A Review and Summary of Research on Adult Mathematics Education in North America (1980-2000).

Autor/in	Safford-Ramus, Katherine
Titel	A Review and Summary of Research on Adult Mathematics Education in North America (1980-2000).
Quelle	(2001), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Adult Education; Adult Learning; Doctoral Dissertations; Educational Research; Experimenter Characteristics; Financial Support; Graduate Study; High School Equivalency Programs; Instructional Improvement; Literature Reviews; Mathematics Anxiety; Mathematics Instruction; Postsecondary Education; Research Design; Research Methodology; Researchers; Trend Analysis; Undergraduate Study; North America + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult basic education; Adult training; Adulte education; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Finanzielle Förderung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Unterrichtsqualität; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Forschungsdesign; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Researcher; Forscher; Trendanalyse; Grundstudium; Nordamerika
Abstract	The content, scope, and methodology of dissertations on adult mathematics education in North American were examined. The study database consisted of the abstracts of 113 dissertations written between 1980 and 2000. The topics covered in the individual dissertations were as follows: assessment/frameworks/standards (14); contexts (3); instructional approaches (31); parents (2); research into practice (36); teacher knowledge (4); theory (2); understandings (6); and workplace/vocational (7). Fifty-one percent of the dissertations examined adult mathematics education at undergraduate institutions, 19% examined ABE-level mathematics instruction, and 12% examined mathematics instruction in high school equivalency programs. Fifty-eight percent of the dissertation abstracts reviewed for the study identified tests as the vehicle used to conduct the study, whereas 42% used questionnaires or surveys, 23% relied heavily on interviews, 10% relied on analysis of student records, and 9% relied on observations. The most popular major topics examined were as follows: prediction of success; methods that may contribute to success; and math anxiety that may inhibit success if not neutralized or at least decreased. Only two dissertation abstracts indicated standards and the reform movement as their focus, and only three mentioned the theme of mathematics as problem solving. (The bibliography lists three references. A list of mathematics education-related dissertations by theme is appended.) (MN)
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