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Publication Date: 2012-Oct
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The Effect of a Modified Moore Method on Attitudes and Beliefs in Precalculus
Bailey, Brad; Cooper, Thomas E.; Briggs, Karen S.
School Science and Mathematics, v112 n6 p377-383 Oct 2012
As part of a study on the effects of teaching with a Modified Moore Method (MMM), a survey containing 20 items from Schoenfeld's (1989) investigation of attitudes and beliefs about mathematics was administered to students in undergraduate precalculus classes. The study included one section of precalculus taught with an MMM, a student-centered and inquiry-based teaching method, and two sections taught using traditional lecture methods. The survey was administered one week into the semester, following the drop/add date, and during the last week of classes. In this paper, we discuss the findings of the attitudes and beliefs portions of the survey and correlations with scores on a common final exam. We looked for differences between the MMM and traditional sections as well as gender differences. There were only a few differences in the attitudes and beliefs among the students, although there were more changes for females than males and all the significant differences were positive. The correlation between attitudes and beliefs and final exam scores was much stronger in the traditionally taught classes than in the MMM class. When separated by gender, only the reported attitudes and beliefs of the females in the traditional class significantly correlated with final exam scores. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Females, Calculus, Lecture Method, Gender Differences, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Inquiry, Conventional Instruction, Surveys, Student Attitudes, Scores, Mathematics Tests, Correlation, Undergraduate Students
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