COMPARISON OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE UNDER TWO TEACHING METHODS: FACE TO FACE AND ONLINE
Damitha Bandara Albany State University Danush Kanchana Wijekularathna Troy University ABSTRACT Over the last ten years, the number of online courses offered by colleges and universities have increased and improved quite noticeably. A significant number of universities now offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs online. The trend in higher education is to offer more online […]
THE EFFECT OF MATHEMATICS ANXIETY ON THE ATTITUDES AND TEACHING PERFORMANCE OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS: SUGGESTED STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVEMENT
Nazanin S. Tootoonchi Frostburg State University ABSTRACT This study focuses on mathematics anxiety among pre-service teachers, its influence on their attitudes toward mathematics, and how it can affect their performance in mathematics courses. Pre-service teacher education is the education and training provided to student teachers before they have undertaken any teaching. This study also examines […]
THE IMPACT OF INTERNET USE ON STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Ikpe J. Akpan Kent State University Tuscarawas Asuama A. Akpan Simon Fraser University ABSTRACT The use of the Internet and the World Wide Web by higher education institutions in developing countries is gaining traction. Most Universities in the Sub-Sahara African Countries can now boast of Internet access for educational purposes. This study describes the effects […]
MATHLET AS A NEW APPROACH FOR IMPROVING CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS IN MATHEMATICS
Nelli Avetisyan Wharton County Junior College Levon R. Hayrapetyan Houston Baptist University ABSTRACT In this study authors present an innovative way of teaching critical thinking skills and creativity in mathematics courses. A new type of conceptual mathematical objects, called mathlets, is introduced. Each mathlet is a mathematical expression with placeholders for symbols and integer numbers. […]
ARE THERE DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF LEARNING STYLES AMONG SCIENCE MAJORS?
Fred Englander Fairleigh Dickinson University Ralph A. Terregrossa St. John’s University Zhaobo Wang Fairleigh Dickinson University ABSTRACT This study examines whether the Dunn and Dunn Learning Style Model can be utilized to determine if a student’s pattern of learning style preferences is statistically associated with his/her choice of academic major. Dunn and Dunn posit that […]
MODELLING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACTORS OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, TRAINING AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SOUTH AFRICA
Abhinanda Gautam Regenesys Business School, Johannesburg Fulufhelo Ramashia Independent Consultant, South Africa ABSTRACT This study analyses the relationship between performance appraisal system and the overall development of educators, through the assistance of training intervention programs that are tailored for teacher development in secondary schools in the Ekurhuleni North district. The outcome of this study showed […]
