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An Attitudinal and Correlational Study of Mathematics Instructors Concerning Certain MAA-NCTM Recommendations and the Teaching of College Preparatory Mathematics Courses

The purpose of the study is to find answers to the following questions. 1. Is there a significant difference in any of the three simple pair-wise comparisons of the attitudes of the three groups of mathematics instructors of college preparatory courses toward teaching those courses? 2. Is there a significant difference in any of the three simple pair-wise comparisons of the attitudes of the three groups of mathematics instructors of college preparatory courses toward the MAA-NCTM recommendations? 3. Is there a significant correlation between the attitudes toward the MAA-NCTM recommendations and the attitudes toward teaching the college preparatory mathematics courses held by the mathematics instructors in each of the three groups? The data led to the conclusion that all three groups held the same favorable attitude toward teaching college preparatory mathematics courses. Also, there were no significant differences among the three groups' attitudes toward the MAA-NCTM recommendations. However, while no significant correlation was found for the high school instructors, there did exist a significant positive correlation between the two attitudes for each of the other two groups studied.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc332113
Date08 1900
CreatorsPenn, Howard Love
ContributorsHardy, Clifford A., Vaughan, Nick H., Willson, George Hayden, Williamson, John A.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvi, 151 leaves, Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas
RightsPublic, Penn, Howard Love, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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