The Math You Need, When You Need It: Online Modules That Remediate Mathematical Skills in Introductory Geoscience Courses

by: Jennifer M. Wenner, Helen E. Burn, and Eric M. Baer

This project uses a just-in-time and necessity approach to mathematical learning, with online modular tutorials assigned prior to students encountering a quantitative concept in a geoscience context. Pre- and posttest scores show that the modules used in conjunction with a geoscience course sucessfully increase students' quantitative skills.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2011Stock # jcst11_041_01_16Volume 041Issue 01

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