Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1984

Document Type

Dissertation

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Brumbaugh, Douglas K.

Thesis/Dissertation Co-Chair

Burgess, Ernest E.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was the development of a one trimester calculus course to meet the special needs of management majors at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. A traditional calculus course was previously required of these students and the traditional course provided subjects for the control group in a pretestposttest quasi-experimental design. The experimental course that was developed was different from the traditional course that it was designed to replace in several major respects. The slope of a tangent line and the area under a curve as motivation for the derivative and definite integral, respectively, in the traditional course were replaced with examples that seem more relevant to management students. The concept of a limit is nearly eliminated from the experimental course. Intuitive arguments are used instead of formal proofs as are given or cited in a traditional course. The achievement of an experimental group who took the experimental course was compared with the achievement of a control group who took the traditional calculus course offered for management majors. Achievement was measured by final examination scores and course grades. When these measures of achievement were statistically adjusted for initial differences in the control and experimental groups, using prerequisite course grades, the experimental group was significantly above (p < .01) the control group.

Extent

137 p.

Comments

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1984.|Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1984.

Identifier

FA00000717

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