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Utilizing An Emporium Course Design To Improve Calculus Readiness Of Engineering Students, Virgil U. Pierce, Javier A. Kypuros
Utilizing An Emporium Course Design To Improve Calculus Readiness Of Engineering Students, Virgil U. Pierce, Javier A. Kypuros
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The intervention has targeted incoming students in Engineering and Computer Sciencedegrees. Participating students were selected who had a record of participation in Pre-Calculus classes in high school, but who had not demonstrated their readiness to take Calcu-lus, as measured by placement tests and existing credit. The course design uses an emporiummethod, specifically the Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS) software,in a computer lab to deliver to students an intensive program of mathematical practice andexploration. The course design is meant to take advantage of students? existing knowledge,rewarding them for it in fact, and focus them on specific Algebra and Trigonometry …