| Database: | Dissertations |
| Title: | EXPLORING THE INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY IN COLLEGIATE MATHEMATICS |
| Author(s): | MILLER, DANIEL RAY |
| Degree: | PH.D. |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Institution: | ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY; 0092 |
| Advisor: | Chair ROGER DAY |
| Source: | DAI, 60, no. 04A (1999): p. 1056 |
| Abstract: | This research
investigated a primary question arising from the
integration of technology and mathematics: Does the
sequence of technology instruction affect students'
achievement in mathematics and their attitudes towards
technology? This research examined two methods of technology integration in College Algebra (CA). The first method, Pre-instruction in Technology (PT), concentrated much of the instruction in technology into separate units delivered in association with each new chapter of the course textbook. The second method, Integrated Technology Instruction (ITI), delivered technology instruction as needed throughout each chapter. By research design and documented by video tape analysis, students taught under each method, PT and ITI, received approximately the same amount of technology instruction. The pedagogical difference focuses on the sequencing of mathematical content. Instruction for the PT group remained focused on mathematics after technology instruction had concluded. In contrast, the ITI group had intermittent pauses in mathematics instruction in order to complete technology instruction. To answer the research questions, quantitative and qualitative data were collected during the first eight weeks of an entry-level technology-rich algebra course. The data were analyzed using a variety of statistical procedures including descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as chi-square, ANOVA, and t-tests. Based on this research, enacting a PT methodology in a CA course is preferable to an ITI methodology for enhancing both students' overall performance and attitudes towards the inclusion of technology in mathematics. This conclusion is supported by both the quantitative and qualitative data collected throughout ghout this project. |
| SUBJECT(S) | |
| Descriptor: | EDUCATION, MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY |
| Accession No: | AAG9927772 |