NDLI: Outcomes of accepting or declining advanced placement Calculus credit

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	De Urquidi, K. Verdin, D. Hoffmann, S. Ohland, M.W.
Copyright Year	2015
Description	Author affiliation: Eng. Educ., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA (De Urquidi, K.; Verdin, D.; Hoffmann, S.; Ohland, M.W.)
Abstract	Students who qualify for Calculus credit via the Advanced Placement (AP) exam often have the choice of accepting the credit, and starting in Calculus II or III, or declining the credit, and retaking Calculus I in a university setting. This study investigates and reports success metrics for students who make a choice of accepting or declining AP Calculus credit. The 2014 College Board National Report states when compared to similar peers, students who receive a score of 3 or higher in an AP exam tend to earn higher college grade point averages (GPAs), have higher graduation rates, and have the opportunity to take more discipline course work in college. This report is based on all the AP courses offered by College Board. It is not certain what the outcomes are for an individual course, i.e. AP Calculus, or how the markers of success translate to engineering students and engineering programs. By analyzing 3,600 engineering students academic records from Fall 2012 and 2014 (i.e. gender, ethnicity, residency, grade received in Calculus I course, AP Calculus exam score, High School GPA, SAT/ACT Math and Verbal score), this study seeks to describe patterns of success in students' subsequent Calculus courses from those who accepted AP Calculus credit, skipping Calculus I, as opposed to those who did not accept their AP Calculus credit and took Calculus I. Students ask for recommendations from their first year engineering advisors on whether to retake Calculus I in college or accept their AP Calculus credit, which consists of a score of 4 or 5 at this university. As research in this specific topic is absent, advisors in a first year engineering program must advise in the absence of concrete data. This paper offers insight based upon previous student academic records, which may inform advisors and incoming first year students on whether or not to accept AP Calculus credit.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	6
File Size	929200
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File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479984541
DOI	10.1109/FIE.2015.7344288
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-10-21
Publisher Place	USA
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Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Calculus Engineering students Electric breakdown Sociology Statistics Market research qualifications Engineering Education mathematics calculus engineering students
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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