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An Introductory Calculus Course for Management Majors
| Title: | An Introductory Calculus Course for Management Majors. |
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| Name(s): |
Young, Raymond Brandon, author Brumbaugh, Douglas K., Thesis advisor Burgess, Ernest E., Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Created: | 1984 | |
| Date Issued: | 1984 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 137 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | The purpose of this study was the development of a one trimester calculus course to meet the special needs of management majors at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. A traditional calculus course was previously required of these students and the traditional course provided subjects for the control group in a pretestposttest quasi-experimental design. The experimental course that was developed was different from the traditional course that it was designed to replace in several major respects. The slope of a tangent line and the area under a curve as motivation for the derivative and definite integral, respectively, in the traditional course were replaced with examples that seem more relevant to management students. The concept of a limit is nearly eliminated from the experimental course. Intuitive arguments are used instead of formal proofs as are given or cited in a traditional course. The achievement of an experimental group who took the experimental course was compared with the achievement of a control group who took the traditional calculus course offered for management majors. Achievement was measured by final examination scores and course grades. When these measures of achievement were statistically adjusted for initial differences in the control and experimental groups, using prerequisite course grades, the experimental group was significantly above (p < .01) the control group. | |
| Identifier: | FA00000717 (IID) | |
| Note(s): | Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1984. | |
| Subject(s): |
Curriculum planning Calculus--Study and teaching |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000717 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | All rights reserved by the source institution | |
| Restrictions on Access: | Copyright © is held by the author with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
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| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
