University of Minnesota: Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE)2008-12-192008-12-192001https://hdl.handle.net/11299/45906"Spring 2001"This report presents results of research that was conducted in order to examine the relationship between preparatory college mathematics course taking and performance in subsequent college-level mathematics courses. First, preparatory mathematics course taking patterns and performance outcomes were examined. Second, the relationship between these patterns and outcomes, and registration for, and performance in, subsequent mathematical thinking courses was examined. Finally, performance in Mathematical Thinking courses was compared between students who had taken preparatory mathematics and those who had not.en-USReport