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A Handbook For Secondary Teachers of Remedial Mathematics in Georgia
<p>Several changes affecting the context of mathematics education were identified in Reshaping School Mathematics (Mathematical Sciences Education Board National Research Council [MSEB], 1990). The need for mathematics has changed to demand a higher level of quantitative literacy. New mathematics …
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Learning to Fail? Student Experiences in Remedial Mathematics in Community Colleges
<p>Referral to remedial coursework in mathematics is a significant barrier to degree attainment for community college students, which in turn has serious consequences for their employment and earning prospects. Students are placed into remediation when they are deemed unprepared to engage in …
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Impact of a selected remedial mathematics course on Accuplacer re-test results
… was to evaluate the effectiveness of a selected remedial mathematics course offered at a selected community college. Initial placement test scores were compared with scores resulting from a placement retest after completion of the remedial course. While the majority of students placed higher on …
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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)
… (f-d/i), sex, and different types of 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 …
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A Study of the Perceptual Learning Styles of Fifth and Sixth Grade Remedial and Non-Remedial Math Students
… difference in the perceptual learning styles of remedial and non-remedial mathematics students. A further purpose was to determine if there were any combinations of learnings style variables and mathematics subtest scores that would serve as significant predictors of remedial or non-remedial …
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Reaching students in a remedial college mathematics course: the roles of a teacher's care
… care at the collegiate level in the context of remedial mathematics courses. In this study, an award-winning college instructor’s care for her students is examined in the context of a remedial mathematics course. Interviews with the teacher and her students, research journal entries, fieldnotes, …
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Instruction Type and Student Major as they Relate to Student Success in College Level Developmental Mathematics Classes
The low success rate of developmental (or remedial) mathematics courses is a hot topic at the higher education level. In this research, student success is considered in terms of final grade, D/F percentage, and withdrawal percentage. The author is interested in looking at student success at a …
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Comparative effectiveness of selected remediation programs in postsecondary mathematics
… to compare the effectiveness of three methods of mathematics remediation available to students at Texas Tech University. The remedial methods compared are large classes with multiple-choice testing, small classes with open-response testing, and a self-paced, self-study program with no testing. The …
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The Necessity of Fundamental Math in College
… success in credit math classes. Non-credit remedial mathematics courses have a long curricular history in community college and university settings. The following discussion will examine the numerous contributing factors impacting the requirements of developmental education in postsecondary …
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An investigation into the attainment of spatial concepts by university science students
… 3. For the purposes of counselling and possible remedial teaching, at which stage during a course of university study should failing students be tested for suspected spatial ineptitude? The investigation from 1980 to 1983 involved four populations of anatomy students, three populations of …
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Professors' perceptions of student readiness for college-level mathematics
… well in their freshman year in college mathematics classes. More incoming college freshman are being required to take remedial mathematics coursework. The purpose of this research is to determine if professors feel that traditional incoming freshmen students are prepared for …
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A comparison of mental strategies used by skilled and unskilled mental calculators
… results may also be helpful to those working in remedial mathematics. Further it is hoped that a follow up study may be carried out to determine the best way of improving the performance of both skilled and unskilled mental calculators.
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Eighth-grade Pre-Algebra: Rationale and Suggested Course of Study
… most recent curriculum guide for junior-high mathematics published by the Muscogee County School District and distributed in February, 1988, identifies five mathematics courses that may be offered in the Junior high schools throughout the system. For seventh graders, there are courses in …
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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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Multimedia mathematics intervention for math-delayed middle school students
… Sharpening Math Skills Lab technology-mediated mathematics instructional practices for math-delayed middle school students have positive effects on their mathematics achievement and spatial visualization ability and to gauge student engagement in learning, implementation of the principles of …
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Identification of the At-Risk Mathematics Student Within the Community College Environment
… of at-risk, remediated students with 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 = …
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A developmental case study : implementing the theory of realistic mathematics education with low attainers
… an intervention based on the theory of Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) aimed at improving the mathematical understanding of learners in two Grade 8 remedial mathematics classes, by revisiting the key number concepts of place value, fractions and decimals. In doing so, a second purpose was to …
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Exploring Best Practices in Developmental Mathematics
… on employing best practices in developmental mathematics at an urban community college in Dayton, Ohio. Guiding the study were the following research questions: What are the best practices utilized by a group of developmental mathematics instructors at an urban community college? How do these …