Subject: Re: Appropriate basic skills placement test?
From: Kathy Acks (kathy.acks@mauicc.Hawaii.Edu)
Date: Wed Sep 20 2000 - 22:52:46 EDT
Don
We are running into the same situation at Maui CC and would appreciate any feedback
that you get. I would also appreciate any feedback anyone is having that is
teaching (In particular - developmental math) math totally on computer. Thanks in
advance. Kate Acks
Don Reichman wrote:
> At the risk of rehashing old issues let me pose the following problem to the
> group. Students spend most of their K-12 lives using a calculator in
> mathematics classes. Then they arrive at our college (and many others) and are
> asked to take a computational skills test without the calculator. Many do
> miserably and are placed into "Basic Math", a long way from the level of
> mathematics they are probably suited for. Clearly, the computational skills
> test can not be taken with a calculator because it would be too trivial. A word
> problem oriented exam seems more appropriate. We don't want to reinvent the
> wheel. Creating such a test would require lots of analysis to determine
> reasonable cut-off scores, etc.
>
> Question 1: Does anyone have a problem-based placement exam for basic
> mathematics (arithmetic)?
>
> Question 2: Does anyone have information on a problem-based basic math course
> which seems appropriate if a problem based placement exam is used?
>
> --
> Don Reichman
> Chair, Mathematics
> Mercer County Community College
> 1200 Old Trenton Road
> Trenton, NJ 08690
> Work: 609-586-4800 ext. 3857
>
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