Is Three Years Enough?.

Waits, Bert K.; Demana, Franklin

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ERIC Number: EJ364134

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Is Three Years Enough?

Waits, Bert K.; Demana, Franklin

Mathematics Teacher, v81 n1 p11-14 Jan 1988

Argues that the college preparatory curriculum should include more than three years of mathematics. Presents data indicating that 86 percent of students with less than three years of college preparatory mathematics take remedial mathematics and relatively few students are ready to take calculus when they enter the university. (PK)

Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Entrance Examinations, College Mathematics, College Preparation, Higher Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Student Placement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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