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George, Michael; Milman, Yevgeniy – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2019
Low passing rates in developmental mathematics have been a serious concern for community colleges for many years. A course in Quantitative Literacy (QL) offers non-STEM students an alternative option to introductory algebra as a path to a degree. This paper describes the implementation and evolution of QL at the Borough of Manhattan Community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Mathematics
Huang, Melrose; Norman, Jon; Yamada, Hiroyuki – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2018
Since 2011, Statway®, an alternative pathway to completing college-level developmental mathematics, has evolved from a two-semester sequence into a single-semester course. As of the 2016-2017 academic year, five institutions have offered an accelerated one-term version of Statway. This paper describes why these colleges chose to implement…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Mathematics, College Mathematics, Statistics