1. Report from the Developmental Sequence Committee

MINUTES Math Department Meeting April 21, 2009

1. Report from the developmental sequence committee Dan discussed recent statistics relating success in 098 and 112 with whether a student took previous developmental courses (see tables below). The results are inconclusive and call for more data and analysis.

2. Reports from Textbook Committees The three book committees that looked at alternatives to current texts going into new editions (133-134-201, 112, 120) decided not to change textbooks. Details: Calculus (133, 134, 201) – Cengage, the Larson publisher, will hold a short session on May 21 (grading day) at 10:00 to review the supplementary materials that are available for use with the book. College Algebra (112) – It was decided to order the new edition of Blitzer bundled with MathXL ($2.50), Chapter Test Prep Video on CD (no charge), and the student solutions manual ($2.50). So all sections of 112 in the fall of 2009 will have MathXL with the textbook, whether or not a teacher decides to use the software with the course. In the spring of 2010 and after, things will be more messy: a teacher will have to specify whether or not to require MathXL and students in a section requiring the software will have to purchase it separately if they buy a used book for the course. (Details below.)

3. Goal Setting for next year The final departmental meeting of the semester will be on May 12.

4. Independent Study options Dean Miksa has required that all courses be taken in sequence, with necessary prerequisites. In some special cases, however, he may OK an independent study section for a special case student (say, someone who is misplaced in a course due to bad advice about the need to take the COMPASS exam).

5. 098 Final The 098 departmental final is now completed. Teachers will be expected to use the exam starting this semester, although, for now, they may administer and grade it in any way they wish (e.g., giving partial credit for worked out problems). At the present time, rather than using the exam for assessment, only informal feedback will be solicited. 6. Miscellaneous Coordinators. Lauren and Dan have agreed to be co-coordinators for the coming school year. However, Dan will not begin until January 2010 and Mary Ann will continue until that time. Conference announcements. It was suggested that postings of upcoming math professional conferences be added to eMath. This has now been done (under Miscellaneous Files).

Grade in MTH-112 based on dev sequence Took 096 and Dev Sequence 098 98 only Subtotal No Dev Level A 6 6.5% 34 13.3% 40 11.5% 221 17.1% B 23 25.0% 45 17.6% 68 19.6% 312 24.2% C 31 33.7% 76 29.8% 107 30.8% 265 20.5% Successful 60 65.2% 155 60.8% 215 62.0% 798 61.8% D 3 3.3% 21 8.2% 24 6.9% 77 6.0% F 14 15.2% 27 10.6% 41 11.8% 146 11.3% W/AW 15 16.3% 52 20.4% 67 19.3% 270 20.9% Unsuccessfu 32 34.8% 100 39.2% 132 38.0% 493 38.2% l 92 255 347 1,291

Grade in MTH-98 based on dev sequence Took 096 and 098 98 only A 77 10.2% 129 12.5% B 165 21.8% 231 22.3% C 232 30.7% 305 29.4% Successful 474 62.7% 665 64.2% D 97 12.8% 68 6.6% F 98 13.0% 139 13.4% W/AW 87 11.5% 164 15.8% Unsuccessfu 282 37.3% 371 35.8% l BLITZER – COLLEGE ALGEBRA, 5TH EDITION 3 su pplements can be included with the text, pricing as follows: 1) TI study card (no charge) 2) MathXL access $2.50 3) MyMathLab access $5 4) Chapter Test Prep Video on CD (no charge) 5) Videos on DVD (no charge) 6) student solutions manual $2.50 Student Solutions Manual contains completely worked-out solutions for all the odd- numbered exercises in the text. $2.50 when packaged

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