Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-third Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Denver, Colorado, March 17-20, 2011

Paper S104

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twenty-third Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-68984-4, Copyright (C) 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc.

A Variety of Options Can Help Students Succeed in Math

Susan Beane

University of Houston-Downtown

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ABSTRACT

A variety of options are sometimes offered to students in algebra to help increase the likelihood of course success, such as practice tests, correction of tests, test answer keys and make-up tests. This comparative research study examines how some slight variations on these options when used in combination with each other, can have a favorable impact on the overall rate of success for students in mathematics.

Keyword(s): college algebra, assessment, pedagogy