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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Basic Mathematics"”.
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A basic mathematics diagnostic instrument
… this study was to develop a diagnostic test in basic mathematics appropriate for underprepared students. The objectives of the Basic Mathematics Diagnostic Instrument (BMDI) were designed to meet the needs of both basic mathematics instructors and the students who have been identified as needing …
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An Assessment of the Attitudes and Outcomes of Students Enrolled in Developmental Basic Mathematics Classes at Prince George's Community College
… of the initial and exiting attitudes toward mathematics and academic outcomes of students placed in the Developmental Mathematics Basic Arithmetic course at a community college in Maryland. Major research questions included were: (1) What is the difference, if any, between the pretest and …
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Use of Cooperative Learning and Computer Assisted Instruction to Investigate Mathematics Achievement Scores, Student's Attitude toward Cooperative Learning and Confidence in Subject Matter
This study investigated mathematics achievement scores between students working in cooperative learning groups using computer assisted instruction (CAI), and students working alone using CAI in a post-secondary developmental mathematics class. Fifty-one students enrolled in a basic mathematics …
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An Attempt to Determine a Hierarchy in the Acquisition of Elementary Mathematics Concepts
… a workable hierarchy in the acquisition of basic mathematics concepts. Research indicated that, to date, no definite hierarchy had been established. Ninety-nine subjects, ranging in age from three years to nine years and eleven months, were asked to perform fourteen tasks. These tasks …
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The Strength of Multidimensional Item Response Theory in Exploring Construct Space that is Multidimensional and Correlated
… of Necessary Operations and Calculations in the basic mathematics domain. In all scenarios, the MC1-PL IRT model showed greater precision in the recovery of the true underlying item difficulty values and person theta values along each primary dimension as well as along a second general order …
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Mathematics in workplace settings: Numeracy in the mechanical engineering trades
While mathematics is an essential tool for both professional and trades mechanical engineers, little is known about how mathematics is used and learned in the mechanical engineering trades. Using an interpretivist paradigm and informed by a social constructivist epistemology, this mixed methods …
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Steady and unsteady visco-resistive reconnection in the presence of the Hall effect
… In the first two chapters, we describe the basic mathematics and early models of reconnection. In Chapter 3, we search for a visco-resistive length scale in reconnection solutions. This is demonstrated in reconnective annihilation and a quasi-one-dimensional series expansion. We find that …
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Spreadsheet instruction and their use for teaching mathematics in the business computer applications course in Virginia
… use of spreadsheets for emphasizing and teaching mathematics in BCA courses. Survey instruments in the form of questionnaires were sent to all of the Virginia high schools with the BCA course to attain the BCA teachers' perceptions of spreadsheet use. Responses were received from 257 teachers, or …
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The co-requisite model : a regression discontinuity
… college students enter college with weak mathematics skills, which requires these students to enroll in a remedial mathematics course before enrolling in a college-level course (Bailey, 2009). Because of this, less than 25% of students requiring mathematics remediation earn the success of …
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Experiences of Adults with Developmental Disability and a Teacher of Mathematics in the Money Club
… excluded from Algebra and other high-level mathematics courses. People with DD do not have the opportunity to learn Algebra, which may support the understanding and provide purpose for learning money and budgeting skills that, perhaps, could help them avoid financial difficulties as adults. …
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Identification of the At-Risk Mathematics Student Within the Community College Environment
… nonremedial students in a first college-level mathematics class (Intermediate Algebra 101) was also studied.</p> <p>Method. The ex post facto study sought to determine to what extent the successful and nonsuccessful at-risk mathematics students (n = 358) differ on ASSET test scores, criterion …
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Snapshots of the St. Lucian market place: computational strategies of another culture
… and pencil algorithms dominates the elementary mathematics curriculum, outside of school both children and adults often abandon these methods in favor of their own informal strategies. A literature review showed the use of a large variety of procedures occurs across cultures, educational levels, …
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Screening for misconceptions and assessing these by using metacognition in a mathematics course for N2 engineering students at a Northern Cape FET college
… gap that the researcher addressed related to the Mathematics misconceptions that the N2 students had, and whether these misconceptions could be adequately addressed by screencasts. The study method used was a case study design and methodology while simultaneously collecting quantitative and …
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Examining the Effects of Gender, Poverty, Attendance, and Ethnicity on Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry Performance in a Public High School
… ethnicity may have on student achievement in a mathematics course and on standardized tests, specifically the NYSRE, an annual rite of passage for students in grades 9 through 11. This research considered and ran tests on data gathered from a single large New York City high school. In this …