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Student attitudes toward integrated mathematics.
Abstract
In these days of national and state standards, accountability and high-stakes testing, one middle school in South Texas attempted an alternative mathematics program aimed at improving students' attitudes towards mathematics with much success.
Introduction
One main message emerged from the results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (U.S. Department of Education, 1998). U.S. students do not start out behind; they fall behind. The United States is the only TIMSS nation that went from above average in mathematics in fourth grade to below average in eighth grade (U.S. Department of Education, 1998). It would appear ...
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