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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
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Overview of PresentationOverview of Presentation
• UTEP’s Science and Engineering Program• CircLES and MIE at UTEP• Summer Orientation • Math Placement• Evaluation and Assessment• Reference and Acknowledgements
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Fall 2001 EnrollmentFall 2001 Enrollment
16,224 students
2,010 in Engineering+ 904 in Science 2,914 or 18% of total
enrollment
Fall 2002 EnrollmentFall 2002 Enrollment
17,232 students
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UTEP’s Model for STEM Student SuccessUTEP’s Model for STEM Student Success
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TimeLine TimeLine
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GoalsGoals
The goal of the CircLES program is to ...
• increase student retention
• improve their academic performance
• add value to their college education
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ORIENTATION
CLUSTERS
ADVISING
STUDENT LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
StructureStructure
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CircLES - One Week-Long OrientationCircLES - One Week-Long Orientation
CONNECTIONS TO UNIVERSITY
SERVICES
DEVELOPMENTAL MATH REVIEW AND PLACEMENT
STUDY SKILLS RESEARCH MODULES(Science or Engineering)
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Math ReviewMath 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
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Placement Before and After Math ReviewPlacement Before and After Math Review
Before After
Math Review2001(n=359)
Before After
Math Review2002 (n=386)
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2002 Math Review: Mathematics Course 2002 Math Review: Mathematics Course Taken by Students Initially Placing into Taken by Students Initially Placing into Intro to Algebra (n=78)Intro to Algebra (n=78)
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2002 Math Review: Math Course Taken by 2002 Math Review: Math Course Taken by Students Initially Placing into Intermediate Students Initially Placing into Intermediate Algebra (n=146)Algebra (n=146)
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2002 Math Review: Mathematics Course 2002 Math Review: Mathematics Course Taken by Students Initially Placing into Pre-Taken by Students Initially Placing into Pre-Calculus (n=111)Calculus (n=111)
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Pre-Calculus Passing ratePre-Calculus Passing rate
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Intermediate Algebra Passing rateIntermediate Algebra Passing rate
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ReferenceReference
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.
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All Questions Answered,All Answers Questioned*
* Borrowed from Donald Knuth