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EJ447688 PS519636
Title: Assigning Average-Achieving Eighth Graders to Advanced Mathematics Classes in an Urban Junior High.Author(s): Mason, DeWayne A.; And Others
Source: Elementary School Journal, v92 n5 p587-99 May 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0013-5984
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV1992
Describes
a study in which average eighth graders in an urban junior high
school were placed into prealgebra classes normally reserved for
high achievers. The average achievers in the prealgebra classes
understood mathematical concepts better and enrolled in more advanced
mathematics classes during high school, than did their cohorts.
(GLR)
Descriptors: Advanced Students; Computation; *Effective Schools
Research; Grade 8; *Junior High School Students; Junior High Schools;
Mathematical Concepts; *Mathematics Achievement; Mathematics Instruction;
Problem Solving; Socioeconomic Status; Teacher Effectiveness; *Teacher
Expectations of Students; *Urban Areas
Identifiers: *Active Teaching; *Pre Algebra
