Examining the effectiveness of an online summer bridge course to prepare students for calculus
Abstract
In summer 2013, Manhattan College introduced an online summer “bridge to calculus” course for incoming first-year students in science, engineering, and mathematics education who marginally did not receive a calculus recommendation based on a mathematics placement test. In this paper, we describe the development of the bridge course and demonstrate statistically that this course continues to prepare its students for Calculus at a level comparable to those who took a full semester of Precalculus, yet at a significantly lower cost in terms of both time and money.
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Jura and Gerhardt (2022) considered three groups: all students taking subsequent courses in fall and spring, borderline cases for SBP based on readiness exam, and high scorers placed in a higher math course.
“Jura and Gerhardt (2022) considered three groups: the first group included all students taking the subsequent courses in the fall and spring terms, the second consisted of students who were borderline cases for SBP based on the readiness exam, and the third included students who scored high in the readiness exam and were placed in a higher math course.”
From Methodological Choices When Assessing Summer Bridge Programs in STEM Majors: A Scoping Review (2026) · cites this paper as Jura and Gerhardt (2022)
Hieb et al. (2015) and Jura and Gerhardt (2022) used an internal validated instrument developed by department members to measure academic readiness.
“Furthermore, the studies by Hieb et al. (2015) and Jura and Gerhardt (2022) used an internal validated instrument developed by department members to measure academic readiness.”
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- Authors
- Jura, M., & Gerhardt, I.
- Corresponding author
- Jura, Matthew
- Venue
- PRIMUS
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2021-05-12
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 755-763
- ISSN
- 1051-1970 (ISSN-L)
- 1935-4053
- OpenAlex
- W3154144663
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 0.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- PRIMUS (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › Mathematics Education and Programs
- Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Keywords
- online courses, calculus readiness, first-year students, precalculus, STEM education, course development
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