| Title: |
The Development and Efficacy of an Undergraduate Numeracy Assessment Tool |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Knowles, Andrea; Linsell, Chris; Baeumer, Boris; Anakin, Megan; Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) |
| Source: |
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 2021Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (43rd, Singapore, 2021). |
| Availability: |
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: sales@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/ |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
8 |
| Publication Date: |
2021 |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Education Level: |
Higher Education; Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Numeracy; Probability; Undergraduate Students; Computer Assisted Testing; Student Evaluation; Correlation; Statistics Education; Mathematics Instruction; Scores; Grades (Scholastic); Mathematics Tests; Academic Failure; Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: |
New Zealand |
| Abstract: |
This paper describes the development and efficacy of an online tool for assessing the numeracy of undergraduate students. The tool was designed to be easy to administer, provide immediate feedback to students on whether they had the required level of numeracy, and to be consistent with other measures of adult numeracy. When used with students taking a mathematics or statistics course, we found a significant correlation of r = 0.45 between their numeracy score and final mark in their enrolled course. Students who had a numeracy score less than our threshold had a 30.6% probability of failing their course, whereas students who had a numeracy score of at least our threshold had a probability of failing of only 8.0%. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2021 |
| Accession Number: |
ED616235 |
| Database: |
ERIC |