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

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

5-8 Nov 1997

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4086-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1997.635951

Filename

635951