Secondary Options and Post-Secondary Expectations: Standards-Based Mathematics Programs and Student Achievement on College Mathematics Placement Exams

Autor/inn/en	Davis, Jon D.; Shih, Jeffrey C.
Titel	Secondary Options and Post-Secondary Expectations: Standards-Based Mathematics Programs and Student Achievement on College Mathematics Placement Exams
Quelle	In: School Science and Mathematics, 107 (2007) 8, S.336-346 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6803
Schlagwörter	College Mathematics; Placement; Mathematics Achievement; Academic Achievement; Multiple Regression Analysis; Calculus; Algebra; Secondary Education; Gender Differences; Statistical Studies; Student Evaluation; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schulleistung; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Sekundarbereich; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung
Abstract	Research on student achievement within the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) and Core-Plus Mathematics Project (CPMP) at the secondary level is beginning to accumulate, however, much less is known about how prepared these students are for post-secondary education. Therefore this study involving students within one tracked school district used multiple linear regression to examine the role of differential experience within secondary Standards-based mathematics programs, gender, and prior mathematics achievement on college algebra and calculus readiness placement test scores. Results show that there are no significant differences between students who had completed three and four years of the CPMP curriculum. UCSMP students with four or five years of experience significantly outperformed CPMP students on both assessments. Prior achievement was a significant predictor of student achievement on both examinations. Male students outperformed female students on the algebra placement exam. Students who had studied from both CPMP and UCSMP significantly outperformed students who had studied from CPMP for four years on the calculus readiness examination. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10