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Placing More Freshmen into College-level Mathematics Courses

Placing More Freshmen into College-level Mathematics Courses. Helmut Knaust Director, CircLES Program Associate Dean of the Colleges of Science and Engineering. April 5, 2003. Overview of Presentation. UTEP’s Science and Engineering Program CircLES and MIE at UTEP

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Placing More Freshmen into College-level Mathematics Courses

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  1. Placing More Freshmen into College-level Mathematics Courses Helmut Knaust Director, CircLES Program Associate Dean of the Colleges of Science and Engineering April 5, 2003

  2. Overview of Presentation • UTEP’s Science and Engineering Program • CircLES and MIE at UTEP • Summer Orientation • Math Placement • Evaluation and Assessment • Reference and Acknowledgements

  3. Fall 2001 Enrollment • 16,224 students 2,010 in Engineering + 904 in Science 2,914 or 18% of total enrollment • Fall 2002 Enrollment • 17,232 students

  4. UTEP’s Model for STEM Student Success

  5. TimeLine

  6. Goals • The goal of the CircLES program is to ... • increase student retention • improve their academic performance • add value to their college education

  7. Structure CLUSTERS STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORIENTATION ADVISING

  8. CircLES - One Week-Long Orientation CONNECTIONS TO UNIVERSITY SERVICES DEVELOPMENTAL MATH REVIEW AND PLACEMENT RESEARCH MODULES(Science or Engineering) STUDY SKILLS

  9. Math Review • Duration: 3 days, 2 hours each day • Students solve math problems in small groups of 4 or 5 students • Math review is led by peer facilitators • The accompanying text focuses on short explanations and practice problems • After the math review is complete, students retake UTEP’s math placement exam

  10. Placement Before and After Math Review Before After Math Review 2001(n=359) Before After Math Review 2002 (n=386)

  11. 2002 Math Review: Mathematics Course Taken by Students Initially Placing into Intro to Algebra (n=78)

  12. 2002 Math Review: Math Course Taken by Students Initially Placing into Intermediate Algebra (n=146)

  13. 2002 Math Review: Mathematics Course Taken by Students Initially Placing into Pre-Calculus (n=111)

  14. Pre-Calculus Passing rate

  15. Intermediate Algebra Passing rate

  16. Reference • Benjamin C. Flores, Jana Renner Martínez, Helmut Knaust, Ann Darnell, Lilly Romo, and Connie Kubo Della-Piana: • “The Effectiveness of a Mathematics Review for Student Placement into College-Level Mathematics”. • Submitted to: “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition”, 2003.

  17. All Questions Answered,All Answers Questioned* * Borrowed from Donald Knuth

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