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Sonnert, Gerhard; Sadler, Philip M.; Sadler, Samuel M.; Bressoud, David M. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
College calculus teaches students important mathematical concepts and skills. The course also has a substantial impact on students' attitude toward mathematics, affecting their career aspirations and desires to take more mathematics. This national US study of 3103 students at 123 colleges and universities tracks changes in students'…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, College Faculty, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction
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Quesada, Antonio R.; Maxwell, Mary E. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1994
Compared the performance of (n=710) college students taught precalculus using a graphing calculator approach to the performance of students using the traditional approach. Students in the first group scored significantly higher than the others on a comprehensive final exam. (16 references) (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Calculus, College Students, Conventional Instruction, Graphing Calculators
Forster, Patricia Ann; Mueller, Ute – 2000
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the Western Australian Calculus Tertiary Entrance Examination (TEE) papers for 1996-99, two years before and two years after the introduction of graphics calculators on the examination. Changes in the questions that asked students to graph rational functions and students' answers to the corresponding…
Descriptors: Calculus, Comparative Analysis, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries