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Download full textMcCulloch, Ryan Sterling – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
The role of any statistics course is to increase the understanding and comprehension of statistical concepts and those goals can be achieved via both theoretical instruction and statistical software training. However, many introductory courses either forego advanced software usage, or leave its use to the student as a peripheral activity. The…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Introductory Courses, Computer Software
KELLETT, JEREMIAH J. – 1966
THIS STUDY REPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICS PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDED STUDENT SELF-STUDY FEATURES. STUDENTS IN GRADES SEVEN AND EIGHT WERE PROVIDED WITH SELF-STUDY MATERIALS. OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE OF STAFF PATTERNS IN LEARNING. PRE- AND POST-TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED TO THE ENTIRE STUDENT POPULATION AND THE RESULTS ANALYZED. ANALYSES WERE…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Learning Laboratories, Mathematics Instruction
Douthitt, Cameron B. – 1973
An experiment was conducted to determine if a mathematics laboratory would reduce the withdraw/failure (W/F) rate in freshman mathematics courses. Fifty-six students in two course sections of analytic geometry were designated as comparative experimental groups T-1 and T-2, with 29 subjects in T-1 receiving only tutoring, and 27 in T-2 receiving…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
Mitchell, Myrna L. – 1980
The Math Center described in this report operates at Pima Community College to provide individualized, self-paced instruction as an alternative to lecture courses. The report first describes the Center's staff organization and then examines seven courses offered through the Center on remedial, vocational, and transfer levels. Each of these courses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Records, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
Budros, Kathleen; Kangas, Jon – 1992
A study was conducted at San Jose City College (SJCC) to determine whether method of instruction in Math 310 (Arithmetic) affected new college students' rates of success, first-semester competency, and persistence. The three instructional approaches used in Math 310 were a traditional three-unit classroom (CL); a structured math lab offering…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Gains, Arithmetic, Community Colleges
