Mat 09x Assessment Results

Spring 2002

2 instructors participated with 90 students represented.

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

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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. 89% met or exceeded expectations.

2. use variable notation and be able to simplify and evaluate algebraic expressions. 93% met or exceeded expectations.

3. be able to solve linear equations in one variable. 98% met or exceeded expectations.

4. know the rules of exponents as applied to variable terms. 94% met or exceeded expectations.

5. be able to add, subtract, and multiply polynomials. 87% met or exceeded expectations.

6. know how to factor polynomials using greatest common factoring, the grouping method, trinomial factoring, and difference of perfect squares. 96% met or exceeded expectations.

7. be able to graph linear equations with two variables in the rectangular coordinate system. 85% met or exceeded expectations.