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A Study of the Teaching of Critical Thinking in Middle School Classrooms
Northwest University, Summer 2013
Critical thinking is a skill few utilize in today’s society. This study seeks to determine how middle school teachers define critical thinking and how they believe they teach it in the classroom. A qualitative case study ...
Students' Perceptions of the Transition From Elementary to Junior High School
Northwest University, July 2010
The present study examined the perception of 6th grade students towards the transition to junior high school. The study was specifically concerned with whether students generally viewed this transition as desirable or ...
Advancement Via Individual Determination the Middle School Student Experience
Northwest University, July 2012
The problem faced in many middle schools throughout the country is that the students with disadvantages get left behind. The goal of the national AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) program is to assist students ...
Notetaking Styles and Effectiveness for a Middle School Population
Northwest University, June 2014
This research sought to inform the question: which type of notetaking method, Cornell, fill-in-the-blank, or student choice, will lead to better test results for middle school students? Which method will students prefer? ...
Effect of Incremental Cognitive Messages on Mathematical Self-Concept Within Remedial and Grade-Level High School Students
Northwest University, July 2013
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. ...
Observations of Calculator Use by Accelerated High School Students
Northwest University, July 2013
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 Language of Mathematics and Fluency
Northwest University, May 2011
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 ...
Inquiry into the Effects of Non-Mathematics Teacher Attitudes Toward Mathematics on Student Attitudes Toward Mathematics at the Secondary Level
Northwest University, July 2012
Effect of Spiral Vocabulary Review on Test Scores at a Western Washington Middle School
Northwest University, July 2010
The purpose of this research project was to study how spiral review tasks effect student performance on end of unit vocabulary tests. Every Wednesday a vocabulary test is given during the humanities block periods. The ...
Teachers’ Influence in Student Learning in Middle School
Northwest University, July 2010
Today’s generation of students are dealing with a complexity during school. They are so accustomed to receiving instant results, multitasking and constant entertainment that I fear there may be a gap between their ideal ...