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Graphing calculators in college calculus : an examination of teachers' conceptions and instructional practice

Creator:: Barton, Susan Dale
Abstract:: The study examined classroom instructional practices and teacher's professed conceptions about teaching and learning college calculus in relationship to the implementation of scientific-programmable-graphics (SPG) calculators. The study occurred at a university not affiliated with any reform project. The participants were not the catalysts seeking to implement calculus reform, but expressed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Introduction This study will investigate teachers' conceptions about teaching and learning and actual

Methods college students use to solve probability problems and the factors that support or impede their success

Creator:: Bamberger, Mary E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this descriptive case study analysis was to provide portraits of the methods college students used to solve probability problems and the factors that supported or impeded their success prior to and after two-week instruction on probability. Fourteen-question Pre- and Post-Instructional Task-Based Questionnaires provided verbal data of nine...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and teaching of probability, two issues serve as a basis for conceptualizing the current study. The

Students' transfer of learning of eigenvalues and eigenvectors : Implementation of actor-oriented transfer framework

Creator:: Karakok, Gulden
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate third year college students' transfer of learning of the concepts of eigenvalues and eigenvectors from the winter term physics courses to the interviews in which they participated before, during, and after these courses. Transfer of learning of each student was explored by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: thanks to the teaching team of the winter physics courses and Professor Clayton for having me in their

Collegiate student's epistemologies and conceptual understanding of the role of models in precalculus mathematics : a focus on the exponential and logarithmic functions

Creator:: Melendy, Robert F.
Abstract:: Collegiate student's conceptual distinctions of what define a mathematical and a physical model seems to be affected by the epistemological beliefs they hold about this knowledge. These beliefs seem to influence student's thinking and reasoning as they embark on problem solving activities in collegiate mathematics. Student's epistemological beliefs of mathematical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: reasoning, competence and numerical performance, we consider a study carried out by Streveler et al. (2004

Student views on science and the scientific process : studying changes made in a redesigned non-major introductory science course

Creator:: Price, Matthew F.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to understand how instruction in an introductory nonmajor astronomy course at Oregon State University affects how non-science majors view science and the scientific process. The study used research-based methods to design a reform-based lecture/lab course and implement it for students. Two top-level questions were...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: science and the scientific process. The study used research-based methods to design a reform-based

Student, teaching assistant, and faculty learning during innovation in an introductory biology course

Creator:: Blair, Lesley
Abstract:: This study examined the dynamics of student, teaching assistant (TA), and faculty learning in relationship to implementation of a genetic technologies project in a university introductory biology course. Research focused on the types of learning that occurred and the various factors impacting that learning. Study participants included 25 undergraduate non-science...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Norman G. Lederman This study examined the dynamics of student, teaching assistant (TA), and faculty

Strategies utilized in computer problem solving and object-oriented programming

Creator:: Zaman, Naeem
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe how novice students solved computer programming problems in a beginning college level computer science (CS) course with an introduction to object-oriented programming (OOP) and what knowledge they obtained about OOP and computer problem solving (CPS) as a result of their experiences....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -error, (3) performing a desk-check strategy and (4) using the VISUAL C++ debugger. This study

How do engineering students develop and reason with concepts of electricity within a project-based course?

Creator:: Bledsoe, Karen E.
Abstract:: Reform in science education has often emphasized task-based learning as an instructional method to improve student understanding and retention of concepts, and to promote the development of reasoning and problem-solving. Yet studies assessing student knowledge at the beginning and end of a task-based class show mixed results. Students in task-based...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , voltage, and resistance in simple and complex circuits. The study also examined how the students’ prior

College algebra students' understanding and algebraic thinking and reasoning with functions

Creator:: Nilklad, Lakana
Abstract:: The purpose of study was to investigate college algebra students' understanding of function concepts. In addition, their solution strategies and algebraic thinking and reasoning were explored. Twenty-four volunteer students from one college algebra recitation class participated in the study to access their understanding of functions. Five out of 24 volunteer...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Development of a problem-based learning classification rubric for community college instruction

Creator:: Knelly, Leah J.
Abstract:: Problem-based learning (PBL) is one type of inquiry-based learning. Many community college instructors use inquiry-based learning as an instructional strategy. There is much literature on the use of problem-based learning in undergraduate, graduate and medical school education, with a multitude of examples of specific techniques and problems to be addressed,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , in practice, from other types of inquiry-based learning and lecture-based teaching strategies

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Graphing calculators in college calculus : an examination of teachers' conceptions and instructional practice

Methods college students use to solve probability problems and the factors that support or impede their success

Students' transfer of learning of eigenvalues and eigenvectors : Implementation of actor-oriented transfer framework

Collegiate student's epistemologies and conceptual understanding of the role of models in precalculus mathematics : a focus on the exponential and logarithmic functions

Student views on science and the scientific process : studying changes made in a redesigned non-major introductory science course

Student, teaching assistant, and faculty learning during innovation in an introductory biology course

Strategies utilized in computer problem solving and object-oriented programming

How do engineering students develop and reason with concepts of electricity within a project-based course?

College algebra students' understanding and algebraic thinking and reasoning with functions

Development of a problem-based learning classification rubric for community college instruction

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