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Barriers to success in quantitative gatekeeper courses
Author(s) -
Gainen Joanne
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.37219956104
Subject(s) - attrition , mathematics education , psychology , pedagogy , style (visual arts) , higher education , peer evaluation , medical education , political science , medicine , geography , law , dentistry , archaeology
Faculty may be able to reduce student attrition from quantitative majors by addressing four barriers to success—precollege preparation, peer culture, classroom climate, and instructional style—in introductory courses in these fields.