Using Computer-Based Laboratories to Teach Graphing Concepts and the Derivative at the College Level

Paper written in preparation for the oral preliminary exam of Lisa Denise Murphy

3:00 pm, August 27, 1999
346 Armory

Preliminary Exam Committee:
Prof. Kenneth J. Travers, Chair
Prof. Paul M. Weichsel
Prof. Ian D. Westbury
Prof. Klaus G. Witz

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Statement of the Problem

• Research Questions
  

• Graph Interpretation and Kinematics Knowledge
  
• • Graph-as-Picture in Kinematics
  • Slope/Height Confusion in Kinematics
• Microcomputer-Based Laboratory Instruction
• Explaining the Success of the MBL

• Pilot Study
  
• • Achievement Data
    
  • • Tests for preexisting achievement differences between sections
      
    • Tests for differences in overall achievement produced by instruction
      
    • Achievement Instrument Items
      
  • Attitudinal Data
    
  • • Nature of Mathematics
      
    • Utility of Mathematics
      
    • Using Computers in Mathematics
      
    • Subjects’ Perceptions of Their Own Abilities in Mathematics
      
• Main Study
  
• Potential Benefits of this Study
  

• Attitude Survey
  
• Achievement Pre-Test
  
• Achievement Post-Test
  
• Consent Form
  

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