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Textbook Mediation of Teaching: An Example from Tertiary Mathematics Instructors
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Mesa, Vilma; Griffiths, Brett – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2012
Drawing on data from interviews with mathematics faculty in three different types of undergraduate institutions and using Rabardel's model of instrument use (Verillon & Rabardel "1995"), we describe three ways textbooks mediate college faculty work regarding instruction. The model anticipates epistemic and pragmatic mediations between the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Textbooks, College Faculty, Pragmatics
Achievement Goal Orientations of Community College Mathematics Students and the Misalignment of Instructor Perceptions
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Mesa, Vilma – Community College Review, 2012
This study reports on the results of a survey of achievement goal orientations administered to a sample of 777 students enrolled in remedial and college-level mathematics courses at a community college. Results indicate that students' achievement goal orientations are consistent with adaptive learning patterns: Students are interested in…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation, Mathematics Achievement
Achievement Goal Orientation of Community College Mathematics Students and the Misalignment of Instructors' Perceptions
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Mesa, Vilma – Online Submission, 2011
This study reports findings regarding the application of a survey of achievement goal orientations to a sample of mathematics 777 students enrolled in remedial and college mathematics courses at a community college. The survey was based on the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales [PALS] and it included questions from the Views About Mathematics…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation