Author: Kristen Ann PenningtonPublisher:
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Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The goals of this study are to determine if a prescribed treatment would help College Algebra students become more successful and to examine other factors that could have been influencing success. The course used a web-based ALEKS program for homework and quizzes. It was decided to have the students achieve a 75% correct completion level for the online homework assignments before the students would be allowed to attempt the online quiz. It was hypothesized that the knowledge gained while completing the homework would improve quiz grades, improve overall learning, and result in higher passing grades. A pretest and posttest were used to determine how much previous knowledge of the material students had prior to taking the course. A pre-survey was administered to gather demographic information including gender, age, the last math course the student has taken, the number of semesters since the last math course was taken, and the college corresponding to the student's major. A post-survey was administered to gain information on the student's work ethic, how the student felt about the treatment and about the online math program. The final exam grades were also compared based on the students' SAT, ACT, and COMPASS® scores. The treatment did not raise final exam grades but it did improve the online quiz grades.
