title: Attitudes of undergraduate majors in elementary education toward mathematics through a hands-on manipulative approach.
abstract: Using a manipulative approach in a mathematics course, this study was designed to assess attitudes toward mathematics of undergraduates in elementary education. A 20-item attitude rating administered as pre- and posttest to 95 students (7 men and 88 women) was used to assess the effect of the hands-on approach. A dependent t test indicated a statistically significant but very small change in their ratings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Indianapolis, IN 46227, USA. halkhateeb@uindy.edu
authors.forename: Haitham M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Alkhateeb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*