INTEGRATED STUDENT GROUP PRESENTATION IN TEACHING DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS COURSES

small group teaching in epidemiology courses

background and purpose: small group teaching(sgt) in is a known method for developing intellectual skills, changing attitudes and encouraging the taking of responsibilities for learning. this study was an attempt to compare students’ attitudes and knowledge scores on sgt and lecture -based teaching (lbt). methods: 22 first year medical students were enrolled in a course using two methods (lectu...

An integrated model of early community college student success: understanding success in developmental mathematics

The purpose of this study was to integrate traditional student success models with theories which focus on nontraditional students to create a model of early community college student success. The researcher sought to understand the pre-college behaviors, attitudes, and attributes, from both cognitive and noncognitive domains, which influence the success of first-time community college students...

Echocardiography for teaching cardiac physiology in practical student courses.

We have introduced echocardiography into the physiology courses for medical students to improve their understanding of cardiac physiology. Echocardiography allows a visualization of the events of the cardiac cycle and facilitates the correlation of anatomic structures with their physiological functions. The students record views on the human heart in the long and short axis, they follow wall an...

Developing Effective Mathematics Teaching: Assessing Content and Pedagogical Knowledge, Student-Centered Teaching, and Student Engagement

The Mathematics Teacher Transformation Institutes (MTTI) program attempts to develop math teacher leaders in part by providing content, inquiry and leadership courses aimed at making them more effective teachers. We assessed progress by observing teacher leaders’ teaching practices, and encouraging them to introduce or extend student‐ centered pedagogy in their classrooms. We found there was li...

Running Head: EFFECTS OF MATHEMATICS COURSES Effects of Mathematics Courses on Prospective Elementary Teachers’ Learning Mathematical Content Knowledge for Teaching