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Evaluating Math Skills: Insights from the Johns Hopkins Leading Minds Conference

This presentation explores the evolution of math education at Johns Hopkins University, highlighting key data from final exams and student performance between 1989 and 2006. It discusses trends in arithmetic and algebra skills among students, showing a significant percentage requiring math remediation upon college entry. By comparing multiple math curricula and the impact of high school training on college preparedness, this session emphasizes the need for better foundational math education to enhance student success in higher education.

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Evaluating Math Skills: Insights from the Johns Hopkins Leading Minds Conference

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  1. Math Locally W Stephen Wilson Leading Minds Conference Baltimore, Maryland April 24, 2008

  2. Johns Hopkins Calculus 1 1989-2006 • Same final exam in 1989 and 2006. • Same average SATM scores. • Same percentage of Arts and Science freshmen. • JHU was much more selective in 2006 than 1989.

  3. Grades on the 1989 scale

  4. Grades on the 2006 scale

  5. Arithmetic and higher math. • 239 Calculus III students, Fall 2007. • A 10 question arithmetic test first day of class. • A 30 point 3-hour final exam. • Almost no arithmetic in this course.

  6. Arithmetic scores versus final exam

  7. Where does arithmetic come from? • Comparing 5th grades using • My 1956 fifth grade text • The Singapore Math US Edition fifth grade text • TERC Investigations 2nd Edition 2008 fifth grade materials • Maryland State voluntary curriculum fifth grade

  8. 5th Grade Time on Task

  9. Next: Algebra • Compare • Maryland state Algebra/Data Analysis test • Maryland state Algebra/Data curriculum • Maryland Algebra I & II curriculum • National Math Panel

  10. How Much Algebra?

  11. Maryland Preparation for College • Students need arithmetic • They get half • Students need algebra • They get ¾ • Percentage of MD High School Graduates (2005-2006) “Assessed as Needing Math Remediation”: 44.3%

  12. University of Maryland, College Park • Requires 3 years of high school math • Strongly recommends a fourth • Middle 50% on SAT, 1240-1380

  13. High school math at College Park • Count students in non-credit remedial math • Count students in credit bearing courses like college algebra that are just high school algebra repackaged for college • Count students in Calculus I • The percentage of these students who are taking high school math is: 46.6%

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