America's Pastime

1993 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 450-451
Author(s):  
James O. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Linear Equations ◽  
College Algebra ◽  
Algebra Students ◽  
Sports Statistics

Sports statistics, especially those from baseball, furnish interesting and motivating problems for algebra students. The following problem was chosen from Fundamentals of College Algebra (Swokowski 1989) and presented to a class of algebra students to give an example of an application of linear equations.

scholarly journals A Psychometric Analysis of the Algebra and Precalculus Concept Readiness Assessment for Community Colleges

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-336
Author(s):  
Yadira Peralta ◽  
Nidhi Kohli ◽  
April Strom ◽  
Irene Duranczyk ◽  
Vilma Mesa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
College Algebra ◽  
College Level ◽  
Readiness Assessment ◽  
Algebra Students ◽  
Reasoning Abilities ◽  
Item Fit

Understanding students’ readiness for precalculus and calculus at the community college level is critical not only because of the key role community colleges play in higher education but also because calculus remains a gateway course for students in advancing to higher level mathematics. The Algebra and Precalculus Concept Readiness Assessment for Community Colleges (APCR-CC) was designed to investigate community college students’ quantitative reasoning abilities and conceptual understanding in algebra. The present study investigates the psychometric properties of the APCR-CC instrument using item response theory based on a sample of intermediate and college algebra students from six community colleges collected in a pretest ( N = 1,131) and posttest ( N = 772) setting. We examine unidimensionality, item fit, local item independence, measurement invariance, and sensitivity to instruction. Our findings suggest that the APCR-CC instrument is sufficiently characterized by one underlying construct, local dependence does not seem to be an issue, and 80% of the items in the APCR-CC instrument are sensitive to instruction.

scholarly journals Factor structure of problem-solving efficacy among college Algebra students

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Oscar C. Anoling Jr. ◽  
Januard D. Dagdag ◽  
Jefferson F. Pascual ◽  
Ryan P. Salviejo
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
College Algebra ◽  
Algebra Students

scholarly journals Promoting Proactive Behavior through Motivation: Required Math Lab Hours Case

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Rachid Ait Maalem Lahcen ◽  
Ram Mohapatra
Keyword(s):  
Large Class ◽  
Supplemental Instruction ◽  
Wait Time ◽  
College Algebra ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Class Meeting ◽  
Computer Lab ◽  
Algebra Students

Requiring that students enrolled in college algebra to spend hours in a computer lab has been a practice in colleges and universities to improve success and retention. In part, because students come with different backgrounds, skills, and the computer lab environment allows for personalized supplemental instruction and tutoring. However, the way this practice may cause problems among students. Prior to this study, we realized that college algebra students are not pleased with having to wait outside the lab to get in and have to spend three hours per week to a receive a small credit. The wait time is due to the limited lab capacity that cannot house a large number of students when they visit at the last minute or right after a large class meeting. Hence, we attempted to stimulate a proactive behavior of visiting the lab early in the week through offering an incentive. It entails reducing the number of lab hours for the same credit after achieving a certain mastery. The results show that the students responded well to the modification. The final exam mean test shows that the modification was an improvement.

scholarly journals Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of College Algebra with ColAlgMap

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 89-103
Author(s):  
Phong Luu ◽  
Thinh Kieu
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
College Algebra ◽  
Private Tutor ◽  
College Level ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Mathematics Courses ◽  
Algebra Students

Teaching and learning lower level mathematics courses on the college level can be challenging and overwhelming. This paper will demonstrate how to design and develop a maplet package to aid in the teaching and learning of mathematics, to serve as a private tutor with infinite patience for college algebra students, and as a useful pedagogical tool for instructors. By using interactive worksheets and animated graphics in maplets, students will find the opportunity for numerous experiments that will foster their development of mathematical conceptual understanding and of computational skills.

Sharing Teaching Ideas: Graphical Transformations and Calculator Greeting Cards

2001 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-110
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Linear Equations ◽  
Linear Functions ◽  
Advanced Mathematics ◽  
Algebraic Equations ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
Algebra Students ◽  
Greeting Cards ◽  
Rectangular Coordinates ◽  
Different Characteristics

Greeting cards exist in many forms—homemade, store-bought, musical, and Internet cards—just to name a few. With the availability of graphing calculators, the creativity and fun of making greeting cards can be brought into the mathematics classroom to enhance students' understanding of functions. Graphing-calculator greeting cards can take on different characteristics and can be created by students at different mathematics levels. A central objective of the task is to use algebraic equations to create desired graphical designs that, along with strategically placed text, extend a calculator greeting. The algebraic equations used can range in difficulty from linear functions in rectangular coordinates to polar or parametric equations. Algebra students who are learning about linear equations, as well as advanced mathematics students who are working with a broad range of families of functions and relations, can create calculator greeting cards.

COLLEGE ALGEBRA STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD MATHEMATICS IN THEIR CAREERS

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1093-1110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Champion ◽  
Frieda Parker ◽  
Bernadette Mendoza-Spencer ◽  
Ann Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Attitudes Toward Mathematics ◽  
College Algebra ◽  
Algebra Students ◽  
Students Attitudes
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