%0 Journal Article
%T Using a Media-Article Approach to Quantitative Reasoning as an Honors Course: An Exploratory Study
%A Stuart Boersma
%A Dominic Klyve
%J Numeracy
%D 2013
%I 
%X In this study, we investigate student performance on a basic skills assessment of percentages and ratios in two cohorts of students: the general (non-STEM) student body (cohort G) and (non-STEM) honors students (cohort H). Both cohorts used a media-article approach to the study of quantitative reasoning. A pre- and a post-intervention assessment were administered with a two-week intervention period consisting of critical analyses of the use of percentages and ratios in media articles. Using non-parametric techniques, no statistically significant improvement was measured in cohort G while cohort H students showed statistically significant improvement on several items.
%K quantitative reasoning
%K assessment
%K honors students
%K high-achieveing students
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.6.1.5