AbstractsMathematics
A Study of the Educational Background and Attitudes of Teachers Toward Algebra as Related to the Attitudes and Achievements of Their Anglo-American and Latin-American Pupils in First-Year Algebra Classes of Texas
| Institution: | North Texas State University |
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| Year: | 1963 |
| Keywords: | Algebra – Study and teaching (Secondary) – Texas.; Mathematics teachers – Texas.; Students – Texas.; Mexican American children – Texas.; algebra; Latin-American pupil |
| Record ID: | 1526529 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc164156/ |
Abstract
The problem of this study was to determine the extent to which certain characteristics of teachers of first-year algebra were related to a) their pupils' attitudes toward algebra and b) their pupils' achievements in algebra. An additional aspect of the study was to ascertain and study the differences between Anglo- and Latin-American pupils' attitudes and achievements in algebra.
