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Blackburn, Katie – 1984
Nearly 48 percent of the students in Developmental Studies Mathematics courses at a major southern university during the fall of 1983 had taken college preparatory mathematics courses in high school. Some had even taken trigonometry, pre-calculus, or calculus. Yet, they were placed in university developmental studies mathematics courses because…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Research