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ERIC Number: EJ415374
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-3364
What Mathematics Should Be Taught in Developmental Mathematics Programs?
Garofalo, Joe
Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v4 n2 p89-92 Spr 1988
Discusses issues related to the subject/topic content of developmental mathematics programs. Argues that such programs should teach as much preprobability and statistics as they do precalculus, and that less time be spent by students simplifying and operating with rational algebraic expressions and other process-oriented mathematical equations. (PAA)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Curriculum, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Mathematics, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Available from New York College Learning Skills Association, Developmental Studies Division, Community College of the Finger Lakes, Canandaigua, NY 14424 ($20.00 per volume).