PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2020
Boston, Massachusetts
Active learning approaches and student self-confidence in calculus: A preliminary report
Page: 874
In this report we present the first collection of results of a study of student attitudes towards mathematics during the first year of implementation of a fully active learning in mathematics (ALM) approach in Calculus I at a large, urban, research intensive (R1) institution. Students were randomly assigned to either a treatment section or control section with students in the treatment group participating in the new curriculum. The Attitudes Towards Mathematics Inventory (ATMI) was used to measure student attitudes at the beginning and end of the course and the results compared. The ALM curriculum was found to increase student confidence while the traditional approach decreased it.