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Sevimli, Eyup – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2016
This study aims to evaluate the consistency of teaching content with teaching approaches in calculus on the basis of lecturers' views. In this sense, the structures of the examples given in two commonly used calculus textbooks, both in traditional and reform classrooms, are compared. The content analysis findings show that the examples in both…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Conventional Instruction, Educational Change, Content Analysis
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Randahl, Mira – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2016
This paper reports on a study about how the mathematics textbook was perceived and used by the teacher in the context of a calculus part of a basic mathematics course for first-year engineering students. The focus was on the teacher's choices and the use of definitions, examples and exercises in a sequence of lectures introducing the derivative…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education
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Kensington-Miller, Barbara; Novak, Julia; Evans, Tanya – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2016
This paper describes a case study of two pure mathematicians who flipped their lecture to teach matrix determinants in two large mathematics service courses (one at Stage I and the other at Stage II). The purpose of the study was to transform the passive lecture into an active learning opportunity and to introduce valuable mathematical skills,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Mathematics, Professional Personnel, Lecture Method
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Smeal, Mary; Walker, Sandra; Carter, Jamye; Simmons-Johnson, Carolyn; Balam, Esenc – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2013
Traditionally, mathematics has been taught using a very direct approach which the teacher explains the procedure to solve a problem and the students use pencil and paper to solve the problem. However, a variety of alternative approaches to mathematics have surfaced from a number of different directions. The purpose of this study was to examine the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Control Groups
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Gonzalez-Martin, Alejandro S.; Nardi, Elena; Biza, Irene – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2011
The study we report here examines parts of what Chevallard calls the "institutional" dimension of the students' learning experience of a relatively under-researched, yet crucial, concept in Analysis, the concept of infinite series. In particular, we examine how the concept is introduced to students in texts and in teaching practice. To…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods
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Cavanagh, Michael S.; Garvey, Thomas – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
This paper reports the development and implementation of a collaborative professional experience learning community for a group of nine pre-service secondary mathematics teachers. The pre-service teachers and their methods lecturer made 12 school visits over one academic year to a local secondary school. The pre-service teachers observed and…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Mathematics Teachers
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McArthur, Lynne C.; Klass, Lara; Eberhard, Andrew; Stacey, Andrew – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2011
This article describes a qualitative study which was undertaken to improve the delivery methods and feedback opportunity in honours mathematics lectures which are delivered through Access Grid Rooms. Access Grid Rooms are facilities that provide two-way video and audio interactivity across multiple sites, with the inclusion of smart boards. The…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Action Research, Distance Education
Brocato, Mary Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Over the past ten years, traditional lecture style delivery has given way to computer-aided instruction (CAI) in post-secondary education. Developmental mathematics courses have been one of the most widely used applications. At a small community college in the Mississippi Delta, a computer assisted version of Intermediate Algebra was implemented.…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Females, Self Efficacy, Computer Assisted Instruction
Kogan, B. Yu – 1974
Presented in this translation are three chapters. Chapter I discusses the composition of forces and several theorems of geometry are proved using the fundamental concepts and certain laws of statics. Chapter II discusses the perpetual motion postulate; several geometric theorems are proved using the postulate that perpetual motion is impossible.…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Force, Geometric Concepts, Geometry
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Harding, C. M.; And Others – Studies in Higher Education, 1981
A study of the effectiveness of tape-slide teaching at the University of Exeter is described. Tape-slides were produced for a pilot comparison with the lecture method in the first year; in the second year, updated versions of the tape-slide sequences were used in a main trial comparison. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Shreider, Yu A. – 1974
Presented is an elaboration of a course given at Moscow University for pupils in ninth and tenth grades. The development through abstraction of the general definition of distance is discussed and a class of spaces in which the notion of distance is defined, the so-called metric spaces, is introduced. The general concept of distance is related to a…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Higher Education, Lecture Method
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Goldfinch, Judy – Studies in Higher Education, 1996
A study compared the effectiveness of two methods (medium-size class instruction and large lectures with tutorial sessions) for teaching mathematics and statistics to first-year business students. Students and teachers overwhelmingly preferred the medium-size class method, which produced higher exam scores but had no significant effect on…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Class Size, Classroom Environment, College Faculty
Frid, Sandra; And Others – 1997
The study reported in this paper represents the first stage of a five-year project aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning in undergraduate mathematics courses for science and engineering students. Students were surveyed about their confidence in their mathematics background, their confidence with current mathematics topics, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development