• DOI:10.1080/10511970508984117
Corpus ID: 121432695

A MODELING-BASED COLLEGE ALGEBRA COURSE AND ITS EFFECT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

@article{Ellington2005AMC,
  title={A MODELING-BASED COLLEGE ALGEBRA COURSE AND ITS EFFECT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT},
  author={A. Ellington},
  journal={PRIMUS},
  year={2005},
  volume={15},
  pages={193 - 214}
}

• A. Ellington
• Published 2005
• Mathematics
• PRIMUS

ABSTRACT In Fall 2004, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) piloted a modeling-based approach to college algebra. This paper describes the course and an assessment that was conducted to determine the effect of this approach on student achievement in comparison to a traditional approach to college algebra. The results show that compared with their counterparts in the traditional sections, students in the model-based approach had a higher success rate in the college algebra course; performed… Expand

View on Taylor & Francis

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

Launch Research Feed