JoinThe Development of a Learning Gap Between Students With Strong Prerequisite Skills and Students With Weak Prerequisite Skills
This article investigates how mastery of prerequisite course material impacts student learning in follow-on courses. To measure the importance of prerequisite skills, we compare the exam scores of students with a GPA of 3.0 or better in their multidisciplinary prerequisite classes to the exam scores of students with a GPA of less
than 3.0 in their interdisciplinary prerequisite courses.