Factors Contributing to Rural High School Students' Participation in Advanced Mathematics Courses. Working Paper No. 34

Autor/in	Anderson, Rick
Institution	Ohio Univ., Athens. Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics.
Titel	Factors Contributing to Rural High School Students' Participation in Advanced Mathematics Courses. Working Paper No. 34
Quelle	(2006), (45 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Rural Education; Course Selection (Students); Elective Courses; High School Students; Decision Making; Enrollment; Graduation; Calculus; Mathematics Education; Advanced Courses; Student Participation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Elective course; Wahlkurs; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Einschulung; Abschluss; Graduierung; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Mathematische Bildung; Fortgeschrittenenunterricht; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung
Abstract	The focus of this paper is a group of rural high school students and the factors that contributed to their participation in mathematics classes beyond those minimally required for high school graduation. The author follows Gutierrez (2002) in referring to participation as course taking, particularly in elective and advanced mathematics classes. The paper begins by describing the research methodology and research setting (a small high school in a rural community in the U.S. Pacific Northwest) followed by a presentation and discussion of the survey results. Next readers are introduced to three students enrolled in advanced mathematics classes (Pre-calculus or Calculus). Drawing on interview data, the author highlights some of the factors they offered for enrolling in elective mathematics courses. The paper concludes with a discussion of the students' responses, and some suggestions designed to increase rural student enrollment in advanced mathematics courses. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM). Research Initiative, McCracken Hall, College of Education, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45710. Tel: 740-593-9869; Web site: http://www.acclaim-math.org/clearinghouse.aspx
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10