Math Department Minutes –11/13/2012



Math Department Minutes –11/13/2012AnnouncementsStudents can apply for Mu Alpha Theta membership, even though the organization is not active here at ECC. Contact Nicole Scherger for details.It was decided to change the requirements to an A or a B in any transfer level math course that has MTH 112 as a prerequisite and to keep it as a 3.0 math GPA.Nicole will follow up on how to work with records and registration to make sure that students maintain the 3.0 math GPA.We will keep fee at what national is charging.Paper clarification: For copier paper, contact Efram Matias (ematias@elgin.edu or x7581) For printer paper in your office (including the adjunct office), contact Jane.There will be a supply kept in the copy room, but make sure you’re taking the right paper from the right place as they are charged to different accounts.Mth090 final exam has been updated and will be emailed to all 090 instructors.It has been sent out and revised again. Lauren has the new version now but has not had time to look at it yet. It is shorter, the problems have been reworded, and it has more friendly numbers. Details will be sent with the finalized version. Thanks to Eva and those who assisted her for the hard work.Textbook orders for Spring have been made. Contact Dan immediately if you have questions.The question of the dramatic increase in copy costs was raised. A proposal to raise course fees to cover cost of guided notes went before the board and there are questions that need to be addressed. There’s a meeting tonight and it is up for approval next month. Old Business090 pre-req: Lisa Wiehle will be working on this during the fall semester. She will be looking more closely at 085 students, and should have results for us by the end of the semester. She will focus on these three areas:Who placed into MTH-085Who took the course as placedWho went directly into MTH-090 insteadWho completes MTH-085Successful/unsuccessful retake of CompassSubsequent timing of enrollment/success in MTH-090Success in MTH-090 of those who:Directly placed into 090Initially placed MTH085, but took 090 anywayFinished 085 & successfully retook Compass & then enrolled in 090Integration Smackdown (KrisThis will run the Friday before finals week with prizes of $150 for first, $75 for second, and $50 for third place. Posters will be posted in the rooms where calc 2 and calc 3 meet. Nicole, Chalyce, and Dan are all available for at least part of the time to help with grading/scoring/judging. Kris will contact Vicki about questions regarding food to make sure we are in compliance with college policy. Mth102 content – A survey was sent to all Mth102 instructors. Results were tabulated and shared with all present and former 102 instructors. A committee is being formed to investigate this deeper during the spring semester – volunteers neededEva, Chalyce, Naima, and Dan volunteered with Chalyce in charge.D300 students taking Calc II Fall 2013 – James suggested we leave the schedule as is for now.We are waiting for an estimate on the number of students to expect and time of day for the courses. James will pass on information as he gets it. Course repeaters – data available at the meeting (Dan)There is a policy on the books but it is not enforced. Data is available from Dan. Small sample size for large number of repeats and there is a reasonable success rate for the 4th, 5th, etc. attempt. Some questions that were raised included the discrepancy between performance of MTH 098 repeaters and MTH 096 repeaters and the reenrollment rate of 099. 098/099 assessment for Spring 2013 – approval needed (Terri)Because of the changing 96/98 curriculum in the fall, these questions will be used to assess the impact of the change. Terri has copies of the 10 questions that this committee recommends for use in this assessment. They must be used as is, on a scantron, embedded in the final, and in the same order for each section in order to facilitate an item analysis. Terri will draft some language for spring meetings to clarify what needs to be done and we will update the final for spring. New BusinessMath website update (Nicole)Nicole, Chalyce, Kenny, and Patrick met last year to discuss the web page. Nicole took minutes and contacted IT about updating it. Nicole has not heard back from IT despite multiple requests. Dan and James will contact IT to push them. Nicole will send an email to James to address at the next meeting. It was decided not to put a lot of time into the project until access to the website is improved. It was also decided to remove the outdated picture from the site.Math Lab update (Terri)Math Lab “Advisory Board” – Dean of Dev Ed (Libby), Director of Math Lab (Terri), plus two or three math faculty It was decided that an advisory board a good idea that will provide point people to go to with issues. The primary purpose will be brainstorming to generate ideas to turn over to the director of the math lab. It will meet a couple time per month until it is up and running and then will meet when there are issues to address. Catherine, Kris, and Lauren volunteered to serve. We still need an adjunct volunteer.We are resubmitting the budget.We need to take special care to differentiate it from the tutoring center and be careful with how we market it.The grand opening is tentatively scheduled for Jan 22 or Jan 23 to make sure it is past the first couple of weeks of classes but early in the semester. Terri thanked everyone who volunteered hours for the fall and is asking for volunteers for the spring. She will send out an email with the calendar again to make sure it is staffed. Terri will also put together a job description for those who will be working in the lab. Clickers in the classroom (Kris)Kris will contact Terrance Stanton in distance learning to see if there is a set available for us to borrow so that people can try them out and see if we like/want them. If there is interest, we can put in an equipment request. Expiration of AP tests (Victoria Roush in the Testing Center)It was decided that since courses do not expire, that AP credit for the courses will also not expire. “Supply czar” needed – someone to manage the paper, markers, etc. in the copy roomCatherine, Naima, and Kris will work out a system to take care of supplies. Optimal semester to run 135 (James)It was decided that this class will run in spring 2014 and then every spring after that. A question was raised about the numbering of the course and whether it should be a 200 level. Catherine will check around the state to see how other schools are numbering their courses so that we are in line with them.Proficiency credit for 112 via CLEP College Algebra or CLEP Pre-Calc (Lauren/Dan)Dan will ask Victoria for a full sample test so that we can see the depth of understanding students are being tested for. In addition, we need to find out what constitutes passing before any decision can be made on this. ................
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