Re: What to teach (was: American students do poorly)

["Paul Camp" <pjcamp@coastal.edu>]

> On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Richard W. Tarara wrote:
>
> > Does anyone who has been teaching for 15 years or more think the
> > intellectual skills of students have improved or even stayed constant?  Are
> > you spending more time dealing with poor reading skills, poor math skills,
> > poor listening skills, all but non-existent analytical thinking skills, than
> > you did in the past?  

Yeah, but mostly the dean's.

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