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The motivational effects of a GPS mapping project on student attitudes toward mathematics and mathematical achievement
… of this study was to investigate how student attitudes and mathematical achievement would be affected by a mathematics-based GPS mapping project. The participants were 75 ninth-grade students taking algebra 1A. These students were freshmen at a small, rural 9-12 high school located in the …
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The Relationship between an Affective instructional Design, Children's Attitudes Toward Mathematics, and Math Learning for Kindergarten-Age Children
… Affective Instructional Design (AID), children’s attitudes toward math, and math learning. Participants included 15 kindergarten children at a university K-12 laboratory school located in East Tennessee. This quasi-experimental study employed a pretest-intervention (AID)-posttest design. Data, …
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A Study of the Influence of Logo on Locus of Control, Attitudes toward Mathematics, and Problem-Solving Ability in Children in Grades 4, 5, 6
… Logo computer environment on locus of control, attitudes toward mathematics, and problem-solving ability. An experimental design was employed to test whether students in grades 4, 5, 6 who studied Logo showed more positive attitudes toward mathematics and scored higher on locus of control …
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Revealing What Urban Early Childhood Teachers Think About Mathematics and How They Teach It: Implications for Practice
Hersh (1986) states, "One's conception of what mathematics is affects one's conception of how it should be presented. One's manner of presenting it is an indication of what one believes to be most essential in it." In this research study, three hundred ninety-seven urban early childhood teachers …
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The Mathematics Emporium: Infusion of Instructional Technology into College Level Mathematics and Psychosocial Factors of Learning
… factors of learning including attitude towards mathematics, motivation to learn mathematics, and satisfaction from the mathematics instruction in both redesigned and traditionally- taught college algebra courses at one of the Midwest research universities. This was a quantitative …
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An Examination of the Relationship Between Parental Attitudes and Student Achievement on Standardized Test Scores in Mathematics
… was to examine the relationship between parents' attitudes toward mathematics and students' standardized test scores in mathematics. Eighty-four parents of fourth-grade students in a southeastern military dependent school system were surveyed to determine their attitudes to mathematics when they …
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An Assessment of the Attitudes and Outcomes of Students Enrolled in Developmental Basic Mathematics Classes at Prince George's Community College
… to assess the effect of the initial and exiting attitudes toward mathematics and academic outcomes of students placed in the Developmental Mathematics Basic Arithmetic course at a community college in Maryland. Major research questions included were: (1) What is the difference, if any, between …
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Middle School Students' Attitudes toward Math and STEM Career Interests: A 4-Year Follow-Up
… study is to examine middle school students' attitudes toward math, intent to pursue STEM-related education and occupations, and STEM interest from middle school to high school. The data used in this study are from a larger, on-going National Science Foundation (NSF) grant-funded study that is …
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The Use of Reading Guides as a Teaching Method for Mathematics Word Problem Comprehension
… teaching method for word problem comprehension. Attitudes toward mathematics were also examined. A quasi-experimental, nonrandomized, pretest-posttest, treatment group design was used for the investigation. The sample consisted of 40 students (two classes) taught by the same instructor and was …
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THE EFFECTS OF TEACHER MATHEMATICS PREPARATION ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE MIDDLE LEVEL SCHOOLS.
… was conducted to determine if varying amounts of mathematics preparation and varying attitudes toward mathematics by teachers had a significant effect on the mathematics performance of their eighth grade students. Mathematics preparation was determined by the total number of college credits a …
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Effects of an Integrated Computer and Manipulative Environment on Preservice Elementary Teachers' Understanding of Novel Mathematical Concepts
… were the effects of this learning experience on attitudes toward mathematics and computer use in education. The Solomon-Four Group design was used with two classes of preservice elementary teachers in regularly assigned classes in a college of education in a developing population. The one class …
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Attitudes of Outstanding Virginia Agricultural Education Teachers Toward Mathematics Integration
… outstanding agricultural education teachers' attitudes toward mathematics integration. The researcher also determined the outstanding agricultural teachers' level of mathematics integration into each course currently taught. An investigation into the collaboration efforts being made between …
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Effective Technology Use in Skill-Based Mathematics Instruction: Fourth through Eighth Grades
… research for trends in teacher and student attitudes toward mathematics-related technology, assessed effective types of technology related to mathematics instruction and implementation practices, and finally examined the cost-effectiveness of technology use when compared to other …
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Investigating the Impact of Lessons Based on Marzanoʼs Theory of Learning on Student Attitude, Engagement, and Achievement in Grade 10 Academic Mathematics
… student learning is particularly important in mathematics since numerous studies have demonstrated that motivation in mathematics is linked to student achievement, and that student achievement and student attitudes toward mathematics are reciprocally related. This study investigated the impact …
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A Cross-Cultural Study on Variables Influencing Gender Differences in Mathematics Performance
… is to investigate gender differences in mathematics cross culturally (Japan and the United States), and to find whether there are gender differences in their sex-stereotyped beliefs about mathematics, attitudes toward mathematics, learning patterns of mathematics, and problem solving …
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Computational Labs in Calculus: Examining the Effects on Conceptual Understanding and Attitude Toward Mathematics
… of conceptual understanding of calculus and attitudes towards mathematics. The first manuscript addresses the changes in conceptual understanding through multiple-method research design, a quantitative survey given pre and post study and qualitative student comments, found no significant …
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High Impact Strategies and the Effect It Has on Students’ Mathematics Attitudes
… of a reliable instrument to measure students’ attitudes and beliefs about mathematics. Martha Tapia developed the Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI) instrument in 1996 and later Lim and Chapman further refined a short form in 2012. The purpose of the ATMI was to measure mathematics …
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The Relationship between the Attitude toward Mathematics and the Frequency of Classroom Observations of Mathematics Lessons by Elementary School Administrators
… to explore the relationship between the attitude toward mathematics, including related mathematics anxiety, and the frequency of classroom observations of mathematics lessons by elementary school administrators. This study considered Approach-Avoidance Motivation as part of the conceptual …
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An Examination of the Impact of Smart Pen Technology on Mathematics Achievement and Attitudes of Community College Students
… instructional use of smart pen technology on the mathematics achievement and attitudes of community college students enrolled in a College Algebra course. This quasi-experimental, mixed-methods study utilized a nonequivalent control-group design. In this study, two sections of College Algebra were …
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Multimedia mathematics intervention for math-delayed middle school students
… Sharpening Math Skills Lab technology-mediated mathematics instructional practices for math-delayed middle school students have positive effects on their mathematics achievement and spatial visualization ability and to gauge student engagement in learning, implementation of the principles of …