The Common Denominators: A Collaborative Approach to Teaching Reasoning Skills through Literature and Mathematics.

Coon, Anne C.; Birken, Marcia

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The Common Denominators: A Collaborative Approach to Teaching Reasoning Skills through Literature and Mathematics.

Coon, Anne C.; Birken, Marcia

Innovative Higher Education, v12 n2 p91-100 Spr-Sum 1988

An interdisciplinary problem-solving course at Rochester Institute of Technology's Learning Development Center, designed for students who had been placed on probation or suspended, is described. The course stresses the applications of "tools" such as analogy, using a variety of assignments in mathematics, logic, and literature. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Probation, Cognitive Processes, College Instruction, College Students, Cooperation, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Innovation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature, Mathematics, Problem Solving

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