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Faculty Instructional Improvement Grant Produces New Assessment and Teaching Strategies |
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From 2000-02, College of San Mateo’s Math Department implemented a Faculty Instructional Improvement, (FII), grant designed to improve a basic skills mathematics course, Math 811. The project resulted in 1) a redesign of the course to improve student learning outcomes; 2) the implementation of an assessment process for evaluating those outcomes; and 3) the development of course assessment tools for faculty members. Evaluation of the new Math 811 course involved the use of focus groups, student surveys, literature reviews, and MIS data analysis. The results of the evaluation found that the redesigned course improved the number of units being completed by students (which could range from 1-4 units), and that a greater number of 3-unit completers were going on to take Elementary Algebra. FII committee members/Math Department faculty also produced easy-to-use course assessment tools, guidelines and checklists for faculty members in an on-line format that included the following topics: How to Find Out How Your Students Have Done How to Put on a Conference: A checklist Classroom Assessment A Core Final Exam
For more information on the project, contact Bob Hasson, Math Professor, at (650) 574-6318 or hasson@smccd.net
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