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[quote=Anonymous]I think it is important to look at the high school pathways. Students are railroaded into various tracks early on, some students are ready others are. It is almost impossible to switch to a different track once they have "caught up". The biggest problem - from an engineering professor - the students don't understand the concepts and aren't able to apply their math skills to what is needed in college. He has noticed that the basics like multiplication tables, algebra, and any standard equations should be known facts. The students don't have this knowledge and aren't able take a basic equation and apply it to a more complicated problem. He has found most of his teaching is geared to getting the students to understand the problem sets and the basics. That is not what should be happening in higher level classes in college. [/quote]
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