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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Jones, Patricia E

Titel

The Relationship Between Socialized Mathematics Instruction and Academic Performance in Adolescent African American Male Students

Ort / Verlag

ProQuest Dissertations Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Link zum Volltext

• ProQuest

Quelle

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study examined the relationship between socialized instruction and academic performance in mathematics of eighth-grade African American male students. In spite of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), African American boys are scoring lower on mathematics performance tests, broadening the achievement gap in mathematics between African American and European American students. Research has indicated that socialized instruction has been used to improve student performance for struggling reading students. Some learning theories that support the use of socialized instruction are the attribution theories, principles of learning, and the zone of proximal development. The connection between socialized instruction and improved mathematics performance poses a question. The question focuses on the relationship between the socialized instruction and mathematics performance. This quantitative study examined the impact of small group and traditional mathematics instruction on the performance of thirty African American boys using the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) as a measuring tool. Data were collected through pretest, posttest, and surveys; the data were analyzed using ANOVA statistical test. A comparison of the pretest post-test scores showed increased growth for students receiving socialized instruction compared to the performance results to students' attitude and engagement. Changing the classroom structure provided students opportunities to collaborate and interact with one another. Implications for social change include closing the academic gap in America, reducing prison incarceration, and increasing the number of college and university graduates among African American men.