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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually teach a college STEM subject at Mason.

Here is my 10,000 foot view and what we tend to see. Even with AP calc or post-calc courses, many, many of our students are repeating calc and other courses like linear alg. because their foundations aren't strong enough. I'd say, these students tend to do well repeating because it's another pass on the material and reinforces what they already know. For the students who take the credit and move up, I've seen them struggle, but they do complete their programs. You tend to see more C's in things like material science & engineering courses and physics but they do finish and end up employed fwiw. The kids who are repeating tend to get higher grades (based on the students I have counseled/mentored for 10 years or so).
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How do the kids retaking Calc perform compared to kids taking Calc for the first time in college?  It seems to me that the advantage of taking AP Calc, perhaps AP Stats, and post-AP classes is not the ability to skip them but rather to have a quasi review, easyish A in coursework that would otherwise be a weed out class.  I'd hate to be the kid seeing the material in BC Calc or Linear Algebra for the first time in a class filled with kids who already somewhat know the material.

If having good foundations is important, wouldn't passing through calculus and linear algebra twice be the most helpful?  Kids would learn the material more superficially in high school, and then really dial the material in when they take the college classes.  [/quote]

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