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The Effect of Early Fieldwork on Mathematics Efficacy Beliefs for Pre-Service Teachers
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Hunt-Ruiz, Heidi; Watson, Scott B. – SRATE Journal, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of an early fieldwork experience on preservice teachers' mathematics efficacy beliefs. This quasi-experimental study included 127 preservice teachers from two community colleges who were enrolled in mathematics for teachers' two-course sequence. The Personal Mathematics Teaching Efficacy…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Field Experience Programs, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Instruction
An Examination of Organizational Fluidity and Workplace Quality in a Community College Setting: An Internal Multi-Stakeholder Perspective
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Porter, Catherine L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Community colleges today are experiencing monumental shifts in their operating environments. Some of these changes are known, but many of them are not. They include shifts in curriculum, funding, and societal expectation to name a few. Through the constructs of high quality work environment and organizational fluidity theory, this research…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Organizational Change, Holistic Approach
Redesigning College Algebra for Student Retention: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Research Study
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Thompson, Carla J.; McCann, Patricia – MathAMATYC Educator, 2010
One prohibitory component to graduation rates in college is the lack of student success in college algebra. The current national passing rate of college students enrolled in college algebra is approximately 40 percent. Lack of success in college algebra creating higher enrollments in remediation courses for students has also been linked to…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Graduation Rate, College Graduates, College Environment