TITLE:
The Effect of a New Placement Process on Student Success in First Semester Calculus
AUTHORS:
Edgar J. Fuller, Jessica M. Deshler
KEYWORDS:
Mathematics; Placement Testing; Calculus
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.4 No.9B,
September
30,
2013
ABSTRACT: In this work we describe the placement
testing and student intake process at a large, land-grant university and show
that long-standing general assessment exams administered during secondary schooling
are not accurate predictors of success in university level mathematics courses.
We then present results indicating that a placement exam administered during
arrival as a first-year student provides a strong indicator of potential for
student success in first-semester calculus.