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ERIC Number: EJ266486
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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The Descriptive Tests of Mathematics Skills: A Follow-Up of Performance of Older Upper Division Students.
Suddick, David E.; Collins, Burton A.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v42 n2 p559-61 Sum 1982
Two tests of the Descriptive Tests of Mathematics Skills (DTMS) were employed for screening and placement of business majors. For calculus and statistics courses, the average performance level of the students who had passed the DTMS was significantly higher than that for students who had successfully remediated their identified weakness. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Mathematics, Higher Education, Quantitative Tests, Screening Tests, Student Placement, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Descriptive Tests of Mathematics Skills