Using a Media-Article Approach to Quantitative Reasoning as an Honors Course: An Exploratory Study

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Article

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Mathematics

Publication Date

1-2-2013

Abstract

In this study, we investigate student performance on a basic skills assessment of percentages and ratios in two cohorts of students: the general (non-STEM) student body (cohort G) and (non-STEM) honors students (cohort H). Both cohorts used a media-article approach to the study of quantitative reasoning. A pre- and a post-intervention assessment were administered with a two-week intervention period consisting of critical analyses of the use of percentages and ratios in media articles. Using non-parametric techniques, no statistically significant improvement was measured in cohort G while cohort H students showed statistically significant improvement on several items.

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This article was originally published open access in Numeracy.

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​Numeracy

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