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Cook, Samuel A.; Borkovitz, Debra K. – PRIMUS, 2017
In this paper we present data from one-on-one interviews conducted with students who have taken intermediate and advanced inquiry-based mathematics courses in a program that prepares future preK-8 teachers. Many of these students entered college with a fear of math, but then gained confidence from a required introductory math course and chose to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Introductory Courses, Inquiry, Mathematics Education
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Olson, Jo Clay; Cooper, Sandy; Lougheed, Tom – PRIMUS, 2011
An issue for many mathematics departments is the success rate of precalculus students. In an effort to increase the success rate, this quantitative study investigated how class size and teaching approach influenced student achievement and students' attitudes towards learning mathematics. Students' achievement and their attitudes toward learning…
Descriptors: Class Size, Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Prior Learning