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An Inquiry-Based Quantitative Reasoning Course for Business Students
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Piercey, Victor; Militzer, Erin – PRIMUS, 2017
Quantitative Reasoning for Business is a two-semester sequence that serves as an alternative to elementary and intermediate algebra for first-year business students with weak mathematical preparation. Students who take the sequence have been retained at a higher rate and demonstrated a larger reduction in math anxiety than those who take the…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Inquiry, Business Administration Education, Algebra
Pre-Service Teachers' Teaching Anxiety about Mathematics and Their Learning Styles
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Peker, Murat – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the teaching anxiety of pre-service teachers in mathematics according to their learning style preferences. There were a total of 506 pre-service teachers involved in this study. Of the total, 205 were pre-service elementary school teachers, 173 were pre-service elementary mathematics…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
The Effects of the Summer Institute: "New Career Options for Women Through Mathematics" on Mathematical, Social, Academic and Career Anxieties and on Sex Role Attitudes.
Butler, Martha L. – 1978
An evaluative report is given on the Anxiety Management Training and Sex Role Workshops of the "New Career Options for Women through Mathematics" summer institute. The overall purpose was to help remedy the problems of low utilization of the scientific and technical academic and work potential of Arkansas women, and their resulting conditions of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitudes, Career Opportunities, Educational Research