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Rhomiy Handican, Wahyu Setyaningrum • Edumatika
(2021)
The widespread use of smartphones to play games and the lack of use as a medium for learning mathematics is the reason for the need for the development of smartphone-based edutainment learning media. The purpose of this research is to desig...
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DOI: 10.32939/ejrpm.v4i1.607
Bed Raj Acharya • International Journal of Elementary Education
(2017)
This article explores the adversities faced by public school students in learning mathematics in their leaning context. The main purpose of this study was to explore the causes of learning difficulties in mathematics. The design of the stud...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijeedu.20170602.11
Ward Cheney, David R. Kincaid (1980)
Authors Ward Cheney and David Kincaid show students of science and engineering the potential computers have for solving numerical problems and give them ample opportunities to hone their skills in programming and problem solving. The text a...
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• Routledge eBooks
(2013)
Contents: Preface. Part I: Introduction. L.D. English, Analogies, Metaphors, and Images: Vehicles for Mathematical Reasoning. Part II: Cognitive Foundations for a Mind-Based Mathematics. G. Lakoff, R.E. Nunez, The Metaphorical Structure of ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203053485
Eric L. Mann (2005)
As students progress through the educational system their interest in mathematics diminishes. Yet there is an ever increasing need within the workforce for individuals who possess talent in mathematics. The literature suggests that mathemat...
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Maria Chiara Passolunghi, Sara Caviola, Ruggero De Agostini, Chiara Perin et al. • Frontiers in Psychology
(2016)
Mathematics anxiety (MA) has been defined as "a feeling of tension and anxiety that interferes with the manipulation of numbers and the solving of math problems in a wide variety of ordinary life and academic situations." Previous studies h...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00042
PMC: 4735424
Mamatha Bhat, Natalie Grizenko, Ben-Amor L, Ridha Joober • McGill Journal of Medicine
(2020)
This study aims to determine whether children with ADHD and learning disabilities (LD) have a significant history of obstetrical complications when compared to children with ADHD but without LD. Methods: Sixty-four children aged 6 to 12 yea...
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DOI: 10.26443/mjm.v8i2.502
Frank Pajares, M. David Miller • Journal of Counseling Psychology
(1995)
In this study, 391 students were asked to provide 3 types of mathematics self-efficacy judgments: confidence to solve mathematics problems, confidence to succeed in math-related courses, and confidence to perform math-related tasks. Criteri...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-0167.42.2.190
Deborah Loewenberg Ball • The Elementary School Journal
(1993)
Ideas like "understanding," "authenticity," and "community" are central in current debates about curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Many believe that teaching and learning would be improved if classrooms were organized to engage stude...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/461730
Xin Ma • Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
(1999)
In this meta-analysis I examined 26 studies on the relationship between anxiety toward mathematics and achievement in mathematics among elementary and secondary students. The common population correlation for the relationship is significant...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/749772
Alan Bates, Nancy I. Latham, Jinah Kim • School Science and Mathematics
(2011)
This study examined preservice teachers' mathematics self‐efficacy and mathematics teaching efficacy and compared them to their mathematical performance. Participants included 89 early childhood preservice teachers at a Midwestern universit...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1949-8594.2011.00095.x
Barbara Edwards, Michael B. Ward (2008)
Introduction One of the earliest subjects of undergraduate mathematics education research was students' difficulties in writing formal mathematical proofs. Some research focused on the heuristics involved in proof-writing, but early attempt...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5948/upo9780883859759.018
Paul J. Riccomini, Gregory W. Smith, Elizabeth M. Hughes, Karen M. Fries • Reading & Writing Quarterly
(2015)
Vocabulary understanding is a major contributor to overall comprehension in many content areas, including mathematics. Effective methods for teaching vocabulary in all content areas are diverse and long standing. Teaching and learning the l...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10573569.2015.1030995
Kathryn Crawford, Sue Gordon, Jackie Nicholas, Michael Prosser • Studies in Higher Education
(1998)
A Conceptions of Mathematics Questionnaire was developed, designed to provide an indicator of the nature of students' conceptions of the subject matter they were studying. The scales of the questionnaire were based upon a set of conceptions...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079812331380512
Joost C. F. de Winter, Dimitra Dodou, Yke Bauke Eisma • Computers
(2024)
The processes underlying human cognition are often divided into System 1, which involves fast, intuitive thinking, and System 2, which involves slow, deliberate reasoning. Previously, large language models were criticized for lacking the de...
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DOI: 10.3390/computers13110278
Keith Knight • Chapman & Hall/CRC eBooks
(1999)
Traditional texts in mathematical statistics can seem - to some readers-heavily weighted with optimality theory of the various flavors developed in the 1940s and50s, and not particularly relevant to statistical practice. Mathematical Statis...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9780367805319
Ken A. Stroud, Dexter J. Booth (2011)
A long-standing, best-selling, comprehensive textbook covering all the mathematics required on upper level engineering mathematics undergraduate courses. Its unique programmed approach takes students...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-0-230-34474-7
Elizabeth de Freitas, Nathalie Sinclair • Cambridge University Press eBooks
(2014)
This book explores alternative ways to consider the relationship between mathematics and the material world. Drawing on the philosophy of Gilles Châtelet and the post-humanist materialism of Karen Barad, the authors present an 'inclusive ma...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139600378
Edward A. Silver • for the learning of mathematics
(1994)
In mathematics classes at all levels of schooling in all countries of the world, students can be observed solving problems. The quality and authenticity of these mathematics problems has been the subject of many discussions and debates in r...
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Paul Wilmott, Sam Howison, Jeff Dewynne • Cambridge University Press eBooks
(1995)
Finance is one of the fastest growing areas in the modern banking and corporate world. This, together with the sophistication of modern financial products, provides a rapidly growing impetus for new mathematical models and modern mathematic...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511812545