The Relationship Between Standardized Test Scores and Daily Math Journal Writing in Fourth Grade
The Relationship Between Standardized Test Scores and Daily Math Journal Writing in Fourth Grade

Author: Michael Anthony Macaluso

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Published: 2016

Total Pages: 68

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This thesis presents the suggestion of implementing daily mathematics journal writing into the fourth grade classroom. Journal writing gives students further opportunity to extend their mathematical thinking and reasoning. Students can state the objective, important vocabulary, examples and non-examples along with what they found confusing. Teachers can have another data point to gauge students' mathematical understanding of the topics taught and provide meaningful feedback to help advance student knowledge of the concepts. Through this thesis, the reader can see if the implementation of daily math journal writing had a positive effect on students' mathematical achievement as evidenced by a standardized assessment, based on this research.

The Impact Journal Writing Has on Achievement in Mathematics
The Impact Journal Writing Has on Achievement in Mathematics

Author: Dianne Susan Patterson

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Published: 2000

Total Pages: 86

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This research focused on the impact journal writing had on achievement in mathematics. It was designed to determine if instructed based and writing in journals would improve achievement in mathematics. The subjects under investigation were 77 third graders enrolled in a rural elementary school in southeastern Ohio. One of the four classrooms in which the study was conducted was a self-contained classroom. The other three classrooms were departmentalized Mathematics classrooms. To measure gains in achievement in mathematics a pretest, posttest, and nonequivalent control group test was administered. An independent sample t-test of difference of means was used in this pretest, posttest, nonequivalent control group design. Results were obtained using the Crunch Statistical Package. It was concluded in the statistical analysis that instructed based and journal writing did not improve achievement in mathematics. Given a larger period of time, statistical information may have shown some gains for students who respond to instructed based and journal writing.

The Effects of Math Journaling in an Elementary Classroom
The Effects of Math Journaling in an Elementary Classroom

Author: Stacee M. Banko

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Published: 2006

Total Pages: 152

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ABSTRACT: This qualitative research study documents the observed and reported experiences of fourth grade math students and their teacher when math journals are implemented in their curriculum to increase student understanding and motivation to write in math class. In this study, the teacher explored the process of designing journal prompts, establishing a routine in the classroom where these journal prompts were completed, and fostering motivation within the students to adapt to this new classroom routine. The author designed the study so that the students saw a purpose for each prompt, engaged the students in writing and sharing, and provided opportunities for students to work collaboratively using their journal entries. In order to maintain complete journal prompts, the author established a routine for writing, a connection to content being taught with journal prompts, and assistance when students needed prompting for their entries. The teacher engaged in dialogue with the students through the journals as well as feedback during group observations. The author discovered many of these implementations to be successful for the students in the classroom. Since the classroom contained a variety of diverse learners with different learning styles and needs, the author found that some students had different strategies that enabled them to be successful with their writing.