[MATHEDCC] Developmental vs Remedial
Pansy Waycaster (Pansy_Waycaster@sw.cc.va.us)
Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:21:17 -0500
In my opinion developmental suggests getting a student mathematically
mature enough to succeed in college-level mathematics courses; whereas,
remedial connotes re-learning those concepts not learned or learned "wrong"
in high school. The DMC (Developmental Mathematics Committee) in AMATYC in
a recent draft of a position paper refers to this area as Foundation
Courses--which I really prefer. After all building a foundation is
precisely what we are doing in our developmetal courses--a foundation for
college level courses.
Pansy
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