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A Descriptive Study of Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes toward and Aptitude in Mathematics.
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Hosticka, Alice; Traugh, Cecellia – College Student Journal, 1981
Studied preservice elementary and secondary teachers to determine their attitudes toward mathematics and their basic mathematics abilities. Findings suggest that preservice teachers as a group are neither low in attitude nor ability. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics, Mathematics Anxiety
Comprehension: The Effects of Syntactic Ability and Logical Thinking.
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Miller, John W.; Hosticka, Alice A. – Reading Improvement, 1978
Examines the abilities of 52 fourth graders to recover surface structure from deep structure and to understand logical connectives. Finds that high comprehenders show greater ability than low comprehenders but that the two groups do not differ in ability to understand logical connectives. (RL)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Deep Structure, Elementary Education, Grade 4