Mathematics Bridge Program

Author

Budny, Dan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Freshmen Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1-4 Nov 1995

Abstract

Since 1990 the Department of Freshman Engineering has offered the Mathematics Summer Bridge Program for beginning students whose high school academic backgrounds indicate high learning potential, but also a high probability of having difficulty in completing the Freshmen Engineering mathematics curriculum. The uniqueness of the Purdue Bridge is that it is one week and only covers mathematics. The Bridge was designed to allow the student to discover his/her strengths and weaknesses in mathematics and to determine if he/she is ready for calculus. The concept is that after the bridge the student will be prepared emotionally to attack the first semester. This positive attitude will produce passing grades in her/his first semester mathematics course, a high first semester GPA, and increase the retention rate of the high risk student

Keywords

calculus; educational courses; engineering education; mathematics; teaching; GPA; Mathematics Bridge Program; beginning students; engineering mathematics curriculum; high risk student; high school academic backgrounds; mathematics course; passing grades; retention rate; Bridges; Costs; Data engineering; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Engineering management; Filling; Mathematics; Remuneration; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1995. Proceedings., 1995

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3022-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1995.483029

Filename

483029