Parts of the Whole: The Educational Sieve

This essay argues that the structure of course prerequisites affects retention of students in a course of study. The same argument suggests that the structure of degree requirements, including quantitative reasoning courses, affects retention in college. In particular, the same set of courses requir...

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Main Author: Dorothy Wallace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Numeracy Network 2013-07-01
Series:Numeracy
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/numeracy/vol6/iss2/art13/