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A Comparative Study of the Arithmetic Achievement and Attitude of Fifth Grade Children in the Upper and Lower 25 Per Cent Intelligence Groups Using the S.M.S.G Program of Teaching Arithmetic and the Traditional Methods Used in the Highline School District

Abstract

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It was the purpose of this study to (1) compare the learning of basic arithmetic skills of fifth grade children in the upper and lower 25 per cent intelligence groups using traditional arithmetic textbook materials with the learnings of comparable fifth graders using the School Mathematics Study Group methods and materials; and (2) compare the attitudes toward arithmetic of fifth graders using the traditional arithmetic textbook materials with those of fifth graders using the S.M.S.G. methods and materials. The upper and lower 25 per cent intelligence groups were established to help determine if either program would be more beneficial to a particular group.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Education (MEd)
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Year
1965

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Wood, Ralph Lewis
Contributors dc:contributor
  • John E. Davis
  • D. Daryl Basler
  • John A. Schwenker

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/528
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-1540

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citation

Wood, Ralph Lewis. A Comparative Study of the Arithmetic Achievement and Attitude of Fifth Grade Children in the Upper and Lower 25 Per Cent Intelligence Groups Using the S.M.S.G Program of Teaching Arithmetic and the Traditional Methods Used in the Highline School District. 1965. https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/528