Title :
Success in low-level and high-level mathematics courses in undergraduate engineering college as a correlate to individual learning style
Author :
Wetzel, Kathryn C. ; Harmeyer, Kathleen
Author_Institution :
Amarillo Coll., TX, USA
Abstract :
This research compares the learning preferences, locus of control and self assessment of 477 students to that of their instructors using the Kolb´s Learning Style Inventory, Gregorc Style Delineator, and Rotter´s Internal-External Locus of Control instruments in an effort to determine if an individual student´s success is affected by match/mismatch of student and instructor learning preferences and attitude
Keywords :
engineering education; mathematics; Gregorc Style Delineator; Kolb´s Learning Style Inventory; Rotter´s Internal-External Locus of Control; high-level mathematics courses; instructor attitude; instructor learning preferences; instructors; low-level mathematics courses; self assessment; student attitude; student learning preferences; student success; undergraduate engineering college; Aging; Attitude control; Automatic testing; Concrete; Differential equations; Educational institutions; Instruments; Large scale integration; Mathematics; Position measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4086-8
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1997.635951