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2015

Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Governors State University

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High Impact Strategies And The Effect It Has On Students’ Mathematics Attitudes, Lauren A. Ryba Jul 2015

High Impact Strategies And The Effect It Has On Students’ Mathematics Attitudes, Lauren A. Ryba

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This study was designed to determine if innovative strategies such as the use of technology and Supplemental Instruction (SI) could have an impact on students in an introductory statistics course. The study describes the use of a reliable instrument to measure students’ attitudes and beliefs about mathematics. Martha Tapia developed the Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI) instrument in 1996 and later Lim and Chapman further refined a short form in 2012. The purpose of the ATMI was to measure mathematics attitudes in four ways: (1) enjoyment of mathematics, (2) motivation to do mathematics, (3) self confidence in mathematics, and (4) …