Download or read book An Examination of the Impact of Smart Pen Technology on Mathematics Achievement and Attitudes of Community College Students written by Amy M. Marolt and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study sought to examine the impact of instructional use of smart pen technology on the mathematics achievement and attitudes of community college students enrolled in a College Algebra course. This quasi-experimental, mixed-methods study utilized a nonequivalent control-group design. In this study, two sections of College Algebra were analyzed with one section serving as a treatment group which had access to an online archival of smart pen documents. The other section served as a control group which had access to an online archival of digital documents which did not have smart pen capabilities. The first hypothesis sought to analyze the effect of the pen on students' mathematics achievement. Pretest and posttest data were collected from students in both sections. Using an ANCOVA test, results indicated that there was no significant difference in mean mathematics achievement scores by instructor's use of the smart pen as an instructional aid when controlling for pretest scores. The second hypothesis examined the number of times students viewed the online documents. The online communication platform collected data regarding how often each document was accessed by the students. Using a one-way chi square test, results indicated there was no significant difference in the distribution of student views of online course notes by the existence of smart pen documents for instructional use. The third research question investigated student attitudes regarding mathematics. This question was explored qualitatively using participant interviews from each group. Using an interview protocol, the researcher questioned students about their attitudes toward mathematics, mathematics self-efficacy, use of the online documents, and satisfaction with the course. Responses of the interviews indicated that participants from each group held different views of how the documents should be utilized. Students from the treatment group also seemed to be more satisfied with their understanding attained in the course. Findings indicated that the instructor's use of smart pen technology did not significantly impact student achievement or attitudes. This lack of significance could be attributed to the low number of students who actually accessed the documents. The findings indicate the need for further research regarding the effects of smart pen technology.

Download or read book Examining the Math Attitudes Math Self Efficacy and STEM Outcomes Among Native and Non Native English Speakers Using a Latent Class Analysis written by Myley Dang and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our nation faces an exponentially high demand for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) professionals and a scarce supply of individuals who pursue STEM careers, especially multilingual individuals. Particularly among students who are non-native English speakers (i.e., students whose native language is not English), there is little information on what role math attitudes and math self-efficacy play in understanding STEM outcomes. This information is critical to inform educators and policymakers on how to better prepare students and provide them the proper skills to be college and career-ready in STEM careers. To address this need, this dissertation explores the relationship between native and non-native English speakers' math attitudes and math self-efficacy with their 12th grade math achievement, STEM bachelor degree attainment, and STEM career attainment. More specifically, this study examines students' STEM outcomes at three levels of educational attainment including the graduation of high school, community college, and university.

Download or read book Inspiring Students with Digital Ink written by Tracy Hammond and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-26 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the latest research in pen and touch, its current use in STEM classrooms, sketching and haptics technologies. Computer and educational scientists from academia and industry presented their research at the Conference on Pen and Touch Technology on Education (CPTTE) 2017 on the advancement of digital ink technology and its applications for college and K-12 classrooms. This book is the synthesis of the presented results and the ideas generated from conference discussions. This volume contains seven parts; exploring topics like sketching forensics, teaching STEM, sketch recognition applications, creating a learning environment with sketching, teaching to sketch, and haptics. The book focuses on intelligent systems using digital ink that enable pen and touch interaction that teach and inspire students. Inspiring Students through Digital Ink is a must-read for anyone wanting to improve today’s student experiences and apply innovative approaches in the classroom. Also highlighted are current and future directions in pen and touch research.

Download or read book Some Effects of Using Minicalculators in an Arithmetic Course on the Attitude Towards Mathematics and the Mathematics Achievement of Community College Students written by Curtis Lee Gooden and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effect of the Microcomputer as a Demonstration Tool on the Achievement and Attitude of College Students Enrolled in an Intermediate Algebra Course written by Aparna Bandopadhyay Ganguli and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book School Family and Community Partnerships written by Joyce L. Epstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Download or read book The Effects on Student Achievement and Attitudes of Incorporating a Computer Algebra System Into a Remedial College Mathematics Course written by Beth Greene Costner and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The current study examined the effects of using a computer algebra system (CAS) and graphing utility on the achievement and attitudes of students in remedial college mathematics. The participants were enrolled in night sections of a basic algebra course and were identified for remedial work by a placement examination. Students came from various mathematical backgrounds, but all had experienced a cycle of mathematical failure that needed to be broken.

Download or read book SMARTPEN TECHNOLOGY AND NOTE TAKING STRATEGY ON ACHIEVEMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN SECONDARY ENGLISH CLASSES written by Rachael Lauren Joyce and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was designed to evaluate the effects of a note-taking intervention using the Livescribe 4GB Echo SmartpenTM assistive technology on students' notes and lecture comprehension, with an emphasis on content, vocabulary skills, and total words written. Students both with and without disabilities, including Specific Learning Disability, in 9th grade English Language Arts classes participated in this study. Students with disabilities may struggle with slower processing speed and poor working memory skills, which reduces the quality of their notes. Students in the experimental group were instructed how to use a note-taking intervention in conjunction with the smartpen assistive technology. This note-taking intervention was designed to assist students with disabilities to focus on taking their notes using the smartpen assistive technology, identify vocabulary words and definitions, amend their notes for errors or missed information, and write a brief summary of the important content. Results from the data analysis found statistical significance with special education students in the experimental group; they recorded more words in their notes, as well as an increase in word count and vocabulary words on the Immediate Free Recall (IFR) assessment.

Download or read book The Effects of Hand Calculators on Attitude Achievement and Retention of Students in College Level Mathematics written by Claude Montgomery Packer and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book DOES USE OF LIVESCRIBE SMART PEN RELATE TO INCREASED SELF EFFICACY FOR LEARNING IN COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES written by Julie Westerhof and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-efficacy has been shown to influence academic achievement and therefore is an important quality for students with disabilities to possess as this population tends to have lower academic self-efficacy than non-disabled peers. The research examines how the use of a smart pen impacts a student's experience of mastery with note taking and influences the academic self-efficacy of students with disabilities, and how students perceive the utility of the smart pen. This pilot investigation uses mixed methodology with quantitative and qualitative analyses. Participants include 22 university students registered with Disability Support Services with a primary disability of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or a Learning Disorder. Self-efficacy is measured with the Self-Efficacy for Learning Form-A (SELF-A) in a pre and post-survey. Participants' mean ratings of self-efficacy for learning were significantly greater at post-survey after using a smart pen than at pre-survey. Participants rated their perception of mastery experiences with note taking, the hypothesized mechanism of change, three times throughout the study and the majority of note-taking sessions were rated as mastery experiences. Qualitative questions were used to assess participants' satisfaction using a smart pen in a university setting. Participants' satisfaction with using a smart pen was mixed, providing both positive and negative features. Participants' were split on whether using a smart pen may have improved their academic outcomes and whether or not they planned to purchase or use a smart pen in the future. Many college and university disability offices use and encourage use of smart pens as accommodations without research supporting the effectiveness of smart pens. The study can be used as a basis for developing experimental research with smart pens and the disability population to address the limitations of this research. The results can be used by students and university personnel in making a more informed decision about using or encouraging smart pens for their student populations.

Download or read book The Effects of Online Homework on Achievement and Self efficacy of College Algebra Students written by David Shane Brewer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study compared the effectiveness, in terms of mathematical achievement and mathematics self-efficacy, of online homework to textbook homework over an entire semester for 145 students enrolled in multiple sections of college algebra at a large community college. A quasi-experimental, posttest design was used to analyze the effect on mathematical achievement, as measured by a final exam. A pretest-posttest design was used to analyze the effect on mathematics self-efficacy, as measured by the Mathematics Self-efficacy Scale. The control group completed their homework using the textbook and the treatment group completed similar homework using an online homework system developed by the textbook publisher. All class sections followed a common syllabus, schedule, and homework list and completed a common, departmental final exam. Classroom observations were also used as a way to establish the similarity between groups. The results of the study found that while the treatment group generally scored higher on the final exam, no significant difference existed between the mathematical achievement of the control and treatment groups. Both the control and treatment group did experience significant improvements in their mathematics self-efficacy, but neither group demonstrated more improvement than the other. When students were divided based on incoming math skill level, analysis showed that low-skilled students who used online homework exhibited significantly higher mathematical achievement than low-skilled students who used textbook homework. Exploratory analysis also showed that more students with low incoming skill levels and more repeating students received a passing grade when using online homework than did their higher-skilled, first-time counterparts, although the differences were not significant. Based on this study it appears as if online homework is just as effective as textbook homework in helping students learn college algebra and in improving students' mathematics self-efficacy. Online homework may be even more effective for helping the large population of college algebra students who enroll in the course with inadequate prerequisite math skills. Instructors and researchers should consider the possibility that online homework can successfully help certain populations of students develop understanding better than traditional approaches. This study has implications for mathematics instructors and for online homework system developers.

Download or read book Impact of IPad Technology on Achievement in Math written by Cody Joseph Geiser and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As iPads become more prevalent in education, questions about their effect on student achievement are important to explore. By setting up a control group, who are taught using traditional techniques, and an experimental group, who have each lesson supplemented with iPad activities, the study was designed to shed some light on how iPads can influence student achievement in mathematics. Data from the students' scores and their own analysis of their learning was used to determine the outcome of the study. The results of the analysis of study found that Algebra 8 classroom using iPads tested lower and improved less than the classroom that was taught without the iPad supplemental activities. However, the student response to utilizing iPads regularly in class was strongly favored and the students as a whole felt that the iPad activities did help them learn. Due to a variety of reasons and factors, further research on utilizing technology in education will be important for schools and educators to make decisions about how best to educate their students.

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Download or read book Wave of the Future written by LaSonya Michelle Walker and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this correlational, experimental quasi-design study was to investigate the effect of one-to-one laptop digital innovation on fifth-grade students. The intent of the research was to analyze and determine the effects of one-to-one classroom environment on student achievement and engagement, as well as teachers’ attitudes towards digital integration. Data collection included standardized test, aimsweb, Dreambox Learning, and semester scores. Quantitative data revealed a significant difference in student achievement between a one-to-one engaging, innovative environment and a classroom with limited technology resources. Students’ achievement and growth in math enhanced when enriched with digital programs via laptop technology. School districts will benefit from research results on the effect of one-to-one learning environments on student engagement and achievement.

Download or read book The Effects of Math Confidence study Skills Instruction on the Mathematics Achievement Attitudes and Study Skills Behavior of Remedial Math College Students written by Orian Langley Hight and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effectiveness of Technology Integration in Mathematics on the Achievement and Attitudes of Fifth and Sixth Grade Limited English Proficient Students written by Velma Palmer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study revealed that computer assisted instruction has alleviated Limited English Proficient Students\U+2019\ fear in doing mathematics and that has proven beneficial to their success in mathematics in the classroom and in the laboratory. Students\U+2019\ interview responses revealed that they enjoyed working on the computer but that additional time should be attributed to using the technology in mathematics.

Download or read book The Relationship Between Gender Ethnicity and Technology on the Impact of Mathematics Achievement in an After School Program written by Xudong Huang and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gap among ethnicities and gender in mathematics achievement is a well-known problem. While the gap has been shrinking over the past three decades, it has not completely diminished (Jencks & Phillips, 1998; McGraw, Lubienski, & Strutchens, 2006). The ALEKS, Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces, tutoring system is one promising example of a technology that can target this problem. ALEKS is a Web-based intelligent tutoring system (ITS) that instructs students on the mathematical topics that they are most ready to learn, assesses students' current knowledge, and evaluates student performance on problems related to those topics. In order to better understand the role that technology can play in decreasing achievement gaps for gender and ethnicity, the authors examined the effect of interacting with ALEKS in a 6th grade students' math after-school program. In order to answer the question, Does ALEKS reduce the math achievement gap between two ethnicities (White and African American) compared to a teacher?, a randomized experiment was implemented in which students are either assigned to use ALEKS or are assigned to be taught structured lesson plans from a teacher. The experiment was conducted as an after-school program at five secondary schools in a school district in west Tennessee using a population of 102 students with excellent attendance (45 out of 50 days). This left the teacher condition with 22 males, 29 females; 11 white students and 40 African American students. The ALEKS condition had 28 males, 23 females; 11 white students and 40 African American students. The program was conducted for 25 weeks with 40 days of instruction and 10 days of review assessments. Results from the study suggest that the ITS (ALEKS) helps reduce the achievement gap between ethnicities. While more research is needed, it would appear that the ALEKS condition was able to offer equivalent help to students with different levels of performances, while the teachers' help tends to average performers. One table and one figure are appended.