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The Forgotten Population: Honors Math Students At A Vocational High School, Jarrod Richards
The Forgotten Population: Honors Math Students At A Vocational High School, Jarrod Richards
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The purpose of this mixed methods individual case study was to investigate why honors math students at a regional vocational high school felt that their mathematical ability decreased over their enrollment at the site under study from the levels they experienced in middle school. This study specifically focused on long term retention of material and motivational forces that can influence the perceptions of honors students’ ability in mathematics. The participants for this study were 23 students who had been in honors math for all four years at this school. A records review was conducted for the 23 participants, which yielded …