Re: [MATHEDCC] Just a question.

Sandy Spears (sspears@pop.jcc.uky.edu)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:27:19 -0500

Bret - YES!!!!!! It seems to be everywhere. Not only that, we are seeing
less ability to absorb and retain information even by our hard working
students. If I gave a test the length I would have given 10 years ago, I
would have to give at least 50% more time for them to finish. This seems to
be true at any level whether elementary algebra or calculus. And then the
ability to hold on to that information to the end of the semester or to the
next course is terrible. Sandy

Bret wrote:
>I'm doing any formal survey, but just want to know if we are alone at LSCC.
>We are a small public, open door, community college. We have 6 faculty
>members in math who have been here at least 4 years. (4 have been here at
>least 10 years.)
>
>All of us have noticed a dramatic decrease in the ability, and/or work ethic
>of our students this term. Not just one particular class. Not just first
>time in college students. But, from developmental arithmetic through Calculus.
>
>Not really looking for a philosophical debate on the topic. More just
>wondering if anybody else has noticed the same thing. Hopefully, it is a
>one semester aberration. (Something about stastically speaking, we can
>predict that unusual events will occur, we just can't predict when or where.)
>
>
>
>Bret Taylor Lake-Sumter Community College Leesburg FL
>

Sandy Spears
Jefferson Community College
Louisville, KY 40202
sspears@pop.jcc.uky.edu
502-584-0181, ext. 2269

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