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Nietfeld, Carla; Setzler, Hubert; Rajagopalan, Hari K. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2022
Business Statistics is a required course for undergraduate business majors and presents significant challenges for students with weak quantitative and critical thinking skills. This paper shows that changing the pre-requisite for the Business Statistics course from Business Calculus to Probability and Statistics makes a significant positive…
Descriptors: Business Education, Statistics, Undergraduate Study, Prerequisites
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Cadena, Juan; Travis, Betty; Norman, Sandy – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2003
Addresses the assertion that the teaching of calculus using reform techniques puts students at a disadvantage when they must take subsequent math or science courses that are not instructed using the reform techniques. Answers the question of whether one method of instruction in calculus is better than another with regard to students' grades in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculus, Curriculum Development, Educational Change