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Tanti Listiani – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
Learning loss due to online learning has caused students to experience a decrease in their ability to solve mathematical problems. One of the declines in students' mathematical problem-solving skills occurred in the statistics course. Statistics as a branch of mathematics has an important role in training students' skills in processing and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Statistics Education, Comparative Analysis
Hollingsworth, Leah Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a vocabulary tutoring intervention with defining key vocabulary terms and algebraic problem-solving skills of students who struggle with mathematics. Literature shows that there is a need to further explore how students with mathematical learning difficulties learn mathematics vocabulary at…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Vocabulary, Tutoring, Algebra
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Zhou, Shaona; Wang, Yanlin; Zhang, Chunbin – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
There is widespread agreement that science learning always builds upon students' existing ideas and that science teachers should possess knowledge of learners. This study aims at investigating pre-service science teachers' knowledge of student misconceptions and difficulties, a crucial component of PCK, on Newton's Third Law. A questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Level
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ChanLin, Lih-Juan; Lin, Hong-Yen; Lu, Tze-Han – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
To bridge the digital divide and learning gap among children in remote areas, an online tutoring service has been initiated for after-school learning in remote schools. College students were recruited for the role of teaching and supporting remote learners through online tutoring. This research aimed to study college students' involvement in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Web Based Instruction, Tutoring
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Pease, Maria A.; Kuhn, Deanna – Science Education, 2011
Problem-based learning (PBL) is widely endorsed as a desirable learning method, particularly in science. Especially in light of the method's heavy demand on resources, evidence-based practice is called for. Rigorous studies of the method's effectiveness, however, are scarce. In Study 1, college students enrolled in an elementary physics course…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Problem Based Learning, Physics, Teaching Methods
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Watson, W. H. – Mathematics in School, 1980
Incorrect answers on an arithmetic test given to 83 first-year students at Aberdeen College of Education in the United Kingdom are reviewed. The nature of wrong responses and the likely reasons for the given responses are discussed. (MP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Students, Educational Research, Evaluation
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Patterson, Karen; Berry, Virginia – Educational Gerontology, 1987
Discusses obstacles and problems that confront older hearing-impaired students in the classroom at colleges and universities, where their numbers are increasing, and where these impairments may detract from their receiving maximum benefit from their educational experiences. Presents possible management solutions. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Students, Class Organization, College Students
Cherney, Elaine E. – 1981
This document points out the numbers of students who have difficulty in their required college mathematics courses. The four common syndromes identified with pupils who were experiencing a lack of success in mathematics were: (1) a lack of an adequate college or high school background in mathematics; (2) the tendency to feel that because they…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Students, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction