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Spence, Dianna J.; Bailey, Brad; Sharp, Julia L. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
A multi-year study investigated the impact of incorporating student-directed discovery projects into introductory statistics courses. Pilot instructors at institutions across the United States taught statistics implementing student-directed projects with the help of a common set of instructional materials designed to facilitate such projects.…
Descriptors: Statistics, Introductory Courses, Student Projects, Instructional Materials
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Rhine, Steve; Harrington, Rachel; Olszewski, Brandon – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2015
The collision between a growing, inexperienced teaching force and students' algebra struggles should be one of great concern. A collaboration of four public and private universities in Oregon restructured mathematics methods courses for preservice teacher candidates by using the affordances of technology to counteract this loss of experience. Over…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Algebra, Thinking Skills, Databases
EDLING, JACK V. – 1963
THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE IF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS PRODUCED WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF LEARNER'S MOTIVES (MOTIVATION RESEARCH) WERE MORE EFFECTIVE IN CHANGING ATTITUDES AMONG THOSE FOR WHOM THE MATERIALS ARE INTENDED THAN AMONG INDIVIDUALS IN GENERAL. RESPONSES OF 1,052 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE ANALYZED (ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE MULTIPLE…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Audiovisual Aids, Films, High School Students
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Straker, Neil – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1988
Describes the use of interactive video for mathematics classes in middle schools and high schools in Oregon, and discusses the possibilities of their transfer to schools in the United Kingdom. Cost effectiveness is discussed, teacher and student attitudes are examined, and several evaluative studies of the videodisc materials are described. (LRW)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness
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Niess, Margaret L.; Erickson, Dianne K. – 1992
This document reports the results of The Oregon Mathematics Teachers of Middle School (TOMTOMS) project focused on improving the curriculum and the teaching of mathematics in middle school in support of recent calls for mathematics education reform. Twenty seventh-grade teachers, representing the geographic regions in Oregon, were chosen from a…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Educational Change