ERIC Number: EJ1236873
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jun
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Peer Interactions and Positive Student-Lecturer Relationship as a Tool for Improving the Teaching and Learning of College Algebra. A Case Study at USIU
Okello, Nadezhda Pavlovna
European Journal of Educational Sciences, v1 n2 p265-282 Jun 2014
This paper sets out to interrogate the role played by peer interactions in the teaching and learning of College Algebra in a classroom setting. It also explores the impact of positive student-lecturer relationship on teaching and learning of College Algebra at the university level and the general improvement of student performance. The instrument of data collection herein comes from observations made from the classroom teaching, interviews with students and from questionnaires administered to students who willfully and voluntarily filled them in. The finding indicates that indeed students' classroom participation during College Algebra lessons is influenced by the kind of feedback they get from their colleagues. This peer interaction is very crucial in their learning as they are more active when they get positive feedback and are withdrawn when their colleagues' response is negative. It was also established that the lecturer-student relationship during College Algebra classroom lessons can create either a positive or negative impact on the students learning process and hence his/her overall performance in College Algebra examinations. Further research in this direction can play a major role in resolving some of the challenges facing the teaching and learning of mathematics in general and College Algebra in particular.
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, College Mathematics, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Student Improvement, Student Participation, Feedback (Response), Performance Factors, College Students, Private Colleges, Foreign Countries, Classroom Communication, Student Attitudes, Positive Reinforcement, Remedial Mathematics, Peer Relationship
European Scientific Institute. International Relation Office, St. 203, No.1, 2300 Kocani, Republic of Macedonia. e-mail: contat@ejes.eu; Web site: http://ejes.eu/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kenya (Nairobi)
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