Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca George, University of Houston

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Diversity

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Mathematics

tend to show weak-ness in before taking the placement exams. The initial results of this effort indicate that fewerstudents enrolled in calculus their first semester (with more starting off in precalculus) and thewithdrawal rate for both calculus 1 and precalculus have dropped significantly. Shockingly,this project was taken on without analyzing student data beforehand (other than the examina-tion of success rates).Research Questions 1) Does placement exam score, academic level, gender, whether the student is a STEM (Science Technology Engineering or Math) major, and the number of times the student attended tutoring during the semester affect student scores in calculus in college? 2) Does a student’s anxiety of math correlate with

Conference Session

Faculty Development Round Table

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oksana Zhirosh, Innopolis University; Joseph Alexander Brown, Innopolis University; David Tickner, Faculty professional development consultant

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

science with a concentration in software engineering, and M.Sc. in computer science from Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada in 2007 and 2009, respectively. He received the Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Guelph in 2014. He received the 2009 Graduate TA Award from Brock University. He is an ISW Trainer and has facilitated numerous training for Russian educational improvement. He previously worked for Magna International Inc. as a Manufacturing Systems Analyst and as a visiting researcher at ITU Copenhagen. He is currently an Assistant Professor and head of the Artificial Intelli- gence in Games Development Lab at Innopolis University in Innopolis, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia and an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Bradford, Rice University; Margaret E. Beier, Rice University; Michael Wolf, Rice University; Megan McSpedon, Rice University; Matthew Taylor

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #26089Board 20: STEM Bridge Program Participation Predicts First and SecondSemester Math PerformanceMs. Brittany Bradford, Rice University Brittany Bradford is a fourth-year graduate student in industrial and organizational psychology at Rice University, working with Dr. Margaret Beier. Her research interests include education, learning, and motivation.Dr. Margaret E. Beier Margaret Beier is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Rice University in Houston, TX. She received her B.A. from Colby College, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Margaret’s research examines the