Re: [MATHEDCC] Math in the high schools
Wayne Mackey (wmackey@COMP.UARK.EDU)
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 10:30:58 -0600
>John Glazer asked whether we provide tutoring in the community
>college. We certainly do here. We have limited one-on-one
>individual tutoring and almost unlimited help available to anyone in
>math in our Math Lab which is staffed by student tutors, associates
>who have bachelors degrees and full-time math instructors (two hours
>per week for each one). Tutorial software and video tapes are also
>available for most basic courses. I'm sure the situation is similar
>at other community colleges.
>
>Students with almost no math background can and do succeed by
>starting in the proper developmental course and working their way up
>with help from their instructors and the Math Lab. However, a large
>percentage of students, starting at whatever level, fail because they
>are not willing to work and they just don't care.
>
>Doug Proffer
>Collin County C. C.
>Plano, TX
Also true for more and more universities every year.
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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