The purpose of this study was to determine whether the achievement of the specified entering prerequisites facilitated the achievement of the major learning outcomes in selected mathematics courses by determining, for each course, whether the achievement of the major learning outcomes by a group of students who achieved the entering prerequisities was significantly higher than the achievement of the major learning outcomes by a group of students who did not achieve these prerequisites. / The subjects for the study were the students enrolled in each of the selected learning components (59 in Interim Algebra, 165 in College Algebra, and 52 in Plane Trigonometry) at Pensacola Junior College who took both the entering prerequisite and major learning outcome assessment tests for that learning component. These students, in each learning component, were divided into two groups; one group achieved at least 70% of the entering prerequisites and the other group achieved less than 70% of these prerequisites. The following null hypothesis, therefore, were established for each course. / Null hypothesis. The achievement mean on the posttest of major learning outcomes for a course will not be significantly higher (.05 level) for the group who had achieved the entering prerequisites for that course than it will be for the group who had not achieved these prerequisites. / Four learning outcome-based assessment tests were developed and used to assess the achievement of the entering prerequisites and the major learning outcomes for the selected learning components at the beginning and end of the term respectively. In addition, the procedures for the study included an academic program mapping approach. The validity of the program map depends on the rejection of the null hypotheses. Based on the t-test, the null hypothesis for each learning component was rejected. / Conclusions. It was concluded that: (1) The specified entering prerequisites facilitated the achievement of the major learning outcomes in the mathematics courses selected for the study. (2) The academic program contains a valid program map. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-08, Section: A, page: 2428. / Thesis (Educat.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75354 |
| Contributors | BOOKER, WILLIAM IRA., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 140 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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