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Direct linkChristensen, Aaron R.; Stephens, Larry J. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2003
This study was conducted in the spring of 2002 at Arlington High School in a Probability and Statistics course for junior and senior level students. Two sections of the class were compared with respect to the use/non-use of EXCEL in the course. The experimental group (the one using EXCEL) outperformed the control group on five of the six…
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
Download full textSherry, Annette C.; Sherry, Francis T. – 1996
This study investigates pre-enrollment factors, particularly those related to computer confidence, in relation to persistence in the community college. Data on sex, ethnicity, reading level, high school grade point average (GPA), goal for attending college, and self-reported ability to use five computer application programs were gathered from 543…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
