TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-efficacy curriculum and peer leader support in gateway college mathematics
AU - Morris, Phillip
AU - Agbonlahor, Osasohan
AU - Winters, Regina
AU - Donelson, Brian
PY - 2023/4/1
Y1 - 2023/4/1
N2 - Between 2015 and 2018, a university in the Mountain West region of the United States piloted a mathematics intervention supported by the U.S. Department of Education’s Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP). Designed to improve outcomes of undergraduates taking Algebra and Pre-Calculus courses, the intervention applied pedagogical and delivery practices founded in self-efficacy theory and mathematics mindset utilizing peer tutors in the classroom. Using hierarchical linear modelling, we compared outcomes of SIP (n = 325) and non-SIP (n = 2727) students while controlling for teaching and classroom characteristics and student background characteristics. Students enrolled in College Algebra were three times as likely to pass if they were enrolled in the SIP intervention section (Odds Ratio = 3.1). Pre-Calculus students enrolled in the intervention had approximately the same likelihood of passing as students in traditional instruction, but final examination scores were significantly higher for SIP students. Our research suggests that the SIP intervention played a role in improving student performance in both courses. Program successes and challenges for implementation are also presented.
AB - Between 2015 and 2018, a university in the Mountain West region of the United States piloted a mathematics intervention supported by the U.S. Department of Education’s Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP). Designed to improve outcomes of undergraduates taking Algebra and Pre-Calculus courses, the intervention applied pedagogical and delivery practices founded in self-efficacy theory and mathematics mindset utilizing peer tutors in the classroom. Using hierarchical linear modelling, we compared outcomes of SIP (n = 325) and non-SIP (n = 2727) students while controlling for teaching and classroom characteristics and student background characteristics. Students enrolled in College Algebra were three times as likely to pass if they were enrolled in the SIP intervention section (Odds Ratio = 3.1). Pre-Calculus students enrolled in the intervention had approximately the same likelihood of passing as students in traditional instruction, but final examination scores were significantly higher for SIP students. Our research suggests that the SIP intervention played a role in improving student performance in both courses. Program successes and challenges for implementation are also presented.
KW - Instruction
KW - Mathematics
KW - Peer tutoring
KW - Self-efficacy
KW - Student outcomes
KW - Supplemental instruction
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U2 - 10.1007/s10984-022-09424-y
DO - 10.1007/s10984-022-09424-y
M3 - Article
SN - 1387-1579
VL - 26
SP - 219
EP - 240
JO - Learning Environments Research
JF - Learning Environments Research
IS - 1
ER -