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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Calculus achievement"”.
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COVARIANCE STRUCTURAL MODELS FOR MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION: AN INVESTIGATION OF SEX DIFFERENCES AT THE LEVEL OF COLLEGE CALCULUS USING FACTORIAL MODELING
… the correlations observed among mathematics achievement and participation measures and related cognitive and affective variables. A random sample of college calculus students (N = 268; 124 females and 144 males) was administered: (1) a battery of cognitive tests, including measures of …
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SPATIAL ABILITY, MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT, AND SPATIAL TRAINING IN MALE AND FEMALE CALCULUS STUDENTS
… investigate the effects of spatial training upon calculus achievement, spatial visualization, and tendency and ability to visualize solids of revolution in calculus, for college males and females. A random sample of 250 first-semester calculus students at the University of New Hampshire was …
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A Tale of Two Universities: Investigating Factors Affecting the Secondary to Tertiary Transition into Calculus for Students in STEM Disciplines
Calculus, an oft-required course for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, is frequently cited as a gatekeeper for student success. This study sought to investigate factors affecting the secondary to tertiary transition into calculus for students in STEM …
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EFFECTS OF FIELD-DEPENDENCE/INDEPENDENCE AND SEX ON PATTERNS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND GRADING IN A FIRST-SEMESTER CALCULUS COURSE (COGNITIVE STYLE, REMEDIAL MATHEMATICS, GRADING BIAS, APPRAISAL, COLLEGE)
… audiovisual remedial instruction on mathematics achievement (Experiment I); second to investigate the effects of student and grader cognitive style (f-d/i) and sex on calculus test grades (Experiment II).</p><p>One hundred fifty first-semester calculus students, identified by an …
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THE ROLE OF ERROR ANALYSIS, DIAGNOSTIC GRADING PROCEDURES, AND STUDENT REFLECTION IN FIRST SEMESTER CALCULUS LEARNING (EPISTEMOLOGY, METACOGNITION, INQUIRY)
… within the context of a first semester college calculus course. The techniques of error analysis were used to identify and categorize the student difficulties. Insights gained from this categorization served as the basis for the design and development of calculus grader preparation materials …
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A long-term study of educational robotics and achievement in math and science
… school enrollment in Physics 1, Physics 2, or Calculus classes. The second part examines a series of video recordings of student teams in the robotics class working on a capstone project. Using grounded theory, I coded and analyzed recordings of two of the teams, focusing on the math and …