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Title
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REGULARLY ASSIGNED, REGULARLY COLLECTED, PROMPTLY CORRECTED, AND PROMPTLY RETURNED HOMEWORK IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE MATHEMATICS CLASSES.
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Creator
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DYER, PATRICIA WOODWORTH., Florida Atlantic University, Burgess, Ernest E.
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Abstract/Description
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This study was designed to determine the effects of requiring student completion and submission of homework problem assignments, their correction and return, on a regular basis, on community college student achievement in two mathematics courses. These courses were introductory college algebra (designated Mathematics X) and college algebra (designated Mathematics Y). Additionally, student persistence in the courses was studied. Implications of the study included the following: 1. Requiring...
Show moreThis study was designed to determine the effects of requiring student completion and submission of homework problem assignments, their correction and return, on a regular basis, on community college student achievement in two mathematics courses. These courses were introductory college algebra (designated Mathematics X) and college algebra (designated Mathematics Y). Additionally, student persistence in the courses was studied. Implications of the study included the following: 1. Requiring homework problem assignments to be completed and submitted on a regular basis as a teaching aid is acceptable for the instructor who approves of this practice. For the instructor who does not, any other teaching tool currently in use is equally effective. 2. Proper placement in the mathematics sequence may be the influential factor for persistence. This was indicated by the one statistically significant experimental outcome. Recommendations for further study included the following: 1. Determination of methods to improve instruction in community college mathematics courses. 2. Determination of improved placement techniques for students in community college mathematics courses. 3. Determination of factors which increase persistence. 4. Determination of factors which will reduce the large within-groups variance found in this study (which may be the placement techniques mentioned above).
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Date Issued
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1976
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11664
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Subject Headings
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Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher), Homework
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Format
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Document (PDF)
