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Gleason, Jim – College Teaching, 2012
The implementation of online texts, videos, homework, and tests has changed the process of instruction in introductory college mathematics courses. With this change, more of the students' learning takes place outside of the traditional college classroom and in places such as tutoring centers and dorm rooms. A combination of chi-square tests--for…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, College Students, Class Size, College Mathematics
Banilower, Eric R.; Smith, P. Sean; Weiss, Iris R.; Malzahn, Kristen A.; Campbell, Kiira M.; Weis, Aaron M. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2013
The 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education was designed to provide up-to-date information and to identify trends in the areas of teacher background and experience, curriculum and instruction, and the availability and use of instructional resources. A total of 7,752 science and mathematics teachers in schools across the United…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Science Education, Mathematics Education, Teacher Background
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Kramer, Steven L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Although research has confirmed block scheduling's nonacademic benefits, effects on academic achievement are mixed. Teachers do not always replace lecturing with more effective participatory teaching methods. To work best under an intensive or alternating block schedule, schools should adapt the math curriculum to reduce course redundancy and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Block Scheduling, Class Size