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Download full textTroutman, James G. – 1977
Twenty-six students who were tutored in freshman mathematics were matched with twenty-six students who did not visit the tutor during the semester. Findings showed that students who received tutorial assistance got significantly higher (p < .05) final grades than the students not receiving help. (DT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Mathematics, Evaluation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedShapiro, Leonard – American Mathematical Monthly, 1977
The Individualized Supplementary Calculus Instruction (ISCI) Program is a computer-based tutorial resource in use on several campuses and by large companies needing to train employees in calculus. Evaluation showed ISCI to be effective, especially with students who report little talent for mathematics. (SD)
Descriptors: Calculus, College Mathematics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation
Simpson, F. Morgan, Comp. – 1976
This document lists 119 commercially available sets of audiotapes which deal with topics in mathematics. Some of the tapes listed were designed to accompany film strips; others are associated with workbooks, study guides, or other instructional materials. Each listing provides the name of the tape, a level code, a brief description, and the name…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiovisual Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTirosh, Dina; And Others – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1991
Described is a computer-based tutoring program that helped to improve computational performance for 16 preservice elementary teachers by effectively increasing their awareness of a tendency to divide consistently by the smaller of 2 numbers presented within division word problems. (JJK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Division, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers
Peer reviewedSasser, John E. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1991
This research study provides evidence indicating that students who receive appropriately chosen computer software tutorials as homework assignments attain higher achievement results than do those students who receive the traditional paper-and-pencil exercises as homework assignments. (JJK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Control Groups, Elementary School Teachers, Experimental Groups
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1985
This issue of "Investigations in Mathematics Education" contains: (1) 12 abstracts of research studies in mathematics education; (2) a list (by EJ number) of mathematics education research studies reported in the July-to-December 1984 issues of "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE); and (3) a list (by ED number) of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Educational Games
Abraham, Solomon T. – 1997
The Mathematics and Computer Science Learning Center (MLC) was established in the Department of Mathematics at North Carolina Central University during the fall semester of the 1982-83 academic year. The initial operations of the MLC were supported by grants to the University from the Burroughs-Wellcome Company and the Kenan Charitable Trust Fund.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Computer Networks, Computer Science Education
Corn, Juliana, Ed.; And Others – 1989
This handbook was developed as one of the objectives of a 3-year federally-funded model project to teach remedial mathematics to community college students with learning disabilities (LD). The underlying theme of this document is to provide a comprehensive plan to assist faculty, tutors, learning center personnel and others engaged in the effort…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Audiovisual Aids, College Mathematics
PDF pending restorationLeBlanc, John F.; And Others – 1992
The "Preparing Elementary Teachers to Teach Mathematics (PETTM) Project" (1988-1991) was a cooperative university/school effort to improve the teaching of mathematics by elementary teachers with its primary focus on improving the university training of preservice teachers (PSTs) in mathematics. This document, volume III of the project's 5-volume…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Australian National Languages and Literacy Inst., Deakin. – 1994
Papers from the conference on the education of Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders include: "English Language and Numeracy Program for Aboriginal Students" (Alison Jarred); "The Aboriginal Identity Course: A Midstream Evaluation" (Simon Vaughan); "Making the Curriculum Your Own: The Senior Girls at Lajamanu…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Chemistry, Classroom Techniques, Course Evaluation
