In this episode of PDXPLORES, Daniel Mackin Freeman, a Ph. D. candidate in the sociology department at Portland State University, discusses the results of a study that asked if fine arts coursework is positively correlated to mathematics achievement in high schools at low, middle, and high socio-economic levels. Freeman and PSU sociology professor, Dara Shifrer recently publish the results of their study, Arts for Whose Sake? Arts Course-taking and Math Achievement in US High Schools, online in Sociological Perspectives. Click on the Download button to access the audio transcript
textThis dissertation research study is an analysis of the effects of project-based learning on a co...
This qualitative study aims to explore student perceptions of fine arts exposure on academic achieve...
Education in the United States is directly tied to social mobility for students with low socioeconom...
In this episode of PDXPLORES, Daniel Mackin Freeman, a Ph. D. candidate in the sociology department ...
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational achievement is vital to economi...
Math achievement in U.S. high schools is a consistent predictor of educational attainment. While emp...
Legislators, school leaders, and politicians continue to give accolades for the positive benefits of...
Emerging issues, including limited financial resources, funding from public sources, and the increas...
The researcher designed this study to investigate a possible correlation between the number of years...
This quantitative research study examined TAKS mathematics performance data across socioeconomic ide...
Examines the decline of funding for arts education in public schools. Describes how the study of spe...
The results of the research allude to a correlation between arts education and academic achievement....
This study examined the relationship between the essential skill of math and college remediation rat...
A continual goal of a teacher is to find new ways to reach students so that they become successful i...
Determining whether the arts are beneficial to a student’s education is a widely, and hotly debated ...
textThis dissertation research study is an analysis of the effects of project-based learning on a co...
This qualitative study aims to explore student perceptions of fine arts exposure on academic achieve...
Education in the United States is directly tied to social mobility for students with low socioeconom...
In this episode of PDXPLORES, Daniel Mackin Freeman, a Ph. D. candidate in the sociology department ...
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational achievement is vital to economi...
Math achievement in U.S. high schools is a consistent predictor of educational attainment. While emp...
Legislators, school leaders, and politicians continue to give accolades for the positive benefits of...
Emerging issues, including limited financial resources, funding from public sources, and the increas...
The researcher designed this study to investigate a possible correlation between the number of years...
This quantitative research study examined TAKS mathematics performance data across socioeconomic ide...
Examines the decline of funding for arts education in public schools. Describes how the study of spe...
The results of the research allude to a correlation between arts education and academic achievement....
This study examined the relationship between the essential skill of math and college remediation rat...
A continual goal of a teacher is to find new ways to reach students so that they become successful i...
Determining whether the arts are beneficial to a student’s education is a widely, and hotly debated ...
textThis dissertation research study is an analysis of the effects of project-based learning on a co...
This qualitative study aims to explore student perceptions of fine arts exposure on academic achieve...
Education in the United States is directly tied to social mobility for students with low socioeconom...