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Rampersad, Roger. "Mathematics anxiety and achievement in mathematics 436." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=19394.
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Mathematics 436 is the advanced mathematics course offered to students in secondary IV in the province of Quebec. Although the course is designed to challenge students in the advanced stream, it has produced a high number of failures. This study examines the relationship between mathematics anxiety and achievement in Mathematics 436. Fifty-six students from an English high school on the island of Montreal took part in the study. The Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale for Adolescents was used to measure the level of mathematics anxiety experienced by the students. In addition, grades from the previous year in mathematics were obtained, as well as grades from the present year, and the final examination. The results of the study suggest that students enrolled in Mathematics 436 experience a high level of mathematics anxiety. As well, higher levels of mathematics anxiety experienced by the students are associated with poor performance in mathematics.
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Shelton, Patty Jean. "ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDES IN DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1176739746.
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Wolfe, Kristen E. "The Core Plus Mathematics Project and high school students' mathematics achievement." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1216499106.
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Thesis (M.Ed.)--Cleveland State University, 2008.Abstracts. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jan. 29, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center. Also available in print.
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Cavendish, Susan J. "Sex differences related to achievement in mathematics." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/4211.
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The study investigated biological, cognitive, and social factors relating to the under-achievement of girls compared to boys in mathematics. The phenomenon was investigated of girls being superior to boys in mathematics tests at the primary age but boys being superior to girls from adolescence. Historical considerations appear to have contributed to the delayed provision of mathematics education for girls. Gender differences in tests were found in a few specific classes only and were not the general case. The analysis of errors found that language determines the level of success in mathematics during the early years. Other social factors such as parent attitudes and teacher confidence build up during the primary years to manifest from about the age of eleven and work to the detriment of girls. Secondary age boys demonstrated more positive attitudes than girls, but girls did not demonstrate negative attitudes. The period between the second and fourth year juniors proved to be of significant importance In the development of mathematical achievement. During this period a change occurred in the types of test errors and omissions, the level of career aspirations, the number of male teachers experienced, the extent of whole class teaching, and pupil attitude scores. Teachers did not give more attention to boys compared to girls. A method of attitude assessment was trialled. Results suggested that most pupils viewed the teacher as a disciplinarian even though few discipline related interactions were observed in the classroom study. Male teachers appeared confident in mathematics, whereas females had less positive attitudes. Study of the classroom suggested that the curriculum area being taught influenced the teaching style employed which in turn influenced pupil behaviour. Differences within each curriculum area would allow for classroom factors to have a differential effect on girls and boys in mathematics and not other curriculum areas.
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Gottardis, L. "Deaf primary school children's achievement in mathematics." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:13f90aa3-c27e-46e2-a6b6-3db04de3712f.
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The present research aims to evaluate the extent of deaf children’s delay in mathematics, identifying the moderators of this delay and determine the longitudinal predictors of their mathematical achievement. For five decades, studies have reported that deaf children lag behind their hearing peers in mathematics (Gottardis, Nunes and Lunt, 2011). Background factors such as age, degree of hearing loss, presence of cochlear implant and types of educational provision were previously hypothesised to be moderators of the extent of this delay but, up to now, they have not been tested. Pagliaro (2010) argued that number knowledge, working memory and degree of hearing loss could be possible causes of deaf children’s difficulties in mathematics but no clear conclusions were reached. The present investigation aims to provide insight into the causes of deaf children’s delay in mathematics. The survey study addressed the first aim of the present study. The maths test of the Performance Indicators for Primary School (PIPS) was used as outcome measure. Factors related to deaf children (degree of hearing loss, age, years in education, presence of cochlear implant, gender, causes of deafness) and background factors (highest maternal education, language used at home, type of educational provision) were assessed as possible predictors and moderators of the extent of deaf children’s delay in mathematics. The overall extent of deaf children’s delay in mathematics was of -1.76 SDs. The older the children get and the more years they spend in special schools for the deaf or in units for hearing impaired, the wider is their gap in mathematics achievement compared with their hearing peers. It is, therefore, necessary to intervene in their mathematical learning in the early years of schooling in order to create pathways for improvement. The second aim of the present study was addressed through a longitudinal design. Logical-mathematical reasoning, working memory and counting ability were chosen as predictors of deaf children’s mathematical attainment on the basis of theoretical framework, evidence from longitudinal studies and from the analysis of the difficulties that deaf children have in these factors compared with hearing peers. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to assess the independence of the contributions of logical-mathematical reasoning, working memory and counting ability to the prediction of deaf children’s mathematical achievement measured through the PIPS. Age, years in education, type of educational provision and non-verbal intelligence were used as controls. Counting ability and working memory did make independent contributions to the prediction of deaf children’s mathematical success but logical mathematical reasoning was by far the strongest predictor. When the predictors were entered in the model, none of the control variables predicted significantly deaf children’s mathematical achievement. This study makes several empirical contributions. First, it established age, years in education and types of educational provision as moderators of the extent of deaf children’s delay in mathematics. Second, it determined the plausibility of a causal link between logical-mathematical reasoning, counting ability, working memory and deaf children’s mathematical achievement. The implication is that schools must explicitly plan to improve deaf children’s mathematical reasoning, counting ability and working memory when they are in kindergarten and in the first years of school in order to help the children’s mathematical development.
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Broadway, Everly Estes Friel Susan N. "African American achievement in high school mathematics." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,2216.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009.Title from electronic title page (viewed Jun. 26, 2009). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate of Education in the School of Education." Discipline: Education; Department/School: Education.
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Costello, Joseph. "Relationship Between Noncognitive Skills and Mathematics Achievement." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6781.
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Despite ongoing efforts to improve curriculum and instruction, students at an urban high school in New Jersey score low on the mathematics achievement components of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam. Guided by Bandura's social cognitive theory, the purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the relationship between students' noncognitive skills and their mathematics achievement. Students who were enrolled in the local high school in the 2017-18 school year and had completed the geometry component of the PARCC exam in 2016-17 were invited to participate in this study. In this cross-sectional survey design, 97 students completed 3 self-report noncognitive skills surveys measuring their mindset, grit, and self-control. Each noncognitive skill score was correlated with the students' mathematics achievement as measured by their 2016-17 geometry PARCC exam score. Pearson correlation analysis indicated no significant correlations between each of the 3 noncognitive skills and mathematics achievement. While some prior research suggested that developing noncognitive skills can be a basis for effective interventions, these results do not support that approach. Given that there was no significant relationship between noncognitive skills and mathematics achievement in this sample, a prudent next step seemed to be recommending an individualized instructional approach to working with students as a means for addressing mathematics skills. Thus, a policy recommendation was developed to promote a comprehensive and evaluative approach to instructional decision-making that can be individualized for each student. By adopting instructional practices that individualize decision-making for each student's needs, positive social change is likely to occur as students' mathematics achievement may increase over time.
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Thompson, Kent M. "The relationship between mathematical leadership skills and the mathematics achievement of elementary students." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1095430511&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Hwang, Jihyun. "Bridge the gap between cognitive attributes and mathematics achievement: which cognitive attributes for mathematical modeling contribute to better learning in mathematics?" Diss., University of Iowa, 2018. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6145.
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Mathematical modeling is a thinking process that applies various sets of cognitive attributes – one component of intellectual resources (i.e., cognitive resources). Students are able to develop cognitive attributes when they engage in mathematical modeling activities. Furthermore, using many of the cognitive attributes developed during the mathematical modeling process, students solve mathematics problems, for example, in assessments. Examining students’ mastery of these cognitive attributes, we can investigate relationships between students’ cognitive development through mathematical modeling practices in classrooms and their performance on mathematics assessments. The purpose of this research is to quantitatively and empirically investigate the relationships between students’ development of mathematics cognitive attributes and their achievement. For the current study, we selected the four cognitive attributes representing different stages of the mathematical modeling practices – select, analyze, compute, and represent. The generalized DINA (deterministic inputs, noisy “and” gate) is applied to generate students’ mastery profiles of the cognitive attributes from their responses to test items. Using students’ mastery profiles as datasets, three secondary analysis studies are conducted with linear regression analysis and multivariate approach to repeated measure ANOVA. The findings show that development of the four cognitive attributes in mathematical modeling is positively related to mathematics achievement. In addition, students, who developed select and compute throughout 4th to 8th grades, scored higher in mathematics assessment with large degrees of effects. The findings suggest important implications to teachers: Students need to have opportunities develop a wide range of cognitive attributes of mathematical modeling, which would result in higher achievement. Teachers need to have instructional emphases on different stages of mathematical modeling depending on grade levels: students’ representing a solution at elementary-school levels; and analyzing a problem situation and selecting strategies at middle-school levels. The study also suggests teachers shift an instructional emphasis from learning mathematics contents to high-order thinking like mathematical modeling to accomplish higher mathematics achievement.
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Jost, Oliver R. "Computer anxiety, mathematics anxiety and achievement in an adult basic mathematics course." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0024/MQ30487.pdf.
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Clarkson, Lesa Maria Covington. "The effects of the connected mathematics project on middle school mathematics achievement /." ON-CAMPUS Access For University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Click on "Connect to Digital Dissertations", 2001. http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles/proquest.phtml.
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Tynes, Curry Tiffany D. "A Comparative Study of Elementary Mathematics Specialists and Mathematics Coaches on Fourth Grade Students' Mathematics Achievement." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3731.
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Federal dollars are utilized to develop instructional programs for students not demonstrating mathematical proficiency on state standardized mathematics assessments, but there is a lack of empirical data on the effectiveness of two different approaches that were used in the local context. The purpose of this quantitative, nonexperimental, casual-comparative study was to determine if state achievement test scores of students in fourth grade who received instruction from a Mathematics Specialist (MS) during the 2007-2009 academic years demonstrated a statistically significant difference from the mathematics state achievement test scores of fourth grade students who received instruction from Grades 1-8 credentialed teachers supported by a Math Coach (MC) during the 2012-2014 academic years. The theoretical base includes two components: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards and Federal No Child Left Behind educational policy, which focus on standards-based education, curriculum, assessment, and instruction to meet students' mathematical needs. Data was collected from a census sample of 13,671 students' state scores from school years 2007-2008, 2008-2009 (MS) and 2012-2013, 2013-2014 (MC). The research question was whether there is a difference in MS and MC scores. An independent samples t test was used to compare the means of all the scores. The results show that the MS program produced statistically higher math scores than the MC. This supports the limited literature in favor of MS. Positive social change includes supporting increasing the use of the MS program in the local context to increase mathematics test scores and the potential for redistribution of federal funds to develop MS programs nationwide.
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Barnes, Joanna Tovar. "Gender effects on attitudes and achievement in mathematics." Online pdf file accessible through the World Wide Web, 2010. http://archives.evergreen.edu/masterstheses/Accession89-10MIT/Barnes_JMIT2010.pdf.
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Crespo, Luna Sandra M. "Mathematics achievement in the Dominican Republic : grade 12." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29585.
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The general goal of the present study was to assess mathematics achievement at the end of Grade 12 in the Dominican Republic, with particular attention to school and regional differences, as well as gender differences. Also, gains in achievement were examined by comparing the achievement of students in Grade 12 to that of students finishing Grade 11. In addition, the performance of Grade 12 students was compared to that of Grade 8 students as assessed in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in the Dominican Republic (TLMDR) study and to that of students from other countries in the Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS).
The sample included 1271 students in Grade 12 and 1413 in Grade 11, distributed over 49 schools. Three types of schools were sampled, public schools, and two kinds of private schools. They were urban schools located in the twelve largest cities of the country. These cities were grouped into three regions of similar size.
The mathematics test consisted of 70 multiple-choice items distributed over two test forms. Students' scores were analyzed to assess how much mathematics students in Grade 12 know. Grade 11 data were used as a surrogate for pre-test scores to estimate gains in achievement. School means were used in an analysis of variance designed to examine the effect of school type and region on mathematics achievement. Males' and females' scores were used to analyze gender differences in achievement at the item level, and within each of the school types and regions in the sample. Grade 12 students' responses to 14 items were compared to those of Grade 8 students. Finally, Grade 12 students' responses to 10 items were compared to those of students from other countries in SIMS.
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1. Students in Grade 12 scored poorly on the mathematics test. Grade 11 and Grade 12 students obtained similar achievement levels which indicated that the achievement gains between the two grades were very small.
2. School type and region were found to significantly affect mathematics achievement, but no interaction effect was found.
3. The comparison of school type means showed that only one type of private school significantly outperformed public schools. This type of school also outperformed the other type of private school.
4. The comparison of region means did not produce the predicted outcome. The pairwise comparisons showed that none of the regions was significantly different from the other, despite the fact that the region factor was significant.
5. The analysis of gender differences in mathematics achievement showed that males performed significantly better than females. At the item level, males outperformed females on only 19 items. Most of these items dealt with geometry, or were at the application level.
6. Gender differences favoring males were found to be independent of school type and region.
7. Comparison between Dominican Grade 12 and Grade 8 students revealed that mathematics achievement improved between the grades for most items.
8. Dominican performance was very poor on the SIMS items and it was far behind that of other countries.Education, Faculty of
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Joshi, Hemanta. "Determinants of mathematics achievement using structural equation modeling." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq23000.pdf.
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Shildneck, Barry P. "Female Students and Achievement in Secondary School Mathematics." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/msit_diss/59.
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Achievement and the experiences of women in secondary school mathematics have been well documented in the research literature (e.g., Benbow & Stanley, 1980, 1983; Tartre & Fennema, 1995; Sherman, 1982; Ryckman & Peckham, 1987; Keller & Dauenheimer, 2003). With respect to achievement, the research literature primarily focuses on how women are deficient to men (e.g., Benbow & Stanley, 1980, 1983) and the roles affective attributes (e.g., Sherman, 1982; Fennema, Petersen, Carpenter & Lubinski, 1990) and stereotype threat (e.g., Quinn & Spencer, 2001; Steele & Aronson, 1995) have played in women’s deficiencies. Despite the perspective and nature of this research, there are, however, women who have achieved at extraordinarily high levels in the secondary mathematics classroom. It is important to examine this historical research as it has impacted the views of teachers, researchers, and media with regard to female mathematics students’ opportunities. By reflecting upon the research literature and its far reaching impacts, high-achieving women in mathematics can begin to reverse the perceptions that limit their opportunities. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore, through the experiences and stories relayed by the study’s participants, how young women might negotiate the (historic all male) mathematics domain. Employing a qualitative research designed within a phenomenological framework and analyzed through a combination of postmodern and standpoint feminisms, I examined the stories of four undergraduate female students who were identified as being high-achieving in secondary school mathematics. These young women, by reflecting upon their secondary school experiences, and by reflecting upon their experiences within the context of the existing research literature, not only identified the aspects of their lives they felt had the greatest impact upon their opportunities but also examined their personal definitions of success and the impacts their gender had on their (socially defined) achievements within secondary school mathematics.
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Jurgens, Patricia P. "Effects of Standardized Achievement Tests on Mathematics Education." UNF Digital Commons, 1987. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/72.
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This research project deals with the effects of standardized achievement tests on elementary-school mathematics. It contains a review of current literature dealing with the decline in mathematics achievement, mathematics assessment, concept development, and the effects of standardized testing. A survey was conducted in seven elementary schools throughout Clay County, Florida. The purpose of the survey was to assess teachers' perceptions of how preparation for the major annual standardized achievement test affects the pacing, sequence, and presentation of their mathematics curricula. Eighty-six teachers from grades one, three, and five completed a limited response questionnaire. The results indicate that a majority of elementary school teachers try to prepare their students for the standardized achievement test by covering all testable skills by testing time. However, most teachers feel that preparation for this test has a negative impact on their mathematics programs. This implies that the mathematics education of our students may be suffering due to the emphasis on preparing for a standardized achievement test.
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Mascia, Sally Marie. "TEACHER MATHEMATICS LEARNING AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1289495086.
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Kozlak, Jonathan Michael. "Effect of formative assessment on achievement in mathematics /." Full Text (HTML) Full Text (PDF) Abstract, 2009. http://eprints.ccsu.edu/archive/00000565/02/2005FT.htm.
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Thesis (M.S.) -- Central Connecticut State University, 2009.Thesis advisor: Philip P. Halloran. "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Mathematics." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 36-39). Also available via the World Wide Web.
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Lim, Brian S. "Factors associated with Korean American students' mathematics achievement /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7572.
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Petersson, Jöran. "Mathematics achievement of early and newly immigrated students in different topics of mathematics." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för matematikämnets och naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-140641.
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This thesis aims to explore the mathematics achievement of second language immigrants in compulsory school as they continue their schooling in Sweden. Specifically, the thesis aims to generate more knowledge about different sub-categories of second language students, namely newly arrived immigrants, early arrived immigrants and other second language students in compulsory school. The data in this thesis consists of students’ responses to test items and thus mainly contains mathematical symbols, essentially numbers in different representations, written by the students. Doing so, this thesis problematizes the concept of second language students in mathematics in two aspects. One aspect is to assess the first and second language students’ achievement in different mathematical content domains, instead of only assessing the total achievement. Another aspect is to see the second language students as different sub-categories of second language students. Papers I and II of this thesis found that the achievement difference between first and second language students is not homogeneous. Instead the achievement difference between first and second language students is larger for concepts that are rare in mathematics textbooks. Moreover, the achievement difference between first and second language students varies with the content domain. Another way to say this is that first and second language students have different achievement profiles. Papers III and IV of this thesis explored how sub-categories of second language students achieved on mathematics test items. Mathematics achievement studies on second language students often classify the second language students into a single category of students. Methodologically this imposes a concept of viewing second language students as homogeneous in proficiency in the language of instruction. This view is challenged in this thesis by dividing the second language students into newly arrived immigrants, early arrived immigrants and other second language students. These three sub-categories have different proficiency in Swedish language due to how long they have lived in Sweden. Papers III and IV found that these student categories both had different test achievement and, related to this, also used mathematical concept representations differently. In particular, the newly and early arrived immigrants seemed to experience on average different challenges during mathematics testing. The newly arrived students seemed more challenged with terminology but less with the mathematical content while the opposite seemed to hold for the early arrived students. An implication for teaching is that particularly early arrived second language children seem to be in urgent need of support in mathematical concept building from first day of schooling in the new country.At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: In press. Paper 3: Manuscript.
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Dlamini, Maxwell Sidumo. "The relationship between students' attitude toward mathematics and achievement in mathematics in Swaziland /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487949150069223.
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Li, Ting-on. "Schooling effects on mathematics achievement at sixth form level in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B38626895.
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Yum, Kim-hung. "Within the IEA Third international Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) : the relationship between family background and mathematics achievement of Hong Kong students /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17597730.
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Deevers, Matthew D. "Teacher goal endorsement, student achievement goals, and student achievement in mathematics: a longitudinal study." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1279737483.
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Wang, Ze. "Academic motivation, mathematics achievement, and the school context building achievement models using TIMSS 2003 /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5520.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on July 31, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.
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Leung, Kung-shing. "The impact of teaching of analytical skills on the mathematics achievement of Form three students." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1986. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B1803553X.
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Sasser, Jennifer. "Elementary teachers' perceived mathematics anxiety and teaching efficacy in relationship to students' mathematics achievement." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4567.
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The focus of this research was to determine to what extent, if any, there were relationships among elementary teacher anxiety about learning mathematics, their anxiety about the mathematics they teach, their mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs, and their students' mathematics achievement. The researcher also investigated potential intervening variables such as gender, grade level taught, level of college degree, and years of teaching experience, that may influence these relationships. Teachers (N = 119) from 11 elementary schools in a west central Florida school district participated in this study and completed the Mathematics Anxiety and Teaching Efficacy Survey. Survey data on mathematics anxiety and teaching efficacy were analyzed and correlated with mathematics achievement data, as measured by the 2009 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) mathematics subtest. Through a review of the research results and related literature, the researcher concluded that there was not a statistically significant relationship between teachers' perceived mathematics anxiety, anxiety about teaching mathematics, and student achievement. However, mathematics teaching efficacy was significantly correlated in a positive direction with student achievement. Review of the data also revealed that there was a statistically significant positive correlation between teachers' perceived mathematics anxiety and anxiety about teaching mathematics. Additionally, there was a significant negative correlation between anxiety about teaching mathematics and mathematics teaching efficacy.ID: 028731736; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2010.; Includes bibliographical references.
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Yuan, Jing. "FROM MEAN TO QUANTILES: RETHINKING INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AND MATHEMATICS SELF-EFFICACY." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edp_etds/82.
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The significance of this dissertation research is twofold with both methodological advancement and empirical update. In this dissertation research, quantile regression (QR) was introduced to social sciences researchers as a response to the weaknesses of the traditional mean-based regression often referred to as multiple regression. General advantages of QR includes being more flexible for modeling data with heterogeneous conditional distributions, more robust to outliers, and having richer characterization and description of the data. Results of QR allow researchers to not only describe a general trend of changes in the effects of the independent variables across a continuous distribution of the dependent variable but also provide information on characteristics of any shift in the distribution caused by the independent variables. These shifts pertain to location, scale, and shape shifts. This dissertation research reviewed graphical ways to examine location, scale, and shape shifts, and more importantly, developed statistical ways to quantify location, scale, and shape shifts (i.e., test for statistical significance of location, scale, and shape shifts).
Overall, this dissertation demonstrated that the introduction of QR as an advanced statistical procedure will advance the quantitative landscape of social sciences research. The results of this dissertation showed that QR can detect the differential effects of independent variables on the dependent variables that mean-based regression cannot detect and therefore uncovers more detailed relationships. This quality of QR enables more in-depth research than mean-based regression in many fields. The results of this dissertation also showed that QR allows for the understanding of relationships between variables outside the mean of the data, making it useful in understanding outcomes that are non-normally distributed and that have non-linear relationships with the independent variables. Finally, this dissertation introduced ways to detect and describe distributional shifts caused by the independent variables. The median regression line describes the (central) location shift. In addition to the estimated location shifts, the other QR lines provide information about the scale and shape shifts. This dissertation developed the bootstrapping approach to test for statistical significance when comparing location, scale, and shape shifts between parameters within and between samples (i.e., studies).
This dissertation research applied QR to the examination of individual differences in mathematics achievement and mathematics self-efficacy, using the 2003 and 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data. The QR results showed that the effects of many student characteristics were not constant across the mathematics outcomes distributions (i.e., mathematics achievement and mathematics self-efficacy). This suggested that individual differences were valued heterogeneously across the mathematics outcomes distributions. There was only one statistically significant location shift in terms of individual differences associated with family structure in both mathematics achievement and mathematics self-efficacy between 2003 and 2012. There was only one statistically significant scale shift in terms of individual differences associated with father SES in mathematics achievement for the middle 40 percent of the students between 2003 and 2012. There was only one statistically significant scale shift in terms of individual differences associated with gender in mathematics self-efficacy for the middle 40 percent of the students between 2003 and 2012. There was only one statistically significant shape shift in terms of individual differences associated with gender in mathematics self-efficacy between 2003 and 2012. Even though QR and LMR results can be similar in terms of statistical significance, they can differ dramatically in magnitude. Students’ age, gender, and socioeconomic status were typical examples in this study. The effect of student age generally became more positive as student mathematics achievement increased in 2003. This suggests that age had a stronger effect on better-performing students than lower-performing students in 2003. It also means that there are more age differences in the upper tail of student mathematics achievement distribution than in the lower tail.
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Miller, Daniel R. Day Roger P. "Exploring the integration of technology in collegiate mathematics." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9927772.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1999.Title from title page screen, viewed July 19, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Roger Day (chair), Beverly S. Rich, Michael Plantholt, Sherry Meier, Patricia Klass. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-107) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Sylne, Vladimir. "Impact of Inclusion Teachers' Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Self-Efficacy on the Mathematics Achievement of Learning Disabled Students." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1804.
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Learning disabled (LD) students are put in inclusion classrooms in order to experience the mainstream environment and to receive the same level of education as their regular education counterparts. Unfortunately, LD students do not always get the mathematics education that they deserve because inclusion mathematics teachers are not required to be highly qualified in mathematics. The focus of this study was on the relationship between mathematics anxiety and self-efficacy of inclusion teachers and the academic achievement of the LD students they serve. The theoretical framework of this study involved the concepts of student achievement, teacher efficacy, mathematics anxiety, and best practices in teaching. The research questions of this study involved understanding the impact of inclusion teachers' mathematics anxiety and mathematics self-efficacy on the mathematics achievement of LD students. A quantitative survey design was used, and data were collected from 15 volunteered participating inclusion math teachers using the Learning Mathematics Anxiety subscale; the Personal Mathematics Teaching Efficacy subscale; a demographic questionnaire; and students' school level state standardized test scores and end-of-course final average in Geometry, Trigonometry, Algebra I, or Algebra II. Regression analyses were used to evaluate the relationship between the variables of mathematics teachers' anxiety, mathematics teachers' self-efficacy, and student achievement. The findings of this study revealed that inclusion teachers' mathematics anxiety and teaching efficacy did not significantly predict mathematics achievement of LD students. The implication for social change is that further research that includes variables other than teacher mathematics anxiety and teaching efficacy is needed to understand mathematics performance of learning disabled students.
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Cheung, Chi-kit Fritz, and 張志傑. "Thinking styles and achievement in mathematics and language learning." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31962841.
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Kruger, Guillaume Matthys. "The relationship between investment in ICT and mathematics achievement." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67752.
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Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are acknowledged as a vital ingredient for the transformation of any society. Since the late 1990’s the Department of Education implemented several curriculum-based interventions aimed at improving the quality of education in South African schools. During this time there was also a gradual introduction of ICT in some schools, mainly because there seemed to be a belief that the integration of ICT in schools can transform education, reduce challenges, and lead to enhanced education in South Africa.
The data for this study originated from the TIMSS 2011 and TIMSS 2015 assessments conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). This study investigated the relationship between the investment in ICT in South African schools and the mathematics achievement of the Grade 9 participants. The aim of the study was to identify trends in the use of ICT in schools, as well as the relationship between the use of ICT and mathematics achievement.
The findings from the study indicated a decrease in the availability of ICT for teaching and learning from 2011 to 2015. The study found that even where ICT was available, it was rarely used. At the same time Grade 9 participants reported an increase in the use of ICT for schoolwork outside of their school environment. While there was an increase in educator professional development focusing on the integration of ICT in education, the number of educators that used ICT for mathematics teaching and learning, decreased between 2011 and 2015. The research results suggested that educators seemed to battle to optimally use and implement new technologies.
A new model for improved integration of ICT in schools is therefore proposed. The proposed IIIA-Model for the integration of ICT in Schools (IIIA-Model) is based on an adaptation of the Dynamic Model of Educational Effectiveness (Creemers & Kyriakides, 2010) and the TIMSS curriculum model (Mullis & Martin, 2013). The IIIA-Model aims to direct the implementation and integration of ICT in schools by identifying different zones of impact, role-players involved, as well as curriculum expectations during the process of ICT integration.Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
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Mitchell, Karen E. "The effect of postorganizers on mathematics achievement following lectures." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=682.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 1999.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 209 p. : ill. (some col.) Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-195).
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Cheung, Chi-kit Fritz. "Thinking styles and achievement in mathematics and language learning." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25207325.
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Tobias, Scott A. Rudy Duane Ispa Jean. "Relations between videogame play and 8th-graders' mathematics achievement." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6878.
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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb 24, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Dissertation advisor: Dr. Jean Ispa and Dr. Duane Rudy. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Leung, Hei Pak. "Evaluation of students' achievement and attitudes in primary school mathematics." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13999588.
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Zgraggen, Franziska D. "The effects of frequent testing in the mathematics classroom." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009zgraggenf.pdf.
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Yayan, Betul. "A Cross-cultural Comparison Of Mathematics Achievement In The Third International Mathematics And Science Study-repeat (timss-r)." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/4/1260124/index.pdf.
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The purpose of this study has two phases. In the first phase, a model that explains students&rsquomathematics achievement in TIMSS-R will be proposed. In the second phase, the proposed model will be evaluated to interpret the similarities and differences across three culturally and linguistically different countries
Turkey, the Netherlands, and Italy. This study will basically combine students&rsquo
answers on TIMSS-R Students Questionnaire items with their mathematics achievement scores obtained from TIMSS-R Mathematics Achievement Test. In order to achieve this, items in the student questionnaire will be grouped under latent variables and then the related models will be established. Thirty-seven items selected from the TIMSS-R Student Questionnaire were analyzed using principle component factor analysis for each country. The results indicated seven interpretable dimensions. Based on the results&rsquo
of factor analysis of Turkey, the latent variables were generated by selecting the observed variables with highest loadings. These latent variables were
out-of-school activities, socioeconomic status, importance given to math, math classroom iv climate, perception of failure, teacher-centered and student-centered activities. The proposed mathematics achievement model was tested by structural equation modeling for each country separately with the sample of 4772, 2728, and 2781 eighth grade students in Turkey, the Netherlands, and Italy, respectively. In all of the countries perception of failure was the strongest factor explaining the mathematics achievement of the eighth grade students. The other two important factors explaining mathematics achievement were socioeconomic status and student-centered activities for Turkey and Italy
out-of-school activities and importance given to math for the Netherlands. The results indicated that Turkey and Italy have more similar results when compared with the Netherlands. Different than the other countries in Turkey instructional activities formed two separate dimensions such as
teacher-centered and student-centered instructional activities. Since this finding emphasized the important role of teacher in the Turkish education system, it was suggested that more importance should be given to the teacher education.
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Branum, Barbara K. (Barbara Kay). "Performance on Selected Mathematics and Reading Assessment Tests as Predictors of Achievement in Remedial Mathematics." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332173/.
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The problem of this study was performance on selected mathematics and reading assessment tests as predictors of achievement in remedial mathematics. The purpose of the study was twofold. The first was to determine the internal consistency of a locally developed remedial mathematics placement test and the mathematics section of the Pre-TASP Test. The second was to determine the predictive validity of performance on (a) the local remedial mathematics placement test, (b) the mathematics section of the Pre-TASP Test, and (c) the Descriptive Tests of Language Skills, Reading Comprehension Test in combination with demographic variables for mid-semester achievement, end-of-semester achievement, and course success in three levels of remedial mathematics at Richland College, Dallas, Texas.
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Valente, Evandro R. "Mathematics Curriculum Coaching and Elementary School Students’ Mathematics Achievement in a Northeast Tennessee School System." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1783.
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Educators and policymakers have demonstrated interest in finding ways to better equip mathematics teachers so they can help students achieve at a higher level. Academic coaching has been identified as an effective professional development activity for teachers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference between students’ achievement levels before and after a mathematics initiative in a Northeast Tennessee school district. In this study I analyzed grades 3 – 6 students’ Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program or TCAP scores in the year prior to the hiring of a mathematics coach and their respective scores 2 years after the placement of the mathematics coach. All statistical analyses were analyzed at a .05 level of significance. All null hypotheses under both research questions were analyzed with a pairsampled t-test using repeated-measures design. The results indicate significant difference in students’ TCAP scores prior to and after specialist. Scores after specialist were significantly higher than scores before specialists. The difference was present for students who attended Title I schools as well as for students who attended non-Title I schools. School administrators and school district leaders can benefit from such a study because it presents academic coaching as a viable means to equip teachers so they can help students increase their achievement in mathematics.
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Nivens, Ryan Andrew, Lori T. Meier, Karin J. Keith, Erin E. Doran, and Edward J. Dwyer. "Encouraging Literacy and Mathematics Achievement Through Study of Real Estate." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/290.
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The era of high stakes testing often puts pressure on teachers and administrators to deemphasize creative activities not perceived as directly related to improving test scores. Alternatively, the authors propose that using environmental text is essential for encouraging overall learning competencies in general and reading/writing/ and mathematical achievement in particular. The authors propose that using real estate booklets can be helpful in generating learning activities in literacy, social studies, and mathematics. In addition, integrating music and art comfortably accompanies strategies presented. Real estate booklets are colorful, rich in content, and readily available at no expense.
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Buck, Lisa Diane. "The motivational effects of a GPS mapping project on student attitudes toward mathematics and mathematical achievement." Thesis, [Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Libraries], 2009. http://purl.lib.ua.edu/17.
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Shaw, Cindy Chesley. "The effects of a standards-based mathematics curriculum on the self-efficacy and academic achievement of previously unsuccessful students." [Boise, Idaho] : Boise State University, 2009. http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/15/.
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Lai, Chan-pong. "Item bias in the 2nd IEA mathematics study." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1986. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B38626445.
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Metcalf, Elizabeth B. "Accelerated math implementation and elementary student achievement and attitudes /." Electronic version (PDF), 2005. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2005/metcalfe/elizabethmetcalf.pdf.
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West, Suzanne. "The Predictive Relation of a High School Mathematic GPA to High-Stakes Assessment Achievement Scores in Mathematics." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13264.
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Course grades, which often include non-achievement factors such as effort and behavior and are subject to individual teacher grading philosophies, suffer from issues of unreliability. Yet, course grades continue to be utilized as a primary tool for reporting academic achievement to students and parents and are used by most colleges and universities as an admissions measure. High-stakes assessment results are also used by schools to convey student achievement, and several states now require students to pass an exam to receive a diploma. What is less clear, however, is the relation between these two measures, GPA and high-stakes assessment results.
One purpose of this study was to examine the predictive relation of mathematics GPA to student performance on high-stakes assessments. Multiple regression models were used to analyze the predictive relation between mathematics GPA and performance on the ACT and the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS), two high-stakes assessments. In addition, the regression analyses were used to examine the influence of other student-level variables such as talented and gifted status and math courses taken prior to testing on the relation between mathematics GPA and performance on the two high-stakes assessments.
In all, 299 high school students from a single grade-level enrolled in one Oregon suburban school district participated in the study. Results indicate that GPA is a significant variable in a high-stakes assessment outcome. Additionally, results of the multiple regression reveal significant student-level effects on assessment outcomes that reduce explained common variance in both the ACT and OAKS models. Implications for practice and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Lutz, Megan E. "Identifying and measuring cognitive aspects of a mathematics achievement test." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43607.
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Cognitive Diagnostic Models (CDMs) are a useful way to identify potential areas of intervention for students who may not have mastered various skills and abilities at the same time as their peers. Traditionally, CDMs have been used on narrowly defined classroom tests, such as those for determining whether students are able to use different algebraic principles correctly. In the current study, the Deterministic Input, Noisy "And" Gate model (DINA; Haertel, 1989; Junker&Sijtsma, 2001) and the Compensatory Reparameterized Unified Model (CRUM; Hartz, 2002), as parameterized by the log-linear cognitive diagnosis model (LCDM; Henson, Templin,&Willse, 2009), were used to analyze the utility of pre-defined cognitive components in estimating students' abilities in a broadly defined, standardized mathematics achievement test. The attribute mastery profile distributions were compared; the majority of students was classified into the extremes of no mastery or complete mastery for both the CRUM and DINA models, though greater variability among attribute mastery classifications was obtained by the CRUM.
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Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, and Ulrich Schiefele. "Motivation and ability as factors in mathematics experience and achievement." Universität Potsdam, 1995. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/3366/.
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This study examined relationships among interest, achievement motivation, mathematical ability, the quality of experience when doing mathematics, and mathematics achievement. One hundred eight freshmen and sophomores (41 males, 67 females) completed interest ratings, an achievement motivation questionnaire, and the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test. These assessments were followed by 1 week of experience sampling. Mathematics grades were available from the year before the study started, from the same year, and from the following 3 years. In addition, a measure of the students' course level in mathematics was included. The results showed that quality of experience when doing mathematics was mainly related to interest. Grades and course level were most strongly predicted by level of ability. Interest was found to contribute significantly to the prediction of grades for the second year and to the prediction of course level. Quality of experience was significantly correlated with grades but not course level.
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Kerr, Zuzana. "Parental influences on mathematics achievement of children of immigrant backgrounds." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31364.
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The goal of the present study was to compare the mathematical performance of children who have foreign born parents and English as a second language (ESL) to the performance of native English speaking children with Canadian born parents from kindergarten to grade 6. The function of the country of origin as a possible variable having an impact on mathematical achievement was also considered. In grades 5 and 6, children and parents were given a questionnaire addressing attitudes towards education and mathematics, parental involvement and the home learning environment. The relationship between these factors and the children's performance was investigated. It was found that, on all numeracy measures, immigrant/ESL children performed as well or better than native English speaking children with Canadian born parents. This difference was more profound in grades 3 to 6, in which immigrant/ESL children performed higher on a number of numeracy measures compared to native English speaking children with Canadian born parents. In grades 2 to 6, East Asian students had the highest scores on numeracy measures compared to Europeans, Middle Eastern and Filipino students. Immigrant parents showed higher involvement in their children's mathematical learning (e.g., tutoring, aspiration for higher education and better grades for their children) when compared to Canadian born parents. These attitudes were reflected in the children's beliefs about mathematics and their performance. There were only a few significant differences between the questionnaire responses of the three immigrant groups (East Asian, Filipino and Middle Eastern). Both parents' and children's attitudes towards mathematics and the learning environment at home were related to the children's numeracy performance. Findings of the present study help to understand the factors associated with the school achievement of students with recent immigrant backgrounds and the importance of family influences on motivation and school success of these students.Education, Faculty of
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