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The Science Behind Spatial-Temporal Math

MIND Research Institute

Research investigating how such fear develops suggests that a lack of motivational or cognitive support paired with a high demand for correctness from the teacher can lead to students avoiding math probably because they want to avoid showing incompetence in class (Ashcraft, 2002; Turner et al., Summary of Efficacy. References: Ashcraft, M.

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The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

” was presented at a March 2019 conference session of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) in Washington, D.C. Department of Education launched in 2002 to help educators decide which educational products to buy. The study, “ Do Developer-Commissioned Evaluations Inflate Effect Sizes?

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