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Peer reviewedRech, Janice; And Others – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
This study compared the mathematical competencies and attitudes of elementary education majors (n=171) to a representative college population. Results indicated that elementary education majors possessed more negative attitudes toward mathematics and scored lower in 9 of 10 competency categories than the general college population. Significant…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Correlation, Education Majors, Elementary Education
Download full textLarson, Carol Novillis; Choroszy, Melisa N. – 1985
Described is the mathematics achievement of 391 elementary education majors at the University of Arizona. Students were administered two subtests of the California Achievement Test: the Mathematics Computation Subtest and the Mathematics Concepts and Application Subtest. The CAT was administered in a non-standard manner. Students were allowed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Mathematics, Computation, Education Majors
Peer reviewedDill, David D.; Morrison, James L. – Review of Higher Education, 1985
Results of a national survey concerning the difference in research training requirements of the Ed.D. and Ph.D. degrees in higher education as a field of study are presented, and the need for and assurance of a distinction between the two types of degree is discussed.
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Degrees, Education Majors
Baker, Thomas E. – 1988
Presented are the findings of a survey of students who are, or have been, participants in the King Foundation Forgivable Loan Program in Texas for preservice secondary mathematics or science teachers. Data on the number of respondents in the program and not in the program, and their reasons for staying or leaving (that is, teaching mathematics or…
Descriptors: College Students, Education Majors, Higher Education, Mathematics Teachers
