Sounds cynical but I'd be willing to bet real money that that's the driving
force.
Chuck Lindsey, Ph.D. clindsey@fgcu.edu
Director of General Education
Associate Professor and Program Leader, Mathematics
Florida Gulf Coast University
10501 FGCU Blvd South
Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565
Phone: (941) 590-7168 FAX: (941) 590-7200
http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/clindsey
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Bracken [SMTP:bracken@LCSC.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 12:16 PM
> To: mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu
> Subject: [MATHEDCC] developmental vs. remedial
>
> Our state board of education has proposed a policy which has a distinction
> between developmental and remedial education as follows:
>
> "It is worth noting that what the general public refers to as "remedial
> education" is often also defined as "developmental education" by the
> academic community. The State Board of Education believes that a
> distinction can be made between the two terms.
>
> A. Developmental education (review courses) is aimed at developing the
> diverse talents of students, both academic and non-academic. It is
> designed to develop strengths as well as to review previous curricular
> areas of students who have not been involved in postsecondary education
> for
> some time. Developmental education implies improvement (i.e. review) of a
> student's skills and knowledge deemed necessary to enter a particular
> course of study or program in order to ensure a greater likelihood of
> success.
>
> B. Remedial education, for purposes of this policy, is defined as a
> duplication of a secondary program/course and support services in basic
> academic skills. Remediation usually involves recent high school
> graduates
> or those students who did not complete their secondary curriculum.
> Further, these students have little probability of success without first
> developing special skills and knowledge through remedial course work."
>
> Is anyone familiar with any other states who make this distinction? What
> arguments would you use to support that all review courses should be
> considered under the umbrella of "introductory college mathematics" as
> done
> by AMATYC? What value is there in making these distinctions?
>
> --Laura
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
> Laura Bracken bracken@lcsc.edu
>
> Division of Natural Science and Mathematics Office: 208-799-2484
> Lewis-Clark State College Fax:
> 208-799-2064
> 500 8th Avenue
> Lewiston, ID 83501
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