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Implementing Quantitative Literacy At Southwestern Community College, North Carolina, Vicki Todd, John Wagaman
Implementing Quantitative Literacy At Southwestern Community College, North Carolina, Vicki Todd, John Wagaman
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There is a time when articulation agreements between universities and community colleges come to an end. When this happened in North Carolina, there was great hope that not only would the mathematics classes that were offered in the North Carolina Community College System be revamped with respect to overlapping content, but also that mathematics classes would be developed that have a clear connection between what is seen in the world and what is taught in the classroom especially for non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related studies) students. This paper describes how Southwestern Community College (SCC) implemented a quantitative literacy class …