Saxon Math: An Analysis for Middle School Students At-risk of Low Performance

Saxon Math: An Analysis for Middle School Students At-risk of Low Performance
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Published on 2008 by ProQuest

Publishers of Saxon Math proclaim that it is the leading researched skills-based product in the nation; districts throughout the United States and in foreign countries employ the program. Studies reviewed of program effectiveness, although limited at the middle school level, showed that students performed higher on districts' performance tests than students who were not instructed with the program. Questionable, however, were factors relative to this performance, especially as related to the teacher. This study investigated the effects of Saxon Math on low performing middle school students in mathematics who were located in a school district in the state of Georgia. The study found no positive significant difference in the performance of these students when Saxon Math was the only instructional tool used. However, when other strategies were used in conjunction with Saxon Math, a positive significant difference was found. Conclusions reached were that the years of teaching experience in mathematics at the middle school level and experience teaching at-risk learners were significant to student achievement. Also concluded was that Saxon Math used with strategies to include the use of manipulatives and cooperative learning enhanced the achievement of learners at-risk of failure in mathematics.

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