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Krupa, Erin; Webel, Corey; McManus, Jason – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2013
We share results from a quasi-experimental study in which we compared achievement between traditional lecture-based and computer-based sections of college algebra on a common multiple choice exam as well as performance on problem solving items. Students in the computer-based group performed better on the final exam and were also more likely to…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Quasiexperimental Design, Comparative Analysis
Reinauer, Charles D. – 1979
Presented is an abstract of a study done to try to determine a set of variables which are capable of accounting for a significant amount of variation in algebra achievement in each of two instructional formats. Tables representing final grade distributions, initial comparison of groups, and comparability of volunteer subgroup variables are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Algebra, College Mathematics
Bloom, Allan M.; And Others – 1984
The use of of the Automatic Interaction Detector (program AID3 of the OSIRIS statistical package) to study a university program is discussed. The performance of students who took general physics lecture and laboratory concurrently is compared to the performance of those who took them separately. Five years of data are analyzed, covering 1,997…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, Evaluation Methods, Grades (Scholastic)