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Payton, Spencer D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study aimed to explore how inquiry-oriented teaching could be implemented in an introductory linear algebra course that, due to various constraints, may not lend itself to inquiry-oriented teaching. In particular, the course in question has a traditionally large class size, limited amount of class time, and is often coordinated with other…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Algebra, Introductory Courses, Mathematics Instruction
Hrubik-Vulanovic, Tatjana – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate how intelligent tutoring system ALEKS, which was implemented in remedial Basic Algebra courses, affected students' success in subsequent lecture courses and how former ALEKS students and instructors in lecture courses perceived ALEKS learning environment. ALEKS courses were delivered in emporium style:…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education
Smith, Jeffrey George – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Little empirical investigation has been conducted on high school students and teachers using online instructional multimedia developed entirely from the classroom teacher's traditional live-lecture format. This study investigated academic achievement, engagement, preference, and curriculum development using screen-capture instructional…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Visual Aids, Multimedia Instruction, Blended Learning
Rivera, Natalie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This action research study, set in a community college in the southwestern United States, was designed to investigate the effects of implementing cooperative learning strategies in a developmental mathematics course. Introductory algebra was formerly taught in a lecture based format, and as such regularly had a low course completion rate. To…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Two Year College Students, Action Research, Teaching Methods
Bingen, Charles W. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine college algebra students' perceptions of self-efficacy relating to method of instruction in a large-lecture seminar and self-paced mastery outcomes course. This study was prompted by a lack of information currently available regarding students' perceptions of specific methods of instruction regarding…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Remedial Instruction, Teaching Methods, Algebra
Brocato, Mary Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Over the past ten years, traditional lecture style delivery has given way to computer-aided instruction (CAI) in post-secondary education. Developmental mathematics courses have been one of the most widely used applications. At a small community college in the Mississippi Delta, a computer assisted version of Intermediate Algebra was implemented.…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Females, Self Efficacy, Computer Assisted Instruction