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Re: Only 45% of the students were prepared for math
Posted:
Mar 23, 2006 12:09 AM
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On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:06:54 GMT, toto <scarecrow@wicked.witch> wrote:
>On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:00:16 -0500, Guess who
><notreally.here@here.com> wrote:
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>>Perhaps some "more traditional" methods of teaching might work to give
>>better results? ...and perhaps the computer/hand-held calculator are
>>not the magic pill as stated?
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>Or perhaps not everyone is suited for college in the first place?
That might be so. However, everyone can enroll in a community
college, pay a fraction of the price, and then get the skills needed
to enroll in a traditional college.
This is becoming more popular. Especially for people whose high
schools have let them down (which is a continuously growing
catastrophe) and those who are in situations where education just has
not happened (those who have had to drop out, or try to go to school
as single parents).
I am a community college instructor and we take people who may have no
better than a 5th grade math aptitude (yep, you are reading that
correctly). They can then go through several math courses before
actually taking a college level math class.
They can get up to linear algebra by the time they have finished their
community college experience (which is usually up to the sophomore
level), and then transfer to a traditional college. Most of the
community college math classes transfer anywhere - as long as they are
college level courses.
For example, every year I have people from every conceivable college
attend my classes, and the credits transfer EVERY time. This applies
even to Ivey League schools.
Brian
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