Honors Projects

Linda LiFollow

Abstract

The purpose of this action research study is to investigate the impact of mental mathematics in the classroom and how it affects student achievement. Participants are students in a 9th grade Honors Geometry classroom with a class length of 43 minutes in a suburban setting. An initial survey was conducted to evaluate student confidence and reasoning abilities on a Likert scale. Throughout the research time frame, students were presented tasks requiring mental mathematics as an in-class activity. At the end of the experiment, students were to complete a post- survey to measure growth in areas like number fluency, self-confidence, and views towards mathematics.

Department

Education

Major

Integrated Mathematics Education

First Advisor

Daria Filippova

First Advisor Department

Mathematics and Statistics

Second Advisor

Barbara Childers

Second Advisor Department

Education

Publication Date

Spring 4-30-2018

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