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Asme, Zhou Y, Islam N, Pan CC, Kumar S. SHORTEN THE MATH GAP FOR PRE-ENGINEERING STUDENTS WITH INTENSIVE SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM. 2015; doi: V005t05a014. UIID-AD: 3959.
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2015; doi: V005t05a014.

SHORTEN THE MATH GAP FOR PRE-ENGINEERING STUDENTS WITH INTENSIVE SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM.

Asme, Y Zhou, N Islam, C C Pan, S Kumar

UIID-AD: 3959 DOI: V005t05a014

Abstract

Engineering Summer Bridge (ESB) program at the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) is designed to prepare the engineering freshmen intellectually for an early introduction to the engineering culture and mathematics and science expectation. The program curriculum and content were specifically designed to prepare underrepresented Hispanic students for their success in the coining science and engineering study at UT-Brownsville. More than 92% of the targeted students are underrepresented Hispanic, and English is the second language for 86% of them. Most of these targeted students are academically below the top 10% in their high school graduating classes due to the pre-selection of TOP10 Texas House Bill. The ESB program at UTB cultivates a diverse community of engineering and pre-engineering students and intensively enhances their mathematics preparation in Pre Calculus and College Algebra. Statistics data from 2012 and 2013 ESB program indicates that more than 81% of the participants in both years did not take Pre-Calculus in high school. Another finding is that 71% of the ESB participants with at least an attendance rate of 50% earned a grade higher than a B in their Calculus I class later on, while only 43% from the group with an attendance rate lower than 50% earned a grade higher than a B in the Calculus I class. Students seem more successful in their Calculus I study if they attend the classes more frequently. It is also found the early contact with engineering faculty through Summer Bridge Programs, together with an early and longer engineering orientation seminar during the program, are successful ways to assist in the retention of engineering freshman [1-2].

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