I think another important question is "What is the success rate for the 61%
who are successful in 0024 when they take the college algebra course which
is, I assume, what the first two courses (developmental) are for. IMHO a
61% success rate is very high and would be exemplary if it also leads to a
high success rate in college algegra (or equivalent). In explaining to the
Dean of students why our success rate was only about 45% in a combined
Beg/Interm course I had to show that students who succeeded in that course
did better than the general population in college algebra. I also had to
explain that, despite those constraints, we were making every effort to
have more successful students. Judging by a previous message on this list,
there would be little or no point in instituting an attendance policy which
had been suggested. Hence the value of this list.
wayne
Wayne F. Mackey
Univ. of Arkansas
SCEN #301
Fayetteville, AR 72701
wmackey@comp.uark.edu
http://comp.uark.edu/~wmackey
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