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Direct linkAmanda Mohammad Mirzaei – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Introductory calculus is mandatory for postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors (Bressoud, 2015); however, many students do not persist through introductory calculus to further STEM study (Rasmussen et al., 2019). One reason for this may be that students struggle with the prior mathematical knowledge required…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Prior Learning, Introductory Courses
Peer reviewedJuliane Schicker – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2024
So-called survey courses have been a persistent but contested genre in world languages, especially in regard to "the canon," an unstable concept that has historically determined the textual choices of such surveys. This article presents a case study for redesigning the survey course genre in line with theory to diversify, decolonize, and…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Music Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Schwab-McCoy, Aimee; Baker, Catherine M.; Gasper, Rebecca E. – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2021
In the past 10 years, new data science courses and programs have proliferated at the collegiate level. As faculty and administrators enter the race to provide data science training and attract new students, the road map for teaching data science remains elusive. In 2019, 69 college and university faculty teaching data science courses and…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Higher Education, College Students, Teaching Methods
Download full textRasmussen, Clay L.; Stewart, Penée W. – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2018
This study attempted to answer whether strategically designed and placed metacognitive prompts within an online prerequisite teacher education course can make a difference in the amount and quality of student self-reported use of metacognitive strategies. The study found significant metacognitive results for students in an online introductory…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Cues, Online Courses, Required Courses
Simon, David Nsingang – ProQuest LLC, 2018
My dissertation evaluates two efforts to improve undergraduate economics education---the College Fed Challenge (CFC) competition and requiring intermediate algebra as a prerequisite for taking introductory economics courses. Using survey data of undergraduate students who participated in the CFC competition and a control group of students who did…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses, Economics Education, College Mathematics
Brogt, Erik; Sabers, Darrell; Prather, Edward E.; Deming, Grace L.; Hufnagel, Beth; Slater, Timothy F. – Astronomy Education Review, 2007
Seventy undergraduate class sections were examined from the database of Astronomy Diagnostic Test (ADT) results of Deming and Hufnagel to determine if course format correlated with ADT normalized gain scores. Normalized gains were calculated for four different classroom scenarios: lecture, lecture with discussion, lecture with lab, and lecture…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Diagnostic Tests, Undergraduate Students, Achievement Gains
