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A college institutional researcher reveals some data concerning math placement tests and the pressures impacting students to opt for more difficult math courses without adequate preparation and unsatisfactory results. He writes: "In my mind, this disconnect exemplifies the degree to which incoming students and families don't grasp the difference between going to college to acquire content knowledge and going to college to develop skills and dispositions. ... [I]f students understand that college is about developing skills and dispositions, I think that they might be more likely to appreciate the chance to start at the beginning that is appropriate for them, savoring each experience like a slow cooked, seven course meal because they know that the culmination of college is made exponentially better by the particular ordering and integrating of the flavors that have come before."

An online college math course under development including the following topics (so far): Sets Math Foundations Linear Equations Solving and Graphing Inequalities Graphing and Factoring Quadratic Equations Properties of Exponents Logarithms and Exponential Equations

An emeritus professor from Queens College questions algebra's role in quantitative literacy and workforce preparation

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Among the awardees, "The Monterey Institute of Technology and Education for NROC Developmental Math, a program to help financially disadvantaged students pass developmental math courses before starting college math courses;"