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MathExcel: Calculus Among Friends - by Mike Freeman
"The best calculus class at the University of Kentucky is MathExcel, a special program designed to give capable students the best chance to excel in this crucial course and have more successful college careers."
Now in its ninth year, MathExcel is a special version of calculus whose students have volunteered to attend supplementary Collaborative Workshops. All students in calculus take the same tests, graded on the same standards. MathExcel students have about the same natural ability as the regular class, but they get much better grades - every semester, MathExcel students make almost twice as many A's and B's. They routinely beat regular students on standard tests by margins often exceeding one grade point, and they graduate from UK at a rate 12 percentage points higher than traditional students. Anecdotally, the students are very happy about the MathExcel program. And they do tend to stay together for a while, and they do tend to organize their own collaborative study sessions in other classes later. One retention study, of a version of the MathExcel program developed at Lexington Community College, has demonstrated spectacular results. In 1993, MathExcel won the University of Kentucky's Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award.
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