What Community College Developmental Mathematics Students Understand about Mathematics
James W. Stigler, Karen B. Givvin, Belinda J. Thompson
Stigler, J. W., Givvin, K. B., & Thompson, B. J. (2009). What community college developmental mathematics students understand about mathematics.
This paper investigates what community college students actually understand about the mathematics that underlie the topics they’ve been taught and seeks evidence that students used reasoning in answering mathematical questions.