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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFACILITATING STUDENTS’ GEOMETRIC THINKING THROUGH VAN HIELE’S PHASE-BASED LEARNING USING TANGRAMNyet Moi Siew, Chin Lu Chong, Mohamad Razali AbdullahThe aim of this study was to determine the effects of Van Hiele’s phases of learning using tangrams on 3rd grade primary school students’ levels of geometric thinking at the first (visual) and second (analysis) level. The study further investigated if high, moderate and low ability students acquire better mastery in geometric thinking at the end of tangram activities. Pre-test … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 2 Oct 2013 · 10,455 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordThe Role of Mentoring in STEM Faculty Leadership to Broadening Participation in STEM Faculty and StudentsKula A. Francis, Karyl AskewMentoring in faculty development is seen as acatalyst to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) leadership. STEM facultyleaders are organizational influencers with or without formal authority orappointments. Within the fields of STEM,mentoring is often construed as more than senior faculty mentoring junior faculty. Thisstudy explores the perspectives of 13 professors and chairs at HistoricallyBlack … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 18, Issue 1 · 14 Sep 2022 · 6,084 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordGender, Stereotype Threat and Mathematics Test ScoresMing Tsui, Xiao Y. Xu, Edmond VenatorProblem statement: Stereotype threat has repeatedly been shown to depress women’s scores on difficult math tests. An attempt to replicate these findings in China found no support for the stereotype threat hypothesis. Our math test was characterized as being personally important for the student participants, an atypical condition in most stereotype threat laboratory research. Approach: To evaluate the effects of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 16 Aug 2011 · 8,815 accessesView PDF Cite