Access Links
Practice Gateway Tests: Ma105; Ma115; Ma116
Proctored Gateway Tests: Go to the Gateway lab (East Hall B069). The lab's hours are:
| Day | Daytime Hours | Evening Hours | ||||
| Mon | 11AM-4PM | 7PM-10PM | ||||
| Tue | 11AM-4PM | 7PM-10PM | ||||
| Wed | 11AM-4PM | 7PM-10PM | ||||
| Thu | 11AM-4PM | 7PM-10PM | ||||
| Fri | 11AM-4PM | -closed- | ||||
| Sat | 1PM-4PM | -closed- | ||||
| Sun | -closed- | 7PM-10PM |
Gateway Testing
Gateway Tests are formative assessment instruments that provide for students' acquisition of skills that are prerequisite, or requisite, to our Precalculus, Calculus I and Calculus II courses. All of these courses are reformed, with a primary emphasis on conceptual understanding. Gateway tests are short (6-12 question), tests of basic skills (e.g., differentiation in Calculus I or integration in Calculus II) that must be completed with very few (1-2) errors. Our on-line testing system allows students to practice the tests arbitrarily many times; for a grade, they must pass the test in a proctored computer lab during an approximately two-week window.
Logistical details: Students may practice the tests from anywhere, as many times as they like. They make take the test for credit up to twice per day, with the second attempt only being allowed after the first test has been reviewed in the Math Lab with a tutor.
Implementation of our on-line system was supported by an NSF DUE grant, #DUE-0088264. We describe our implementation and assessment of the system in a PRIMUS article, Implementation and Assessment of On-line Gateway Testing (PRIMUS XIII(4):289-307 (2003)).
To obtain or get information about our gateway testbanks, contact math-itc(at)umich(dot)edu .
UM Math Gateways