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31 Oct 09

A Math Paradox: The Widening Gap Between High School and College Math

Excellent and important op-ed on why high school students are increasingly less prepared for college math.

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  • 49% of high school graduates in Maryland take non-credit remedial math courses in college before they can take math courses for credit.
  • The engineering program is structured so that no calculus means no physics freshman year and no physics means no engineering courses until it’s too late to complete the program in four years. For all practical purposes readiness for calculus as an entering freshman determines choice of major and career.
    • Most engineering programs are similarly structured. Should they be? - on 2009-10-31
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17 Oct 09

Vanderbilt Center for Teaching: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

    • Scholarly work should have



      1. Clear goals
      2. Adequate preparation
      3. Appropriate methods
      4. Significant results
      5. Effective presentation
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