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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Pre-algebra"”.
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Mathematics Anxiety in Ninth-Grade Pre-Algebra
… research study, five lower-achieving freshman prealgebra students in a rural high school were interviewed about mathematics anxiety. The subjects ranged in age from 13 to 15 years and included three boys and two girls, of which one was Hispanic, one was African-American, and three were …
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Eighth-grade Pre-Algebra: Rationale and Suggested Course of Study
… remedial mathematics, regular mathematics, and pre-Algebra. For eighth graders, the guide lists two courses: remedial and regular. Algebra I 1s also offered at the Junior-high level for a select group of eighth-graders who score at or above the 85th percentile on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills …
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An investigative study of a methodology to diagnose pre-algebra mathematics teaching competencies
… identify teaching competencies of value to the pre-algebra mathematics teacher, to construct a teaching competencies diagnostic inventory based on pre-algebra mathematics teaching competencies selected from those identified, to determine if such a diagnostic inventory could be validated using …
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Use of learning-logs in high school pre-algebra classes to improve mastery of rational numbers and linear equations for high-risk minority students
… or current math instruction in secondary school pre-algebra classes to improve the mastery of single-variable equations by high-risk minority students.
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The Use of Cartoons as Teaching a Tool in Middle School Mathematics
… school mathematics. 17 students in 7th grade pre-algebra class and one teacher participated in this study. Eight cartoon activities were provided over a 10-week period, but no more than one cartoon activity per class period was given to them. Student surveys were analyzed using quantitative …
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How teachers evaluate a curriculum developed in-house: Focused interviews with six teachers
… management, the amount of work involved, the pressure and support provided, the fit of the new curriculum with the teacher's system of beliefs, its clarity and explicitness, and so forth. Those studies, however, were based on curriculum innovations which were developed outside the school and …
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Do They Work? Developmental Courses in Mathematics and English at Sitting Bull College
… who were enrolled only one semester represented 39% of the study group. Students took from one to four semesters to successfully complete each course. The success rate (passing the course with a grade of C or above) for the courses were Foundations math (37%), Foundations English (43%), …
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The role of manipulatives in learning to multiply and factor polynomials
… in children who are in eighth-grade pre-algebra mathematics classes. The study involved a comparison of the achievement of students who used manipulatives to learn how to multiply and factor polynomials with the achievement of those who did not use manipulatives to learn to operate on …
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Desarrollo del pensamiento relacional y comprensión del signo por alumnos de tercero de educación primaria
… experiment, related to the proposal Early-Algebra, within the methodological paradigm called research design. Our research goal is the study of the students¿ use and development of relational thinking and the meanings of the equal sign that students display when solving number sentences …