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Title: A Descriptive Study of Elementary Mathematically Promising Student Interactions With Cognitively Demanding Math Tasks
Author: Lewis, Wendy
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Education, Elementary, Curriculum planning, Gifted children--Education
Description: National mathematics achievement results show that elementary students in the United States are not increasing in cognitive ability or critical thinking skills (NAEP, 2020). For this increase, mathematically promising students require more opportu...

Title: Combatting Ceiling Effects: Modeling High-Ability Student Growth Using Multilevel Tobit Regression
Author: Hujar, Julia
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Educational tests and measurements, Gifted children--Education, Statistics
Description: Pressures associated with accountability testing have resulted in a narrowing of both the curriculum and pedagogy that does not meet the needs of high ability learners. This study proposed that either a different measurement (an above-level comput...

Title: Teacher Practices, Beliefs, and Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics: A Phenomenological Case Study of Teachers Instructing Mathematically Gifted and Promising Students
Author: Weiss, Christine
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Gifted children--Education, Teachers--Training of
Description: ABSTRACTCHRISTINE H. WEISS. Teacher Practices, Beliefs, and Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics: A Phenomenological Case Study of Teachers Instructing Mathematically Gifted and Promising Students. (Under the direction of DR. DREW POLLY)Student...