使用随机分配学生的试验建立了新的微积分护理标准
Laird Kramer1,2, Edgar Fuller1,3,4, Charity Watson1,3,4
1STEM Transformation Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
概括
与传统讲座相比,学生积极参与微积分教学显著提高学习成果. 这种方法为STEM教育设定了新的标准,为追求科学,技术,工程和数学学位的学生提供了更多机会.
科学领域:
- 数学教育
- 在STEM教学
背景情况:
- 数学是科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 领域的基础.
- 传统的基于讲座的微积分教学可能会阻碍学生在STEM方面的进步.
- 微积分中的障碍可以限制进入STEM专业和社会解决问题的角色.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较积极的学生参与与传统的基于讲座的微积分教学的有效性.
- 评估教学方法对学生微积分学习成果的影响.
- 建立一个新的微积分教学标准以提高STEM学位.
主要方法:
- 一个大规模的实用试验随机分配学生.
- 积极参与 (治疗) 和基于讲座 (控制) 的指导的比较.
- 这项研究涉及32个部门的811名大学生和19名西班牙语服务机构的教师.
主要成果:
- 在积极参与组中,学生学习成果的效果总是很大.
- 与传统的讲座方法相比, 积极的学生参与显示出更好的结果.
- 对治疗条件下的学生学习成果产生显著的积极影响.
结论:
- 积极的学生参与代表了更有效的微积分教学方法.
- 这种方法为微积分教学建立了新的基准,改善了STEM教育.
- 增强的微积分教学增加了学生获得STEM学位的机会.
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