Calculus Intervention For First Semester Engineering Students

Abstract

Past analyses at NC State have indicated a positive correlation between students who struggle in their first calculus class and those who ultimately leave engineering at NC. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of early intervention for engineering students who have performed poorly on their first calculus examination. This paper presents the problem, the approach taken in this project, the resulting data, our lessons learned, and strategies being considered to scale-up the intervention in subsequent semesters to include all first-semester engineering students.

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