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ERIC Number: EJ718122
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 15
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0196-5042
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A Comparison of Constructivist and Traditional Instruction in Mathematics
Alsup, John
Educational Research Quarterly, v28 n4 p3-17 2004
The researcher in this study theorized that preservice elementary teachers who had taken a semester-long mathematics course emphasizing a constructivist approach to instruction would realize a decreased level of math anxiety and gains in perceived teaching efficacy and autonomy over those who had taken a teacher-centered course based on a more traditional lecture-recitation model of instruction. Although the results of this study did not unequivocally support that conjecture, they are encouraging, curious, and thought provoking.
Behavioral Research Press, LLC, Grambling State University, Math Department, P.O. Box 1191, Grambling, LA 71245. Tel: 318-274-2425.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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