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Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education. II
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James J Kaput, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, Alan H. Schoenfeld, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Ed Dubinsky, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN and Thomas P Dick, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Editors
Publication: CBMS Issues in Mathematics Education
Publication Year:
1996; Volume 6
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-0382-0 (print); 978-1-4704-2330-8 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/cbmath/006
MathSciNet review: MR1412369
MSC: Primary 00B15; Secondary 00A35
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Articles
- 1. Mark Asiala, Anne Brown, David J. DeVries, Ed Dubinsky, David Mathews and Karen Thomas – A framework for research and curriculum development in undergraduate mathematics education
- 2. David Dennis and Jere Confrey – The creation of continuous exponents: A study of the methods and epistemology of John Wallis
- 3. Rina Zazkis and Ed Dubinsky – Dihedral groups: A tale of two interpretations
- 4. Annette Ricks Leitze – To major or not major in mathematics? Affective factors in the choice-of-major decision
- 5. Maria C. Linn and Cathy Kessel – Success in mathematics: Increasing talent and gender diversity among college majors
- 6. Sandra L. Burmeister, Patricia Ann Kenney and Doris L. Nice – Analysis of effectiveness of supplemental instruction (SI) sessions for college algebra, calculus, and statistics
- 7. Kyngmee Park and Kenneth J. Travers – A comparative study of a computer-based and a standard college first-year calculus course
- 8. Alvin Baranchik and Barry Cherkas – Differential patterns of guessing and omitting in mathematics placement testing
- 9. Thomas D. DeFranco – A perspective on mathematical problem-solving expertise based on the performances of male Ph.D. mathematicians
- 10. Questions on new trends in the teaching and learning of mathematics