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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED234874 AUTHOR: Treisman, Philip Uri
TITLE: Improving the Performance of Minority Students in
College-Level Mathematics.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1983
JOURNAL: Innovation-Abstracts; v5 n17 Jun 3 1983
NOTE: 4 p.
ABSTRACT: The University of California at Berkeley has
developed a Mathematics Workshop the purpose of which is to
improve serious deficiencies in minority students'
mathematics and study skills. Now in its second year, the
workshop has five functions: (1) building a community of
minority freshmen that is academically-oriented and a source
of peer support; (2) providing minority students with an
extensive orientation to the university and with ongoing
academic advising; (3) advocating the interests of minority
students and monitoring their academic progress and
adjustment to the environment; (4) providing minority
freshmen with ongoing supplementary instruction in order to
develop independent learners; and (5) linking high school
level and undergraduate-level affirmative action efforts.
The Mathematics Workshop has improved the math grades of
minority students and their persistence in both math classes
and the general university program. (DC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Achievement; College-Freshmen;
Counseling-Services; Higher-Education; Program-Descriptions;
Study-Skills; Workshops-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Mathematics; *Mathematics-Skills;
*Minority-Groups; *Remedial-Programs; *Student-Improvement
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