course does the other third and enough Geometry, the third course does
half of Alg. II , and the fourth course does the remaining half of Alg.
>
II. Students who want to succeed are generally able to do so in this
sequence. The enemy is TIME. Good Luck Al Roy
>
> On Wed, 9 Apr 1997 RAYFan@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> > Hi all -
> >
> > I'm new around here. My name is Karen and I'm currently a freeway flyer -
> > i.e. I teach part-time at one university and two community colleges. (Whew!)
> >
> > I've been reading your posts for a couple of days. Considering how you all
> > treat potato salad, I'm not sure I'd want to picnic with you....... But I do
> > need some advice!
> >
> > We (my community colleges) are having a serious problem with retention in our
> > Beginning and Intermediate Algebra classes! The capabilities (and efforts)
> > of these students is dropping rapidly and we want to somehow fix the problem
> > - i.e. we need to keep the students in these classes and get them to pass!
> >
> > I find that the exams I'm giving in Intermediate are the same that I was
> > giving a mere three years ago in Beginning........ and the students still
> > aren't passing (ok, some of them are -- but half of them are not!)
> >
> > I definitely don't feel that we should be making these classes easier just to
> > accommodate lazy or ill-prepared students........... so I need some ideas!!
> >
> > 1) I teach in Southern California...... Is everyone out there having this
> > problem?
> >
> > 2) Does anyone have any suggestions for me? (My department is having a big
> >
> > meeting on this in a couple of weeks and I'd like to take some ideas in
> > with me.)
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Karen
> > Orange Coast College
> > Golden West College
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