Posts Tagged ‘math’
Improving Math Success in Higher Education Institutions
by Richard Bisk
March 11, 2013
Many students begin higher education unprepared for college-level work in mathematics and must take non-credit developmental courses. Furthermore, many are math-phobic and avoid courses, majors and careers that involve quantitative work. Yet science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields are among the few job-growth areas in the U.S. Many companies are lobbying the federal government ...
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The Art of Math at Westfield
by John O. Harney
November 30, 2012
Westfield State University math professors were awarded a $550,600 grant from the National Science Foundation to support an innovative approach to teaching mathematics to non-mathematics and science students.
The grant, titled “Discovering the Art of Mathematics (DAoM): Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics for Liberal Arts,” supports development of a library of 10 full-length, standalone textbooks, student and ...
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Successful Developmental Math: “Review-Pretest-Retest” Model Helps Students Move Forward
by Richard Bisk, Mary Fowler and Eileen B. Perez
April 23, 2013
Much has been written about the failure of “developmental education” in mathematics. Failure has not been our experience at Worcester State University. In response to concerns about both the placement rate into developmental math courses and the failure rate in those courses, we made substantial changes in our placement program and in our course delivery. ...
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