Download or read book A Comparison of Computer based Versus Teacher directed Instructional Outcomes in Developmental Mathematics Courses written by Phillip Morris and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to test the theoretical assertion that learning facilitation techniques associated with constructivist student centered instructional methods are more effective for achieving successful learning outcomes for math skill deficient students in community college, than traditional teacher directed pedagogical techniques. This purpose is carried out through comparing students in computer-based student developmental math courses versus students enrolled in traditional developmental math courses at public rural-serving medium sized community college in the South. Students are compared in terms of course completion, grades earned, and success in subsequent math courses, while accounting for individual background characteristics, pre-college characteristics, academic experiences, and course characteristics.
Download or read book Academic and Affective Outcomes of Computer based Instruction on Developmental Math Students written by Eric M. Kohler and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study aligning the positive aspects of technological-based learning with the high-risk population of developmental math students was conducted to ascertain the academic and affective outcomes of an "emporium model" of instruction on students with a case history of mathematical failure. By running parallel course sections in both emporium (treatment) and lecture-based (control) formats at two comparable universities, the quasi-experimental research design examined the effects of instructional delivery on students' academic completion rates, pass rates, and retention rates. Affective responses, namely mathematics anxiety levels and locus of control, were also studied using pre-post survey data to identify students' within-group emotionality differences during the semester. Statistically, chi-squared analyses showed that emporium-model students completed and passed their courses at significantly lower rates than lecture-based control students. Likewise, a repeated-measures ANOVA indicated that teacher-led, lecture students reported a significant decrease in anxiety levels throughout the semester that was not evident among emporium-model students. No significant differences were found between the groups' student retention rates and pre-post locus of control measures. The results reflect a disconnect between emporium-model pedagogies and developmental student aptitudes and attitudes. Developmental math programs should not underestimate the imperative role of a quality classroom teacher. Developmental programs must also use intensive academic and affective diagnostics to place students into the appropriate courses, taught by appropriately-matched models of instruction. Suggestions for further research are also included.
Download or read book The Effectiveness of Computer assisted Instruction in Developmental Mathematics written by Kathy Dye Spradlin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colleges and universities are trying alternative instructional approaches to improve the teaching of developmental mathematics with the goal of increasing the number of students who have the skills and knowledge required for college-level math courses and for the twenty-first century workforce. Computers and the internet make possible new methods of delivering instruction so students will have choices of when, where, and how they learn math. The purpose of this study was to compare academic performance of students enrolled in a developmental mathematics course using traditional instruction, traditional instruction supplemented with computer-assisted instruction, and online distance learning. In addition, gender differences in mathematical performance were also investigated. The quasi-experimental study was conducted in Intermediate Algebra classes at a large, private, eastern university. An analysis of covariance was used to adjust the mean posttest scores for any initial difference in the groups on the pretest. There was no statistically significant difference in the posttest scores of students receiving traditional instruction and traditional instruction supplemented with computer-assisted instruction. There was a significant difference in the posttest scores of females and males, with females outperforming males in both modes of instruction. Although the original intent of this study was to include a group of students who took the course online, pretest scores for this group excluded them from the analysis. Institutions should offer developmental mathematics courses in a variety of formats, assist students in selecting the mode of instruction that best suits their learning style, and provide professional development in computer-assisted instruction.
Download or read book A Comparison of Achievement Between Students Taking a Developmental Mathematics Course Using Computer assisted Instruction and Students Taking the Course in the Traditional Classroom Setting written by Michael J. Bohn and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparison of Online and Classroom based Developmental Math Courses written by Jeanette Gibeson Eggert and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developmental Mathematics Instruction in a Community College written by Billy Wayne Adams and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the study was to compare face-to-face and online developmental mathematics instruction. The study centered on a comparison of online and face-to-face instructional delivery methods, in a mid-level developmental mathematics course. The online format was delivered through Blackboard Developmental Education, the course lecture component was delivered through both synchronous and asynchronous methods. The lab portion for the online course was delivered through MyMathLab software developed by Pearson Education. The face to face lecture component was delivered in a traditional lecture classroom setting and the face-to-face lab component was delivered through the MyMathLab software. The need to accelerate the developmental education sequence and also allow online student to have the ability to enroll in a developmental mathematics course without a face-to-face component was a focus of this study. Many students enrolled in face to face developmental coursework but were enrolled in an online and/or hybrid format for all the additional courses in which they took. Some students were enrolled in only one course, while others took a full course load. The THECB required that if a student was enrolled in credit coursework but were deficient in one or more areas of the TSI, they were required to be concurrently enrolled in a developmental course. With the growing number of students who choose to enroll in online courses, this places an enormous burden upon developmental education programs, to provide a viable alternative to the traditional developmental coursework delivered solely in a face-to-face classroom setting. The study found no significant difference in the comparison of success rates between the face-to-face and the online course delivery formats. The study implies that students must be provided the necessary tools which will allow them to succeed and persist through developmental mathematics and allow them to carry that success into credit bearing mathematics courses.
Download or read book At Their Own Pace written by Alissa Gardenhire and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community colleges nationwide are looking for solutions to help students complete developmental (remedial) math--a known barrier to graduation. Some are offering computer-assisted, modular developmental math courses that allow students to earn credits incrementally and move through the curriculum at their own pace. One of these modularized courses, ModMath, was created at Tarrant County College (TCC) near Fort Worth, Texas. It reorganizes the content of TCC's two semester-long developmental math courses into a set of six modules, each of which is five weeks long. The four primary components of the ModMath intervention are: a diagnostic assessment that places students in a starting module; individual registration into three modules per course section each semester; computer-based instruction delivered online through an instructional software program; and personalized, on-demand assistance in class from an instructor and class aide. MDRC is evaluating ModMath's implementation and its effects on students' academic outcomes using a randomized controlled trial. This report contains implementation findings and some findings on early impacts for the first three semesters of students enrolled in the study: (1) ModMath was well implemented and differed from traditional developmental math courses in both the nature of its instruction and its credit-earning structure; (2) After one semester in the program, students randomly assigned to ModMath (the program group) were, on average, closer to completing the developmental math sequence than were students randomly assigned to traditional, lecture-based courses (the control group). This relatively greater progress was the result of program group students getting credit for completing one or two modules but not the equivalent of an entire course; (3) However, this advantage did not translate into other measures of progress. For example, program group students were not more likely to pass the halfway mark in the developmental math sequence than the control group. More than 70 percent of the students in the study, in either group, were unable to pass this benchmark in the first semester; and (4) ModMath had a small negative effect on the percentage of students who completed the developmental math sequence during their first semester (0.4 percent of program group students compared with 1.9 percent of the control group). While this report contains final findings regarding the implementation of ModMath, it contains only preliminary findings on the program's effects. Data were only available for students who enrolled in the first three semesters of what were ultimately four semesters of enrollment, and the report only follows them for one semester. The final report from this study will draw upon additional data and provide additional evidence about the effect ModMath may have on student outcomes. The following tables containing information from Tarrant County College in Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, and Fall 2015 are appended in Additional Analyses: (1) Student Characteristics at Study Enrollment; (2) TSI Placement Levels of the Program and Control Groups; (3) Student Survey Results; (4) Student Survey Results among Program Group Students; (5) Students Placed Using "MyMathTest" and Other Placement Tests; (6) Early Student Progress in ModMath; (7) Early Math Enrollment and Progress; (8) Early Credits Attempted and Earned; and (9) Early Student Math Progress Under Alternate Assumptions for Students Who Did Not Pass Any Math Classes. [Partners at Tarrant County College (TCC) collaborated on this report.].
Download or read book Student Success written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of incorporating computerized instruction into developmental mathematics courses. The study examined achievement, retention, persistence, and success of students who began in Elementary Algebra, progressed into Intermediate Algebra and subsequently obtained their goal of completing an initial college-level mathematics course. The college-level courses consist of College Algebra, Introductory Statistics, or Contemporary Mathematics. Two groups of elementary algebra students from Chattanooga State Technical Community College were used in this study. One group was taught using a lecture based approach and one group was taught using a computerized instructional approach. The lecture group consisted of 175 students where the computer group consisted of 208 students. Achievement was studied using elementary algebra final exam grades and overall course grades from students who were enrolled in elementary algebra during the fall 2002 semester. Retention was studied using students who began in the fall 2002 semester in elementary algebra, tracking them, to see if they enrolled in a mathematics course during the spring 2003 semester. Persistence was studied using students who began elementary algebra in the fall 2002 semester, enrolled in a mathematics course during the spring 2003 semester and persisted with their mathematics by registering for a mathematics course in the summer 2003 semester or the fall 2003 semester. Student success was studied using students who began in the elementary algebra course in the fall 2002 semester and successfully completed a college mathematics course by the fall 2003 semester. Success was determined by the number of students who made a letter grade of an A, B or C in any college level mathematics course. When examining achievement, retention, persistence and success, the only area in this study that showed a significant difference was among the achievement rates. The lecture students' achievement rates were significantly higher than the students who received computerized instruction. Retention, persistence and success did not show any significant difference between the two groups.
Download or read book Developmental Mathematics Program Completion written by Carrie F. Quesnell and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the paper was to determine whether computer-based mathematics instruction is more successful than lecture-based instruction for student success.
Download or read book A Comparison Study of Computer facilitated Instruction Versus Non computer Facilitated Instruction in Developmental Mathematics at a University written by Thair M. Hamtini and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Student Success in Community Colleges written by Deborah J. Boroch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student Success in Community Colleges As more and more underprepared students enroll in college, basic skills education is an increasing concern for all higher education institutions. Student Success in Community Colleges offers education leaders, administrators, faculty, and staff an essential resource for helping these students succeed and advance in college. By applying the book's self-assessment instrument, colleges can pinpoint how their current activities align with the most effective proven practices. Once the gaps are identified, community college leaders can determine the best strategic direction for improvement. Drawing on a broad knowledge base and illustrative examples from the most current literature, the authors cover organizational, administrative, and instructional practices; program components; student support services and strategies; and professional learning and development. Designed to help engage community college leadership and practitioners in addressing the practices, structures, and obstacles that enhance or impede the success of basic skills students, the book's strategies can be tailored to various institutional levels, showing how to unite faculty, staff, and administrators in a cooperative effort to effect institutional change. Finally, Student Success in Community Colleges reveals how investing in a comprehensive basic skills infrastructure can be a financially sustainable model for the institution as well as substantially beneficial to students and society. "This is a most unusual and valuable book; it is packed with careful analysis and practical suggestions for improving basic skills programs in community colleges. Compiled by a team of practicing professionals in teaching, administration, and research, it is knowledgeable about what has been done and imaginative and practical about what can be done to improve the access and success of community college students." K. Patricia Cross, professor of higher education, emerita, University of California, Berkeley "For its first hundred years the community college was committed primarily to access; in its second hundred years the commitment has changed dramatically to success. This book provides the best road map to date on how community colleges can reach that goal." Terry O'Banion, president emeritus, League for Innovation, and director, Community College Leadership Program, Walden University "This guide is the most comprehensive source of information about all facets of basic skills or developmental education. It will be invaluable not just to community college educators across the nation, but also to those in high schools and four-year colleges who share similar problems." W. Norton Grubb, David Gardner Chair in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley
Download or read book A Comparative Analysis of Modes of Instruction Using Student Test Scores in Developmental Mathematics written by Brenda Denise Teal and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to compare academic achievement based on the test scores of students receiving two different modes of instruction in developmental mathematics. The scores were compared between students who received computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and students who received a traditional lecture (TL) mode of instruction. The treatment group used CAI with the Educo Learning System software during class lectures, homework assignments and quizzes. The control group used the TL mode of instruction. A comparative analysis was used to determine if one mode of instruction led to higher mathematics scores in a pre-algebra course. The population in this study was students enrolled in developmental mathematics courses at a suburban community college in the mid-Atlantic region. This quasi-experimental study began with a pretest using ACCUPLACER(TM) Online, which determined that both groups were similar in their mathematical knowledge. Student scores in developmental mathematics were assessed using two posttests. Posttest 1 was given after 6 weeks of instruction and posttest 2 was given after 16 weeks of instruction in order to make a comparative analysis between the modes of instruction. Major findings from the study revealed there were no statistically significant differences between the mathematics scores of students taught with computer-assisted instruction and students taught with the traditional lecture mode of instruction. Based on an analysis of the findings, the t-test revealed a statistically significant difference in the students' computational skills scores based on the mode of instruction. Students receiving the traditional lecture mode of instruction had higher scores over students receiving the computer-assisted mode of instruction in developmental mathematics. One unanticipated finding from the study revealed that students who received the computer-assisted mode of instruction in the pre-algebra course had higher retention rates than students who received the traditional lecture mode of instruction. -- Abstract.
Download or read book Reforming Mathematics Classroom Pedagogy written by Michelle Hodara and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For developmental education students, rates of developmental math course completion and persistence into required college-level math courses are particularly low. This literature review examines the evidence base on one potential means for improving the course completion and learning outcomes of developmental mathematics students: reforming mathematics classroom pedagogy. Each study examined for this review was classified into one of six sets according to the main instructional approach focused on in the study. The six sets are: "student collaboration", "metacognition", "problem representation", "application", "understanding student thinking", and "computer-based learning". Because most of the studies across the sets did not employ rigorous methods, the evidence regarding the impact of these instructional practices on student outcomes is inconclusive. An analysis of the studies that did employ rigorous designs suggests that structured forms of student collaboration and instructional approaches that focus on problem representation may improve math learning and understanding. This paper concludes by making a number of methodological recommendations, proposing several needed areas of research related to developmental math pedagogy, and suggesting instructional practices that may improve the outcomes of developmental math students. A tabular review of math pedagogy studies is appended. (Contains 10 footnotes and 1 table.).
Download or read book Journal of Developmental Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparative Analysis of Student Performance Utilizing Computer Based Instruction and Teacher Based Instruction Within a Secondary Mathematics Setting written by John Douglas Sawtelle and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project addresses the question: does computer based instruction enhance student learning when compared to traditional lecture or teacher based instruction? The overall purpose of this project was an assessment of student performance before and after using computer based instruction versus a before and after assessment using traditional teacher based instruction.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Distance Learning Second Edition written by Rogers, Patricia L. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2009-01-31 with total page 2612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers comprehensive coverage of the issues, concepts, trends, and technologies of distance learning.
