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Quantitative Study of Math Excel Calculus Courses

Creator:

Watkins, Christopher H.

Abstract:

About twenty years ago, a large, rural, doctoral granting institution with an undergraduate population of approximately 24,000 in the pacific northwest of the United States established the Math Excel program. Students would attend lectures three times a week for 50 minutes like a traditional course, and they would also attend...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Active Learning and the ALEKS Placement Test in College Algebra : An Observational Study

Creator:

Dean, Raven

Abstract:

In 2012, a university in the north western United States began offering a redesigned college algebra class that had a greater emphasis on active learning. Specifically, two out of four class periods were completely devoted to students working together in small groups on carefully designed worksheets. Two years later, the...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis