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Broughton, Stephen J.; Robinson, Carol L.; Hernandez-Martinez, Paul – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2013
Computer-aided assessment (CAA) has been used at a university with one of the largest mathematics and engineering undergraduate cohorts in the UK for more than ten years. Lecturers teaching mathematics to first year students were asked about their current use of CAA in a questionnaire and in interviews. This article presents the issues that these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction
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Nunes, Terezinha; Bryant, Peter; Hallett, Darcy; Bell, Daniel; Evans, Deborah – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2009
Two intervention studies are described. Both were designed to study the effects of teaching children about the inverse relation between addition and subtraction. The interventions were successful with 8-year-old children in Study 1 and to a limited extent with 5-year-old children in Study 2. In Study 1 teaching children about inversion increased…
Descriptors: Subtraction, Arithmetic, Number Concepts, Mathematics Instruction
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Sashin, S. S. – Higher Education Review, 1993
Forms and characteristics of small group physics instruction in the Russian university are examined and in some cases, compared to those used in Britain. Topics discussed include the lecture method, classroom communication during lectures, postlecture discussion, specialized small-audience lectures, problem solving, individual research projects,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique)