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This article discusses the great impact that self-concepts have on students' grades and performance, mainly in English and mathematics. These authors found different results than have previously been found in tests; they found that "there were significant positive paths from math self-concepts to subsequent math outcomes but not to subsequent English outcomes." Also, they found that girls had higher English and math grades but lower math self-concepts then boys, these results differ from previous test which claimed that the gender difference was diminishing. These results were interesting due to their difference in regards to other tests conducted.

Math anxiety is the main focus in this article. The authors discuss a case study done on students from Taiwan, China, and the United States. A very interesting point that was discussed was how gender affected the results found. This article would be interesting to evaluate in regards to how math anxiety affected other subjects of study and if gender had affects in different subjects.

Forster discusses how teaching with a graphics calculator can help a student understand the concepts of certain graphs, and how graphs are formed. One graph specifically mentioned is the scatter plot graph, and how it is applied to functions. She also discusses how after learning these concepts on a graphics calculator, students were able to graph by hand easier without the help of the instructor. A study was conducted and explained within the classroom setting. This article while limited in the size of study shows how the use of graphics calculators can help students in the understanding of certain math concepts.

This article focuses on three main points: "what is mathematical thinking, what does it have to do with mathematical content, and can it be taught." Mathematical thinking according to this article is a series of operations that do not necessarily apply just to math, like the scientific method. There are four processes in mathematical thinking which are: specializing, conjecturing, generalizing, and convincing

A presentation to congress showing a large majority of secondary school students fail to reach proficiency in math and science, and many are taught by teachers lacking adequate subject matter knowledge. The article compares the U.S. to other countries proficiency and points out issues STEM aims to address

This article is about how when parents increase their involvment in their child's school, this creates a better relationship between the student and teacher. With this new relationship also bring better literacy and math skills for the student. The students change their attitude about school and actually want to go. This is why it important for low income families to get involved in the schools.

The author of this article talks about the No Child Left Behind law and how it can help urban city students. This law wants to help students raise their reading and math scores. He has also done a research study that brought in Supplemental Educational Serives and it was desgined to raise achievement levels of students throught tutoring programs. They found that one-on-one tutoring was very productive to the students.

This article is based on a study released by the United States about the No child left behind act. The study is about how the act leaves out social studies, languages and the arts from schools. The only good that came from cutting out these subjects of study from school is that the rates of increase in learning for math sciense and reading/writing have gone up drammatically. This article is good if you are looking at the no child left behind act.

This article talks about the increase in academic skills as a result of the no child left behind act.The article continues to talk about the importance placed on the children to score well in math science and writing and how they are to leave out other classes such as social studies and the arts. This is a helpful article if you are researching NCLB and the effects of the act.

A film on OhioLINK. How could a child be a top math student yet not be able to read? Why can another child read well but not be able to write a paragraph that makes sense? While watching children being taught new ways to learn, this program offers expert insight into the nature of learning disabilities, why learning disabilities may also be accompanied by ADHD or social disorders, and what can be done to help children learn to compensate and succeed. A Meridian Production. (16 minutes, color)

Solow discusses in this article uses of the graphing calculator, and how she incorporated it into her classroom while teaching calculus. The article explains uses of the graphing calculator, and how it can be integrated into the calculus course. The article explains what the graphing calculator can be used for, and the benefits. That the students scored higher on tests, and over all performed better in class with the use of graphics calculators.

The Authors of this article have conducted a study on 710 college students who were taking Pre-Calculus class. They were split into a controlled group, and a test group. The control group took the course using basic technology, and text books. The test group used graphics calculators and textbooks geared towards learning with graphics calculators. At the end of the course the students were required to take a comprehensive exam. The results showed that the students who took the course with the graphics calculators scored much higher than those who took the course in the traditional fashion. This study was conducted over a period of three semesters, and will prove very useful in my argumentation.

This article explains how graphing calculators can be used in calculus to benefit students, and also how graphing calculators are changing the way that calculus is being taught. One issue that sets this article apart from the other articles is its assessment of how students are required by most schools to purchase their own calculators. This article analyzes the effect this can have on how the class should be taught, and how calculators put students at advantages and disadvantages depending on how they are used, and how students with more computing power excelled or failed compared to those with the less powerful model of calculator.

While the studies conducted in this paper are of an Australian background, this article offers some background information on the graphing calculator, such as when they were first introduced to students in Australia. The article also contains information on the background of the use of graphing calculators, such as how they affect students' performance, their attitudes towards the subject, and their confidence. This study shows how the performance can be enhanced by the use of graphics calculators.

This article discusses the assessment of a class of girls who were issued a certain type of graphics calculator. The teacher of this class was known for his integration of calculators in his course curriculum, and his classes were known for achieving above average on tests. The primary study was to investigate the effects of learning with the use of a graphing calculator. Classroom conversation was recorded and analyzed in order to determine how well the class understood the curriculum. This article while limited only to certain number of students delves deeply into how they were taught, and their response to the use of graphics calculators in the classroom.

This article deals with uses of graphics calculators to help the understanding of mathematics, but takes a different approach. It addresses the issue that some scholars make concerning calculators, that calculators impede the understanding of mathematical concepts and only leads to incompetent students. This includes an in-depth analysis of the concepts a graphing calculator can help a student understand.

NASA has predicted a new mission to the moon in 2020, about the time current middle school children will be graduating college. This discusses the pick-up in STEM education in schools.

Business leaders, governors, and others are urging a redoubled commitment to strengthening U.S. students' preparation to succeed in the subjects known by the increasingly familiar shorthand of STEM.