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Ep 35. Preparation for university math
with Darja Barr and Dan Wolczuk

The transcript for this episode is here.

You can listen to the episode here: Chalk & Talk Podcast.

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Dan’s YouTube channel and Darja's thesis

 

Learn More with Dan Wolczuk

Barr, Darja. (2019). An analysis of grades and placement in the transition from pre-calculus to calculus at the University of Manitoba. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Manitoba. 

https://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/items/374691ff-04f9-46e3-8d9c-8b3a2fb2468f

 

Resources for calculus preparation

Key Mathematical Ideas to Promote Student Success in Introductory University Courses in Quantitative Fields, Appendix A of the California Math Framework (2023). Prepared by Brian Conrad (Stanford), Rafe Maffeo (Stanford) and Patrick Callahan (Callahan Consulting).

Preparing for Calculus, University of Toronto

University of Manitoba Pre-calculus Review

University of Winnipeg Pre-calculus Review

Articles on the Testing Effect

Roediger III, H. L., Putnam, A. L., & Smith, M. A. (2011). Ten benefits of testing and their applications to educational practice. Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 55, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-387691-1.00001-6 

Yang, C., Luo, L., Vadillo, M. A., Yu, R., & Shanks, D. R. (2021). Testing (quizzing) boosts classroom learning: A systematic and meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 147(4), 399. https://gwern.net/doc/psychology/spaced-repetition/2021-yang.pdf 

Yang, C., Potts, R., & Shanks, D. R. (2018). Enhancing learning and retrieval of new information: a review of the forward testing effect. NPJ Science of Learning, 3(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-018-0024-y ​​​​​​

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