The Mathematical Achievement of Eighth Grade Pupils from the Standpoint of Racial Ancestry
Author: Charles B. Barrett
Publisher:
Published: 1939
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13:
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Understanding Racial-Ethnic Differences in Secondary School Science and Mathematics Achievement
Author: Susan T. Hill
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1996-09
Total Pages: 91
ISBN-13: 078813292X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides information about the family resources, school practices, and individual characteristics of black, Hispanic, and American Indian secondary school students. Compares the achievements of these minority students to white and Asian students in an effort to see where they stand and how to improve upon their learning in today's competitive world. Focuses on students in the 8th and 10th grades. Charts and graphs.
The Ilse
Author: Wayne Patterson
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780824822415
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn January 13, 1903, the first Korean immigrants arrived in Hawai'i. Numbering a little more than a hundred individuals, this group represented the initial wave of organized Korean immigration to Hawai'i. Over the next two and a half years, nearly 7,500 Koreans would make the long journey eastward across the Pacific. Most were single men contracted to augment (and, in many cases, to offset) the large numbers of existing Chinese and Japanese plantation workers. Although much has been written about early Chinese and Japanese laborers in Hawai'i, until now no comprehensive work had been published on first-generation Korean immigrants, the ilse. Making extensive use of primary source material from Korea, Japan, the continental U.S., and Hawai'i, Wayne Patterson weaves a compelling social history of the Korean experience in Hawai'i from 1903 to 1973 as seen primarily through the eyes of the ilse. Japanese surveillance records, student journals, and U.S. intelligence reports--many of which were uncovered by the author--provide an "inner history" of the Korean community. Chapter topics include plantation labor, Christian mission work, the move from the plantation to the city, picture prides, relations with the Japanese government, interaction with other ethnic groups, intergenerational conflict, the World War II experience, and the postwar years. The Ilse is an impressive and much-needed contribution to Korean American and Hawai'i history and significantly advances our knowledge of the East Asian immigrant experience in the United States.
Racial-Ethnic Gaps in Achievement Motivational Constructs of U.S. Eighth-Grade Students that Predict Mathematics and Science Achievement
Author: Emtiaz Rony Ahmed
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccording to the TIMSS 2015 international study findings, students who enjoy learning mathematics a lot scored much higher (average 61 points) than the students who do not enjoy it a lot. Enjoying learning mathematics is one of the indicators of the construct "intrinsic motivation" towards mathematics, and this type of other constructs, such as confidence, attainment value, and utility value were found to have significant contributions in students' academic achievement in previous studies. This study considered the Expectancy-Value Theory (E-VT) of achievement motivation and the Social Equity Theory (SET) to investigate racial-ethnic gaps in achievement motivational constructs as well as achievement scores of U.S. eighth-grade students in the mathematics and science domains.The TIMSS 2011 U.S. national data on mathematics and science were utilized to answer four research questions. The first research question addressed the psychometric properties of the achievement motivation scales in the TIMSS 2011 Student Background Questionnaire, and the findings of this study confirmed sound evidence regarding the construct, convergent, and divergent validity of the scales. The second research question looked for the racial-ethnic gaps in achievement motivational constructs. A series of measurement invariance tests confirmed that the racial-ethnic groups (Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White students) are not comparable after controlling for students' relative standing or ability levels on the constructs. The third and fourth research questions sought to determine the extent to which the E-VT and the SET explain variance in mathematics and science achievement. This study results showed that the E-VT constructs explain more within-group variance in the mathematics domain (with moderate to large effect sizes) than the science domain (with moderate effect sizes), and the SET variables explain the almost similar amount of within-group variance in both domains (with moderate effect sizes). Regarding the between-group variance, the E-VT constructs explain more between-group variance (with moderate to large effect sizes) than the SET variables in both the mathematics and science domains.
Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of Education
Publisher:
Published: 1940
Total Pages: 712
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Author: Alina Marie Lindegren
Publisher:
Published: 1940
Total Pages: 716
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMathematical Achievement in Eighth Grade
Author: Victor R. Fuchs
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 16
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 1992 eighth grade mathematics test of the National Assessment of Educational Progress reveals a low average level of achievement, wide variation across states, and a large difference in average scores of white and black students. Multiple regression analysis across states indicates that the characteristics of children (such as readiness to learn in kindergarten) and of the households in which they live (such as mother's education) have much larger effects of NAEP test scores than do variables (such as the student/teacher ratio) that measure school characteristics. White-black differences in the levels of child and household variables account for much of the white- black difference in NAEP test scores
Mathematical Achievement in Eighth Grade
Author: Victor R. Fuchs
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 23
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 1992 eighth grade mathematics test of the National Assessment of Educational Progress reveals a low average level of achievement, wide variation across states, and a large difference in average scores of white and black students. Multiple regression analysis across states indicates that the characteristics of children (such as readiness to learn in kindergarten) and of the households in which they live (such as mother's education) have much larger effects of NAEP test scores than do variables (such as the student/teacher ratio) that measure school characteristics. White-black differences in the levels of child and household variables account for much of the white- black difference in NAEP test scores.
Statistics of Land-grant Colleges and Universities
Author: United States. Office of Education
Publisher:
Published: 1940
Total Pages: 712
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamining Gaps in Mathematics Achievement Among Racial-Ethnic Groups, 1972-1992
Author: Mark Berends
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2005-04-08
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 0833040669
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines trends in the mathematics scores of different racial-ethnic groups over time and analyzes how changes in family, school, and schooling measures help explain changes in the test score gaps. Although there were few positive changes between schools, the within-school experiences of black and Latino students changed for the better compared with white students when measured by student self-reported academic track placement.
