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INCREASING STEM PARTICIPATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS OF DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS STUDENTS AT AN URBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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dc.contributor.advisorFlorence Sullivan
dc.contributor.advisorRichard Lapan
dc.contributor.advisorNathaniel Whitaker
dc.contributor.authorHill, Vanessa A
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.date2024-03-27T17:47:55.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T15:23:37Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T15:23:37Z
dc.date.submittedMay
dc.date.submitted2018
dc.description.abstractThis mixed method, quantitative and qualitative, study explores the effects of a curriculum with an emphasis on scientific, technological, and engineering focused problems and careers on student success and interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The setting is an urban community college where in the spring of 2016, 71% of the students tested into developmental mathematics (STCC, 2017). The course of study was Algebra one, a developmental, non-college credit bearing, mathematics course. Students had the option of two paths for the subsequent course, a terminal college level mathematics class, or a STEM pathway developmental algebra two course. Pass rates, pre/posttests, pre/post interest surveys, and subsequent math course were recorded and analyzed. Furthermore, implications and limitations of the study were examined with recommendations for future research presented. The findings were that there was an increase in both path rates, and STEM interest.
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
dc.description.departmentEducation
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/11849239.0
dc.identifier.orcidN/A
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/17440
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2276&context=dissertations_2&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectSTEM education
dc.subjectdevelopmental math
dc.subjectcommunity college
dc.subjectAdult and Continuing Education and Teaching
dc.subjectCurriculum and Instruction
dc.subjectVocational Education
dc.titleINCREASING STEM PARTICIPATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS OF DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS STUDENTS AT AN URBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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