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Direct linkSkuratowicz, Eva; Ota St. Clair, Serena; Pritzlaff, Rikki; Anderson, Cassandra; Menefee, Michael; Miller-Loessi, Karen – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
This paper compares the effectiveness of contextualized developmental intermediate algebra to the more traditional developmental intermediate algebra approach, for students at two community college campuses located in two counties in the Pacific Northwest. We assessed four student outcome measures of effectiveness: likelihood of passing algebra,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Algebra, Remedial Instruction, Community Colleges
Download full textLiu, Yi Chun; Huang, Yong-Ming – JALT CALL Journal, 2015
The teaching of translation has received considerable attention in recent years. Research on translation in collaborative learning contexts, however, has been less studied. In this study, we use a tool of synchronous collaboration to assist students in experiencing a peer translation process. Afterward, the unified theory of acceptance and use of…
Descriptors: Translation, Technology Uses in Education, Adoption (Ideas), Cooperative Learning
Guy, G. Michael; Cornick, Jonathan; Puri, Karan – PRIMUS, 2016
Many colleges are finding that the use of acceleration in developmental education is a promising direction for improved student progress toward a degree or certificate. Acceleration has been defined in the literature as the reorganization of curricula and instruction in ways that facilitate the completion of educational requirements in an…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Algebra, Problem Solving, Remedial Mathematics
Aquilonius, Birgit C.; Brenner, Mary E. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2015
Results from a study of 16 community college students are presented. The research question concerned how students reasoned about p-values. Students' approach to p-values in hypothesis testing was procedural. Students viewed p-values as something that one compares to alpha values in order to arrive at an answer and did not attach much meaning to…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Statistics
Zetterqvist, Lena – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 2017
Researchers and teachers often recommend motivating exercises and use of mathematics or statistics software for the teaching of basic courses in probability and statistics. Our courses are given to large groups of engineering students at Lund Institute of Technology. We found that the mere existence of real-life data and technology in a course…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Alignment (Education), Probability, Statistics
Offenholley, Kathleen H. – Mathematics Teacher, 2013
The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) in New York City is fourth among all community colleges in awarding degrees to minority students and in awarding degrees to African Americans. The BMCC student body is approximately 37 percent Hispanic, 33 percent black, 15 percent white, and 15 percent Asian. In addition, a significant proportion…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Minority Group Students, English Language Learners, Immigrants
