This structured pilot study has shown that using Mentors and Collaborative Learning in teaching Intermediate Algebra has resulted in improvements in students’ test scores. Comparing the success – rate of each of 24 sections in this course has shown that Thursday – Thursday Pilot Sections ranked second and third with success rates of 89% and 86%. But Monday – Wednesday Pilot Section ranked 18th with 63% success rate.
This section in compare with the other two pilot sections missed two class sessions right at the start of the semester. Because fall semester began on Thursday before Labor Day weekend , therefore students in this section had their first session on Wednesday of second week of classes. Usually It takes three to four weeks for groups to get used to cooperative learning approach and function effectively , because this method is slow at the start by its nature. And students in this section was hit by the first common exam before they can catch up with other classes and learn all the materials needed for the exam. Consequently , most students were unable to recover from low scores that they received on their first exam , although they worked hard to make it. I may add that I was concern about this section before the school begins and tried to switch it with another Tuesday – Thursday section , but it was not feasible to do so. Nevertheless , the Mentors and I found that :
This structured pilot study has shown that using Mentors and Collaborative Learning in teaching Intermediate Algebra has resulted in improvements in students’ test scores. Comparing the success – rate of each of 24 sections in this course has shown that Thursday – Thursday Pilot Sections ranked second and third with success rates of 89% and 86%. But Monday – Wednesday Pilot Section ranked 18th with 63% success rate.
This section in compare with the other two pilot sections missed two class sessions right at the start of the semester. Because fall semester began on Thursday before Labor Day weekend , therefore students in this section had their first session on Wednesday of second week of classes. Usually It takes three to four weeks for groups to get used to cooperative learning approach and function effectively , because this method is slow at the start by its nature. And students in this section was hit by the first common exam before they can catch up with other classes and learn all the materials needed for the exam. Consequently , most students were unable to recover from low scores that they received on their first exam , although they worked hard to make it. I may add that I was concern about this section before the school begins and tried to switch it with another Tuesday – Thursday section , but it was not feasible to do so. Nevertheless , the Mentors and I found that :
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