Mat 09x Assessment Results

Fall 2002

6 instructors participated with 222 students represented.

Proficiency goals were assessed on the basis of final exam questions drawn from the assessment question pool for Mat 09x (Elementary Algebra).

Breadth of Knowledge Proficiency Goals

The successful student will:

1. be able to perform arithmetic calculations on real numbers and understand the order of operations. 79% met or exceeded expectations.

2. use variable notation and be able to simplify and evaluate algebraic expressions. 86% met or exceeded expectations.

3. be able to solve linear equations in one variable. 81% met or exceeded expectations.

4. know the rules of exponents as applied to variable terms. 75% met or exceeded expectations.

5. be able to add, subtract, and multiply polynomials. 75% met or exceeded expectations.

6. know how to factor polynomials using greatest common factoring, the grouping method, trinomial factoring, and difference of perfect squares. 71% met or exceeded expectations.

7. be able to graph linear equations with two variables in the rectangular coordinate system. 72% met or exceeded expectations.