College precalculus can be a barrier to calculus: Integration of precalculus with calculus can achieve success

A Fresh Start for Collegiate Mathematics: Rethinking the Courses Below Calculus

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 285-294

  Schattschneider, Doris ^a  

^a MORAVIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.5948/UPO9781614443025.040     Document Type: Chapter

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