PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2017
San Diego, California
Algebra instruction at community colleges: An exploration of its relationship with student success
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We present the research design and data collection strategies for a federally funded project(Watkins, Duranczyk, Mesa, Ström, & Kohli, 2016) that investigates the connection betweeninstruction and student learning and performance in algebra courses at community colleges. Theposter focuses on measurement issues we face in identifying the characteristics of mathematicsinstruction and students’ learning gain, specifically we address questions encountered from thepilot data collection (six community college faculty and nearly 150 students) that need to beresolved prior to data collection.Key words: