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  2. Achievement gaps in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [33] [34] The opposite trend has been found in math classes. Teachers still tend to view math as a "masculine" subject and tend to have higher expectations for and better attitude towards their male students in these classes. [35] A study by Fennema et al. has also shown that teachers tend to name males when asked to list their "best math ...

  3. American students face declines in math, science scores ... - AOL

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    American students took the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) along with students from other countries, with nations like Finland and England surpassing the U.S. in math ...

  4. Mathematics education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mathematics education in the United States varies considerably from one state to the next, and even within a single state. However, with the adoption of the Common Core Standards in most states and the District of Columbia beginning in 2010, mathematics content across the country has moved into closer agreement for each grade level.

  5. Racial achievement gap in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...

  6. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    (For example, a B in a regular class would be a 3.0, but in honors or AP class it would become a B+, or 3.33). Sometimes the 5-based weighing scale is used for AP courses and the 4.6-based scale for honors courses, but often a school will choose one system and apply it universally to all advanced courses.

  7. Pygmalion effect - Wikipedia

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    These scores were not disclosed to teachers. Teachers were told that some of their students (about 20% of the school chosen at random) could be expected to be "intellectual bloomers" that year, doing better than expected in comparison to their classmates. The bloomers' names were made known to the teachers.

  8. Grading in education - Wikipedia

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    Grading in education is the application of standardized measurements to evaluate different levels of student achievement in a course. Grades can be expressed as letters (usually A to F), as a range (for example, 1 to 6), percentages, or as numbers out of a possible total (often out of 100).

  9. Mathematics education - Wikipedia

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    Student teaching is a crucial part of a teacher candidate's path to becoming a teacher. Recommended reform in mathematics teacher education includes a focus on learning to anticipate, elicit, and use students’ mathematical thinking as the primary goal, as opposed to models with an over-emphasis on classroom management and survival. [46]