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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AN AUDIO-TUTORIAL AND A TRADITIONAL METHOD OF TEACHING INTERMEDIATE COLLEGE ALGEBRA TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS

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Date Issued:
1973
Summary:
The problem of this experiment was to test and compare the effects of an audio-tutorial method and a traditional lecture method of instruction of Intermediate College Algebra at Broward Community College, and to determine how the commercially-prepared and teacher-made audio-tutorial materials should be revised or altered for the improvement of the instruction of Intermediate College Algebra. The null hypotheses were based on the assumption that if significant initial differences in intellectual aptitude as measured by the Otis Mental Abilities Test, Form Am, existed between the groups, these differences would be adjusted with an Otis covariate. The Otis analysis revealed no significant differences, at the .05 level, between groups in mental ability. The seven null hypotheses were tested, as a part of the overall analysis of the study. The interpretation of analysis results lead to the rejection at the .05 level of the first hypothesis. (There is no significant difference in the mathematics achievement of the audio-tutorial and traditionally taught students.) The other hypotheses, two through seven, were accepted. As a result of the rejection of only the first hypothesis and an investigation of the linear trends of the pre- and post-test results it was concluded that the audiotutorial instructional method was superior, under the defined parameters, to the traditional method. It was concluded from the results of the attitude questionnaire that the audio-tutorial instructional approach had a positive effect on the students' attitude toward the course.
Title: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AN AUDIO-TUTORIAL AND A TRADITIONAL METHOD OF TEACHING INTERMEDIATE COLLEGE ALGEBRA TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS.
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Name(s): CHINN, JAMES ALBERT
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
College of Education
Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1973
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 154 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The problem of this experiment was to test and compare the effects of an audio-tutorial method and a traditional lecture method of instruction of Intermediate College Algebra at Broward Community College, and to determine how the commercially-prepared and teacher-made audio-tutorial materials should be revised or altered for the improvement of the instruction of Intermediate College Algebra. The null hypotheses were based on the assumption that if significant initial differences in intellectual aptitude as measured by the Otis Mental Abilities Test, Form Am, existed between the groups, these differences would be adjusted with an Otis covariate. The Otis analysis revealed no significant differences, at the .05 level, between groups in mental ability. The seven null hypotheses were tested, as a part of the overall analysis of the study. The interpretation of analysis results lead to the rejection at the .05 level of the first hypothesis. (There is no significant difference in the mathematics achievement of the audio-tutorial and traditionally taught students.) The other hypotheses, two through seven, were accepted. As a result of the rejection of only the first hypothesis and an investigation of the linear trends of the pre- and post-test results it was concluded that the audiotutorial instructional method was superior, under the defined parameters, to the traditional method. It was concluded from the results of the attitude questionnaire that the audio-tutorial instructional approach had a positive effect on the students' attitude toward the course.
Identifier: 11625 (digitool), FADT11625 (IID), fau:8563 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.
Subject(s): Mathematics
Education, General
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