Re: [MATHEDCC] [Fwd: Help]

Frost, Jim (jfrost@mcmail.stlcc.cc.mo.us)
Mon, 05 Oct 1998 13:39:34 -0500

At St. Louis Community College at Meramec we have a Hands-On Math Lab. We are
in the 7th semester of teaching two courses, Hands-On Arithmetic and Hands-On
Preparation for Algebra, in the Hands-On Math Lab. No, we do not have
research on this because we do not randomly select students to take these
courses versus conventional developmental courses. Students self-select into
these optional courses which may enhance the likelihood of their succeeding in
the conventional Basic Mathematics course or in the algebra sequence. For
more information, please contact my colleague, Dr. Fran Endicott Armstrong, at
farmstrong@mcmail.stlcc.cc.mo.us. Also feel free to visit the Hands-On Math
Lab web site
http://www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/mcdocs/dept/math/homl/homl.htm

You can download from the web site Fran's "Proposal for a Hands-On Math Lab"
as well as other information. I am confident Fran would be delighted to
communicate further with you about the use of math manipulatives in
mathematics education in general. She also has some references concerning
using manipulatives leading toward concepts frequently encountered in the
calculus sequence.

Jim Frost
St. Louis Community College at Meramec

Cynthia Glickman wrote:

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Help
> Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 15:31:22 -0700
> From: Cynthia Glickman <glickman@nevada.edu>
> To: mathedcc <mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu>
>
> OKAY, HELP!
>
> I have been searching far and wide for research regarding the use of
> manipulative materials at the college level. Does anyone know where I
> might find something on this topic. Or even better, research on a
> concept approach to college level mathematics. By research I mean an
> actual study that was conducted and hopefully published.
>
> Let me know anything you can come up with. I would greatly appreciate
> it.
>
> Thank you,
> Cynthia

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