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A 2 IGameCOCk Friday, April 10, 1992 x hf*-' .JHyjP - *?*? v - c-'' ? v ",'- | 2y - ||pU ? ^ "JmSlL Jp* * - ~,|, gf*|* From Staff Reports calculus class this fall will use this \ ** '.> - c i s - V""~ -$* *"~~ Imagine walking into a college format. class without any knowledge of the "Group problem solving actually v *#%- r" X H ** " 1 ~*p subject. The professor begins talk- has become the method many col- ; >Xr / y SHQHMH HHHIH ing about the first day's lesson leges and universities are using to / - > *?'??* 7 vjft "jjJj& without explaining its relevance. help students overcome their anxi' > * J iMBp "":? * ^r?' AX^.r X ' v ?. ^ W Suddenly, things don't add up, ety," O'Leary said. yyF and you anxiously wonder, "Why Studies have shown students, f am 1 here? what's the point of all particularly women and minorities, this?" tend to persevere with math probMr Good question. lems when they worked as a group f^Sp*w USC math professor Mary Ellen rather than individually. As a re- mM O'Leary thinks so, too. She is one sult> USC has adopted some of the |H| of the several math department fa- same '^easWm culty members who are devising a Another method to reduce stuprogram to address these questions dents' fears is to use computers and problems that arise when stu- more often to solve problems, thus ~ dents suffer from what is com- giving an instructor more time to V ^e$kL monly known as math anxiety. work with each student , From group problem-solving individually, sessions and smaller classes to F?r example, USC mathematics computers and discussions about professor David Sumner used a * - ?1W?2?4 how math is used in everyday life, National Science Foundation grant Virginia Marshall/The Gamecock ,, ., 3 J , -.u w O Leary and her colleagues are de- t0 etlulP a classroom with MacinSophomore Joe Matuskovic plays catch with friends behind Bates House while students sunbathe in the background. veloping a program that curbs tosb computers using his own in- ; stress and boosts students' skills structional software. Students work : and intrests in mathematics. on problems step by step, with _ t <t r*s 1 A DrillTIC "No longer is it socially accept- Sumner offering assistance as ^ Every day, the Salvation Army raims . provides food and clothing continued from page one ???* ? ?S '"aSs^es't ivete-' i * ^ ^ ? u , , . Tror> ., dents in the subject and to help lured lecture sessions with more toT-\P^\'^1p in ^fYlltTl f^Qfnlinsi !!ng 0n saa.nes- USC w them overcome their fear of the than 180 students. With the current UCUU1C 111 OUUlll V^/dl Ulllld. have to temporarily postpone ac- sub]QC[? changes, the size of these sections ?| puters?he ^ C?m" One method generating more in- will be reduced by more than half, H||u| ?.ne sludent asked about the tures an/^d^dualll^lim- In addition, more graduate stuacademic standards and Palms soiving meth0ds with group dems will be used to give students , raisingStthem He 'and Pruitt^aid Problem-so,ving methods. more one-on-one assistance in sol- ] Hle sludent who d?esn't quite meet basic collegP ^ath course this Although these changes are still conditionally ^ntilVe or sh^ could sPdnS were divided into groups of experimental, O Leary said she bem a state-supported school should . m jiJ- present an opportunity for every- better. Athletes are doing it. We re run tor president of the United one> palms said there are many not as substantive and rigorous as States, Palms said USC is the best other opportunities in the state to our counterparts in other countries, place to be today, get an education. Remember our world role." He said students can be an influ- . 1 nC Salvation Army gets help irom the United Way. "We have got to become compe- Palms also discussed some of (^nce ?n corporate America today. ' Thank goodness the United Way gets help from you. titive?" he said- "We're ranked a the matters he is dealing with right VVc can lead lhe way." he said. 'D' in business vitality. We have now, including monitoring the le- "I appreciate the reception I re- " to raise the per capita income." gislature in issues that concern the ceived here at the end of the first ? Palms said that with a raise in university. year. I want to hear from every standards, "people will perform When one student suggested he one," he said. |0! 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