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Direct linkWinders, Mike; Bisk, Richard – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2014
The number of incoming college students who require development mathematics coursework is a national problem. This is an enormous area of concern for a number of reasons--such as the monetary cost to students who must take courses for which they are not granted credit, and colleges and universities who must pay instructors to teach such courses.…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Programs, Remedial Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
Bisk, Richard – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2013
Many students begin higher education unprepared for college-level work in mathematics and must take non-credit developmental courses. Furthermore, many are "math-phobic" and avoid courses, majors and careers that involve quantitative work. Yet science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields are among the few job-growth areas in the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Higher Education, Majors (Students), Developmental Studies Programs
