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The Use Of Programed Texts For Remedial Mathematics Instruction In College, Charles C. White
The Use Of Programed Texts For Remedial Mathematics Instruction In College, Charles C. White
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Many universities and colleges have a considerable number of students enroll whose entrance examination scores indicate deficiencies in high school and pre-high school mathematics. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of programed texts, as compared with conventional procedures, for teaching basic mathematics to remedial mathematics students. The effects of mental ability, study skills and attitudes on achievement through the use of programed texts also carne under investigation.
For one quarter an experimental group of 73 subjects used a set of three linear programed texts for their sole mode of instruction in mathematics. A control group of …