Self-Placement in Math Courses at U.S. Community Colleges: Contributing Factors and Impacts on Student Success
Self-placement in math is becoming increasingly popular in community colleges in the U.S., where students will decide for themselves whether to enroll in non-credit developmental (or remedial) math courses. To fully understand the factors associated with students’ math enrollment choices and the lon...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2023-05-01
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| Series: | SAGE Open |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231173660 |
| Summary: | Self-placement in math is becoming increasingly popular in community colleges in the U.S., where students will decide for themselves whether to enroll in non-credit developmental (or remedial) math courses. To fully understand the factors associated with students’ math enrollment choices and the long-term effects of initial math enrollment choices, we use data from all first-time-in-college students in the Florida College System to conduct a multinomial logistic regression analysis and an inverse-probability regression adjustment analysis. We find that most students chose to directly enroll in college-level math, with significant differences by gender and high school math preparation. First-year math enrollment choices were significantly associated with likelihood of passing college-level math and the number of college credits by the third year. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-2440 |