Student Motivation and the Cognitive Complexity of Mathematics Instruction in Six Middle Grades Classrooms.

As young adolescents begin their education in middle level schools, many also begin a pattern of negative motivation to learn. Research suggests that major contributors to the negative motivation a...

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