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Posted on May 07, 2005 @ 11:21 by CatherineJohnson

re: MathInSalinaKansas

Wow.

I spoke yesterday to a mathematics professor at a university here in New York state.

When I asked him what level of mathematical knowledge entering freshmen bring to their course work, he said, "We can't assume that a student knows anything we would want him to know."

Specifically, his students can't do algebra.

They can't set up a two-variable word problem and solve it.

These are college freshmen.

Posted on May 07, 2005 @ 11:21

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