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Erin Nguyen: UCLA needs to implement competency-based learning in STEM courses

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On my first day of organic chemistry class, my professor told us to look to the person on our left, then our right and expect one of the three of us to drop or fail the class.

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Erin Nguyen: UCLA needs to implement competency-based learning in STEM courses

By Erin Nguyen

Feb. 22, 2017 7:55 p.m.