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A New Math Program May Reduce the Number of Elementary

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A new math program may reduce the number of elementary students who perform below their grade level.The company that developed this program supplied materials and teacher training to 3000 children and 400 teachers.Statistical analysis of the results showed that the percentage of students who did not attain the grade level standard was reduced from 24.3% to 18.5%.The hypothesis that the new reading program did not produce improvement was rejected with a P-value of 0.047.


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Subordinate Goals

Objectives or goals that require the cooperative efforts of two or more people or groups to achieve, which can help to reduce conflict.

Equal Status Contact

Contact between groups in which the groups have equal status with neither group having power over the other.

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An educational approach designed to minimize racial conflict among school children by encouraging students to depend on each other to succeed in classroom tasks.

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Strategies used to persuade or encourage individuals to agree to requests or demands.

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