How should teachers be teaching math in High Schools? This has been a question with much debate over the last decade. Many teachers have focused on the idea of a more traditional approach of lecture and practice called ...

Student self-concept, particularly within the mathematics discipline, is deeply rooted in student understanding of the control or lack of control (locus of control) that they might have over their potential for success. ...

By the early 1980s it was clear that the education of students in the United States was falling behind most other developed countries especially in math and science. This resulted in a significant shift from the “traditional” ...

Today it is expected in m any advanced high school math classes that students utilize the graphing calculator, and it is helpful for Algebra I and Geometry students to understand how to use the calculator to excel in class ...

The problem of mathematics avoidance in the United States has a massive effect on how students can compete with students of other nations in a world economy. This problem may have it roots in the attitudes toward and ...

Research suggests that daily physical activity in schools will result in high academic achievement. Studies have shown that schools requiring daily physical education classes achieved higher test scores in math and reading ...

This action research report investigates the question of whether the targeted use of manipulatives with small groups of sixth grade students, who are struggling with math, will improve their skill and understanding. A ...

Amidst the push to bring struggling students up to standard, many highly capable students are neglected. Those who perform above grade level standard are not given adequate challenges. This is a study of differentiation ...

A strong mathematics education is vital to our society. However, many students are turned off by mathematics, a problems that needs to be addressed. I have performed a simple quantitative experiment requiring students to ...