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The Effects of the Use of Problem Solving and Cooperative Learning on the Mathematics Achievement of Underprepared College Freshmen.
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Norwood, Karen S. – Primus, 1995
Underprepared college freshmen (212 in control group; 178 in experimental group) were monitored through 1 year of college mathematics in a study that showed cooperative learning and problem solving had a significant effect on mathematical success. An appendix contains sample problems. (MKR)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Mathematics Achievement