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The primary instrument was the Measured Academic Performance (MAP) Test. Independent samples t tests were conducted in order to compare the means of the pre-test to post-test gains of the groups involved.
Colleges and universities are trying alternative instructional approaches to improve the teaching of developmental mathematics with the goal of increasing the number of students who have the skills and knowledge required for college-level math courses and for the twenty-first century workforce. Computers and the internet make possible new methods of delivering instruction so students will have choices of when, where, and how they learn math. The purpose of this study was to compare academic performance of students enrolled in a developmental mathematics course using traditional instruction, traditional instruction supplemented with computer-assisted instruction, and online distance learning. In addition, gender differences in mathematical performance were also investigated. The quasi-experimental study was conducted in Intermediate Algebra classes at a large, private, eastern university. An analysis of covariance was used to adjust the mean posttest scores for any initial difference in the groups on the pretest. There was no statistically significant difference in the posttest scores of students receiving traditional instruction and traditional instruction supplemented with computer-assisted instruction. There was a significant difference in the posttest scores of females and males, with females outperforming males in both modes of instruction. Although the original intent of this study was to include a group of students who took the course online, pretest scores for this group excluded them from the analysis. Institutions should offer developmental mathematics courses in a variety of formats, assist students in selecting the mode of instruction that best suits their learning style, and provide professional development in computer-assisted instruction.
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The first of 18 papers in this collection is a committee report of a workshop held in Kansas City, Missouri, June 26-27, 1982, to consider instructional uses of computers in pre-college education and what colleges of education should be doing. In "Computer Education and Colleges of Education," J. Philip East provides an overview of the issues involved. Papers submitted by workshop participants prior to the meeting are then presented: "Computer Literate Teachers--a Possible Dream" (James E. Beamer); "Computer Education at Arizona State University" (Gary Bitter); "Computer Related Teaching and Research in the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary: Achievements, Present Developments and Predictions for the Future" (Ann Brebner); "Graduate Degree Programs in Computer Education for Elementary and Secondary Teachers" (Robert L. Burke); "Computers and Teacher Education: From Cow Trail to Expressway" (George H. Culp); "Computers in the College of Education, University of Illinois" (J. Richard Dennis and Esther Steinberg); "Computer Education for Elementary Schools: A Course for Teachers" (J. Philip East); "The Challenge of Computer Education to Teacher Education--An Australian Perspective" (Graham Ferres); "Computing and Education at the University of Maryland" (James T. Fey and Linda P. Rosen); "An Undergraduate Minor and Graduate Program in Computers in Education" (Susan Friel and Nancy Roberts); "Implementing a Program to Train (Retrain) Secondary Teachers--A Cooperative Effort between Education and Computer Science at Towson State University" (Doris Keefe Lidtke); "Computerizing the Teacher at North Texas State University" (James L. Poirot and James J. Muro); "Computers in Education at the University of Colorado--Boulder" (Marc Swadener); "Computing and Education at Teachers College" (Robert P. Taylor); "Teacher-Education Curriculum for the 80's" (Barbara B. Wright and Richard C. Forcier); and "Computers for Teachers: Activities at the University of Michigan School of Education" (Karl L. Zinn and Carl F. Berger). (LMM)