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- From: thomasd@tps.COM (Thomas W. Day)
- Subject: Re: Student attitudes
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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:57:19 GMT
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- In article <1gajmaINNif2@function.mps.ohio-state.edu> edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes:
- >> Split the calculus sequence into three parts:
- >> a) a sequence oriented to physical scientists and engineers that
- >>targets the math useful to them-- this is essentially freshman calculus
- >>as we know it
- >> b) a sequence oriented to economists, business students, statisticians,
- >>etc., which give them calculus without relying on "physics" problems
- >>that are what calc textbooks normally have
- >> c) a sequence oriented to mathematicians, that covers the theoretical
- >>aspects of calculus and offers a very early introduction to proofs and
- >>developing maturity of mathematical thought.
-
- >A drawback to this multi-stream approach is what to do with students
- >that change their minds about what to major in; or students who are
- >unsure what to major in when they arrive as Freshpersons.
-
- And a big drawback it is. I took 12 units of math/calculus for engineers at
- the University of Nebraska in an EET program. When I tried to transfer to
- the same kind of program at Cal State Long Beach, they offered me 3 credits
- of trig for my previous education experience and I still needed 9 units of
- calculus from Long Beach.
-