tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post2312920030119436336..comments2024-03-27T21:09:44.320+00:00Comments on Pat'sBlog: Not for CreditUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-54261117602877841252010-09-02T17:00:46.398+01:002010-09-02T17:00:46.398+01:00Gas-station....
Have you used the "enable ma...Gas-station....<br /><br />Have you used the "enable math"? are you familiar with someone who has? <br /><br />Jeffo, are those classes pretty even in student numbers, that is, can I presume that about 35% of your university students taking math are taking a remedial course? <br /><br />Thanks guys for the input... I'm still searching for the first "no credit" course.Pat's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234744401613958081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-89336034990914842872010-09-02T15:06:56.938+01:002010-09-02T15:06:56.938+01:00http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/problem-solving/...http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/problem-solving/developmental-math<br />"Of all community college students, 60 percent place into remedial education classes, which include developmental mathematics."<br /><br />https://www.noellevitz.com/.../ENABLEMATH_paper_0706indd.pdf <br />Student Success in Developmental Math (EnableMath):<br />"Nationwide, developmental mathematics courses typically comprise more than half of the mathematics courses offered at two-year colleges and 10-20 percent of the mathematics courses offered<br />at four-year colleges. Seventy-five percent of new students enrolling in two-year colleges must take one or more developmental mathematics courses, and approximately half of them do not pass each course they attempt."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-76406329302248397582010-09-02T14:16:42.085+01:002010-09-02T14:16:42.085+01:00At my university about 7 out of 50 regular math co...At my university about 7 out of 50 regular math courses being taught this semester do not satisfy the university requirements for general education credit -- I guess that is what is meant by "no credit."<br /><br />I would characterize most of the students in those classes as "not ready for college," but I can certainly understand how hard it is for my university to turn down students who are willing to pay us to teach them something they could have learned for free in public school.Jeffohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989946392105339862noreply@blogger.com