A Predictor-Corrector Process with Refinement for First-Year Calculus Transition Support

Autor/in	Turner, Peter R.
Titel	A Predictor-Corrector Process with Refinement for First-Year Calculus Transition Support
Quelle	In: PRIMUS, 18 (2008) 4, S.370-393 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1051-1970
Schlagwörter	Summer Programs; Diagnostic Tests; Calculus; Academic Persistence; Prediction; Mathematics Instruction; High School Students; College Bound Students; College Mathematics; Program Effectiveness; Transitional Programs; Mathematics Skills; Computer Uses in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sommerkurs; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Vorhersage; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Computernutzung
Abstract	In this article we discuss an approach to the critical problem of student retention and the high school-college transition. The context of the discussion is centered on science and engineering students for whom calculus in the first year in college is an essential requirement for on-time graduation. This transition/retention problem has become increasingly critical in light of the much publicized perception that proportionally fewer students arrive in college ready to undertake a serious college calculus course. The article describes the overall approach to this problem adopted at Clarkson University, and then concentrates on one particular aspect: our pre-first year diagnostic testing and summer programs. While these do not represent a complete answer, the statistics support the belief that they have significant positive impact, especially among those students identified as having the greatest need of such reinforcement. (Contains 9 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10