Mathematics readiness of first-year college students and missing necessary skills: perspectives of mathematics faculty

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dc.contributor.authorEr, Sıdıka Nihan
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-19T21:16:55Z
dc.date.available2021-02-19T21:16:55Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentALKÜ
dc.description.abstractCollege readiness of students and the effectiveness of remedial mathematics courses have been under consideration for the last two decades. There is a considerable misalignment between the expectations of students regarding secondary education and those regarding higher education. Information about current expectations and perspectives of college mathematics faculty who have to deal with this gap is missing in the literature. This study explores college readiness of first-year students and topics that they need to have mastered before entering college. A survey was disseminated to college/university mathematics faculty throughout the US (48 states) whose email addresses were shown on their institutional webpages, and data were gathered from 737 faculty. The survey instrument includes scaled items reflecting the Common Core State Standards and free response items. The scaled items are divided into six subscales: Basics, Algebra, Functions, Geometry, Statistics and Probability, and Reasoning and Generalisation. Faculty responses are categorised and statistically analysed with respect to types of institution, position titles of the participants and types of course offered by those institutions. Findings indicate that faculty view first-year students as having poor mathematical ability in terms of what they consider to be important topics for college preparation. Faculty also agree that students need remediation, which, in its current state, is not sufficient. Implications of these results for further research and practice are discussed.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/0309877X.2017.1332354
dc.identifier.endpage952en_US
dc.identifier.issn0309-877X
dc.identifier.issn1469-9486
dc.identifier.issue7en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage937en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2017.1332354
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12868/589
dc.identifier.volume42en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000442238100005
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorEr, Sıdıka Nihan
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Further And Higher Education
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectcollege readiness
dc.subjectmathematics education
dc.subjectremedial mathematics
dc.subjectcommon core
dc.subjectcollege faculty
dc.titleMathematics readiness of first-year college students and missing necessary skills: perspectives of mathematics faculty
dc.typeArticle

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