Journaling as a Test Preparatory Measure in Secondary Mathematics: Successful Student Strategies

Autor/in	Nickerson, Lloyd Emery, II
Titel	Journaling as a Test Preparatory Measure in Secondary Mathematics: Successful Student Strategies
Quelle	(2007), (72 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit Abschlussarbeit (Bachelor, Master, Diplom, Magister)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Mathematics Tests; Writing Assignments; Journal Writing; Student Journals; High School Students; Algebra; Mathematics Instruction; Comparative Analysis; Mathematics Achievement; Secondary School Mathematics; Thinking Skills; Writing Across the Curriculum; Parochial Schools; Christianity; Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Studentenzeitung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Denkfähigkeit; Konfessionsschule; Christentum; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	This study examines a math journal writing assignment comparing how high school (grades 10 through 12) algebra students who performed well and students who performed poorly on traditional mathematics tests constructed their corresponding journal entries. Statistically significant differences found indicated that students who performed well on the tests were more likely to have originally composed the text and examples in their journal entries, and students who performed poorly were more likely to have copied much of the mathematical language and examples in their journal entries from their textbooks. Students who performed well on the test were also more likely to include examples accompanied by explanation for each step toward a solution. An assignment involving several such explanatory examples could perform a same or similar function as the longer journal assignment examined in this study. (Contains 4 tables.) [Master of Education Thesis, Cedarville University.] (Author).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10