Nebraska educational survey, 1939. Findings and recommendations. Report of Committee on findings and recommendations to the Nebraska State planning board.

Fred J. Kelly, chairman.

School surveys in the smaller communities, illustrated by a survey of the Stanford (ill.) schools,

Cover title.

A Study of the educational department of the Pittsburgh public schools /

Thomas E. Finegan, Chairman of the Commission.

Gloucester County, Virginia. Educational survey report.

Series note in part on t.p.

Texas educational survey report /

I. Organization and administration [by] G. A. Works, assisted by T. D. Brooks, J. O. Creager, L. M. Favrot, Norman Frost, C. H. Judd, A. C. Parsons, E. A. Peterson, J. L. Tennant [and] H. B. Wilson. 1925. --II. Financial support [by] B. F. Pittenger [and] G. A. Works. 1925. -- III. Secondary education [by] C. H. Judd. 1924. -- IV. Educational achievement. Pt. I. [By] P. J. Kruse. Pt. II. [By] Helen L. Koch [and] Rietta Simmons. 1925. --V. Courses of study and instruction. City schools [by] Margaret E. Noonan. Country schools [by] O. G. Brim. Reading in the four upper grades [by] C. T. Gray. 1924. -- VI. Higher education [by] L. D. Coffman, C. M. Hill, F. L. Kelly, G. F. Zook [and] G. A. Works. 1925. -- VII. Vocational education. Agricultural education [by] N. E. Fitzgerald. Home economics education [by] Stella Palmer. Trade and industrial education [by] B. W. Johnson. 1924. -- VIII. General report [by] G. A. Works. 1925.

An investigation of post-primary students' images of mathematics

This research study investigates the image of mathematics held by 5th-year post-primary students in Ireland. For this study, “image of mathematics” is conceptualized as a mental representation or view of mathematics, presumably constructed as a result of past experiences, mediated through school, parents, peers or society. It is also understood to include attitudes, beliefs, emotions, self-concept and motivation in relation to mathematics. This study explores the image of mathematics held by a sample of 356 5th-year students studying ordinary level mathematics. Students were aged between 15 and 18 years. In addition, this study examines the factors influencing students‟ images of mathematics and the possible reasons for students choosing not to study higher level mathematics for the Leaving Certificate. The design for this study is chiefly explorative. A questionnaire survey was created containing both quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the research interest. The quantitative aspect incorporated eight pre-established scales to examine students‟ attitudes, beliefs, emotions, self-concept and motivation regarding mathematics. The qualitative element explored students‟ past experiences of mathematics, their causal attributions for success or failure in mathematics and their influences in mathematics. The quantitative and qualitative data was analysed for all students and also for students grouped by gender, prior achievement, type of post-primary school attending, co-educational status of the post-primary school and the attendance of a Project Maths pilot school. Students‟ images of mathematics were seen to be strongly indicated by their attitudes (enjoyment and value), beliefs, motivation, self-concept and anxiety, with each of these elements strongly correlated with each other, particularly self-concept and anxiety. Students‟ current images of mathematics were found to be influenced by their past experiences of mathematics, by their mathematics teachers, parents and peers, and by their prior mathematical achievement. Gender differences occur for students in their images of mathematics, with males having more positive images of mathematics than females and this is most noticeable with regards to anxiety about mathematics. Mathematics anxiety was identified as a possible reason for the low number of students continuing with higher level mathematics for the Leaving Certificate. Some students also expressed low mathematical self-concept with regards to higher level mathematics specifically. Students with low prior achievement in mathematics tended to believe that mathematics requires a natural ability which they do not possess. Rote-learning was found to be common among many students in the sample. The most positive image of mathematics held by students was the “problem-solving image”, with resulting implications for the new Project Maths syllabus in post-primary education. Findings from this research study provide important insights into the image of mathematics held by the sample of Irish post-primary students and make an innovative contribution to mathematics education research. In particular, findings contribute to the current national interest in Ireland in post-primary mathematics education, highlighting issues regarding the low uptake of higher level mathematics for the Leaving Certificate and also making a preliminary comparison between students who took part in the piloting of Project Maths and students who were more recently introduced to the new syllabus. This research study also holds implications for mathematics teachers, parents and the mathematics education community in Ireland, with some suggestions made on improving students‟ images of mathematics.

La Inserció universitaria dels alumnes de primer curs

Partint de que els alumnes que arriben a l'EPS ja han assolit la decisió prèvia de seguir estudis tècnics, i després del primer semestre d'haver iniciat els seus estudis, els proposem una reflexió sobre els seus estudis i la possibilitat d'exposar les seves il·lusions i desencisaments respecte al que n'esperaven de la universitat. Aprofitem per a remarca-els-hi la disponibilitat dels processos que ha organitzat el Centre per a facilitar-els-hi la seva integració als estudis. Aquesta part del procés s'inicia amb l'oportunitat de respondre una enquesta preparada per a fer el seguiment de la seva inserció universitària amb preguntes de resposta oberta que al mateix temps d'ajudar a la verificació del funcionament de les diferents activitats de suport que els dóna l'escola, serveixen de invitació a la reflexió tant per als alumnes matriculats per primera vegada com per als professors i equip de direcció de l'Escola Politècnica Superior de la Universitat de Girona a qui es fan arribar els resultats de les valoracions de l'enquesta

1993-94 schools and staffing survey : sample design and estimation /

"NCES 96-089."

National Household Education Survey of 1995 : adult education data file user's manual /

Mode of access: Internet.

Minorities in higher education.

Mode of access: Internet.

NELS:88 survey item evaluation report /

"NCES 97-052."

College-level remedial education in the fall of 1989 /

455-G-9

Transitions to kindergarten in American schools /

"Contract no. LC88089001."

National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 : first follow-up : student component data file user's manual /

"May 1992."

The Gary public schools ...

A survey of the Gary schools made by the Gereral education board at the request of the Gary school authorities.