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Peer reviewedWillemsen, Eleanor W. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
The role of metacognition in fostering or inhibiting success in introductory quantitative college courses is examined. One teacher's efforts to build student confidence in an elementary statistics course for psychology are described, and student resistance to active learning methods is discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Active Learning, Classroom Techniques
