- Conference Session
- Mathematics Division Technical Session 1
- Collection
- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
- Authors
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Rebecca George, University of Houston
- Tagged Topics
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Diversity
- Tagged Divisions
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Mathematics
then move to modify place-ment exams, curriculum, faculty attitudes, or pedagogy training as needed.Math PlacementAlthough many universities use SAT, ACT, or some other standardized placement exam todetermine if students will be successful in certain math courses, it has been reported thatthese scores under-predict the grades for female students [1]. In their article, Kessel and Linn[1] claim that college admissions officers may be missing talented females if they are relyingheavily on ACT and SAT scores. Their article points out that “females report spending moretime reflecting on similarities among problems, organizing and linking their ideas, and review-ing material” and because of this, they tend to be less able to demonstrate speed and