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Weinberg, Aaron; Wiesner, Emilie; Barr, John – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
Mathematics textbooks are a significant pedagogical tool, particularly in light of the growing interest in "flipped" classrooms. However, there has been little research on how mathematics students read and comprehend textbooks. This article uses the ideas of the implied reader, sense-making frames, and sense-making gaps to analyze…
Descriptors: College Students, College Mathematics, Calculus, Textbooks
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Cao, Ying; Brizuela, Barbara M. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
Past research has investigated students' epistemologies while they were taking courses that required an integrated understanding of mathematical and scientific concepts. However, past studies have not investigated students who are not currently enrolled in such classes. Additionally, past studies have primarily focused on individuals who are…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Asians, Adult Learning, Cultural Differences
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Ebsworth, Miriam Eisenstein; McDonell, Tommy – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2013
Our study contributes to our understanding of Internet reading by Emergent Bilinguals (EB) and Native English speakers (NS) by investigating their recall of two Internet reading passages containing additional information available through either hypertext links or footnotes. Participants included 25 EB and 25 NS college students. Answers to cued…
Descriptors: College Students, Native Speakers, Bilingual Students, Internet