FACTORS RELATED TO SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Title:
FACTORS RELATED TO SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Author:
Eldersveld, Paul J.
Appeared in:
Community college journal of research and practice
Paging:
Volume 7 (1983) nr. 2 pages 161-174
Year:
1983-01
Contents:
This study identified variables that were related to success and failure in developmental mathematics in eight Illinois community colleges. A discriminant analysis identified the following variables as discriminators in the total population(N = 513): numerical skills, instructional method, age, self-assessment of knowledge of mathematics and attitude toward mathematics. In the traditional instruction group (N = 250), self-assessment of knowledge of mathematics, age, and numerical skills were discriminators, while in the nontraditional instruction group(N = 263,), numerical skills, age, and self-assessment of attitude toward mathematics discriminated between success and failure. Finally, the educational implications of the results are discussed, and a composite description of the successful developmental mathematics student is presented.
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