DEVELOPMENTAL MATH COMMITTEE
For College Procedure
2.01.01.14: Committees
MINUTES FOR 2014-2015
(Note: The chair must email the approved minutes to the IE Office for placement on the College web page.)
November 14, 2014
Rio Grande Campus, Room M111
Paso, Rio Grande, and Valle Verde campuses
are interested in offering it. The Rio Grande
campus will offer one section from 12 - 4 pm
and another from 5 – 9 pm. The Mission Del
Paso campus will offer a section from 8:30 –
12:30 pm. All of these sections will be
offered from Monday thru Thursday.
Students will be required to take care of any
holds before finals week. In addition,
students need to understand that they have to
pay for this one week extension. In regards to
tutors, the number of tutors in the classroom
will depend on the number of students. Ivette
Chuca will send an email with more
information, including updated forms.
Members Present: Ivette Chuca, Lisa Juliano, Oscar
Macedo, Gabriel Mendoza, Dr. Julie Penley, and Lucia M.
Rodriguez.
Members Absent: Fan Chen and Diana Orrantia
I.
Welcome
II.
Call to Order
III.
Approval of Minutes – September
Motion to approve the minutes for the month of September
was made by Lisa Juliano. It was second by Ivette Chuca.
Motion accepted by unanimous vote.
C.
IV.
Holistic Advising
Old Business
A.
Gabriel Mendoza asked the committee about
the emporium rules listed at each campus.
Suggestion was made to add a rule about
closed liquid containers. Rule would be the
following: liquid containers must be placed
on the ground and must have a closed lid.
Another suggestion is to have a designated
table where students can place their beverage.
Possibly for the spring semester, two options
were suggested for displaying emporium
rules at every campus. One option is to have
a banner with the rules listed. The other
option is to have the rules listed in the log-in
screen of the computer. If you have any rules
in mind that should be displayed, send them
to Gabriel Mendoza. Ivette Chuca has a
faculty development workshop for the Spring
semester. She would like to have the rules by
then. Committee can vote and discuss the
rules through email.
B.
Lucia Rodriguez mentioned that, in the last
Holistic Advising Committee meeting, the
process to holistically advise students was
being put in writing. The Holistic Advising
Committee is hoping to flag (in banner) and
let us know who has been holistically
advised. The Holistic Advising Committee
will be meeting Monday. An update will be
given after that meeting. Math 0114 and
Math 0124 will be the only courses available
for those holistically advised students in the
Spring semester. The course Math 0142 will
be developed and the course Math 0124 will
be revised.
Math Emporium Rules
D.
Update Options for Students Placing into
ABE Levels.
These students will be the ones who place in
developmental courses for all 3 areas. In a
meeting, the ABE department presented ways
of helping these students. As a committee, we
have to think about ways on how we can
provide assistance for these students.
One Week Extension Update
Ivette Chuca sent an email about the one
week extender. Each campus will decide if
they would like to offer it. The Mission Del
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E.
In regards to tutors, a 10 to 1 ratio is in place.
The instructor is part of the ratio. For
example, in a class of 30 students, we would
have 1 instructor and 2 tutors. Ivette Chuca
asked if the emporium tutor budget can be
analyzed. The Valle Verde campus is always
in the red in terms of budget. Ivette Chuca
provided and described an enrollment
handout. Leadership team would like to know
how many tutor hours are needed. Steve
Smith asked for the committee to provide a
recommendation for a re-distribution of
emporium tutor funds. Committee will wait
for the Spring semester numbers to develop
and provide a recommendation. In regards to
tutors assisting students in other math
courses, tutors are allowed to help those
students during open lab hours. Tutor must
keep in mind that emporium students are
their priority.
Update on Geometric / Metric Formula
Sheet
Formula sheets have been uploaded online.
The formula sheets can be found in the
appropriate homework section or exam.
V.
New Business
A.
Extra Credit -- Emporium Courses
A suggestion was made to give extra points
in the emporium courses. 10 points would be
added to the final exam for perfect attendance
throughout the entire semester. If a student
has 1 absence, the student will be awarded 5
points. Motion to accept 10 points added to
the final exam for 0 absences, 5 points for 1
absence, and 0 points for more than 1
absence throughout the entire semester was
made by Ivette Chuca. It was second by Lisa
Juliano. Motion accepted by unanimous vote.
Students can make up absences at the
Transmountain campus. Each instructor will
decide if student can make up a class absence
on another day.
B.
C.
Some full time faculty members have
mentioned that students are having
difficulties graphing in the college level
courses. A suggestion was made to have a
graphing activity where students would
produce graphs on paper. The instructor
would grade the activity and input a grade
into the computer (homework grade).
Recommendation is to have 1 or 2 of these
graphing activities per semester. If committee
decides to do this, in the Math 0305 course,
we could create 2-4 problem handouts for
chapter 11. The Math 0303 course already
has 2 or 3 activities in the notebook that can
be used. As a committee, we need to identify
the type of problems we would like to have in
these activities.
F.
Adding a Notebook Grade for Each Exam
in the Gradebook
H.
Number of Tutors Needed for Math
Emporium
NCBM
Enrollment for Math 0114 and Math 0124 is
not good for the Valle Verde campus. If one
of these sections at any of the campuses will
make, let Ivette Chuca know who will be
teaching those sections.
Adding an Offline Assignment Grade for
the Graphing Activities in the Notebook
Since instructors already keep track of
notebook grades, grades can be uploaded to
the computer. This will allow for other
instructors to know notebook grades for any
particular student. Uploading notebook
grades into the computer will go into effect in
the Spring semester.
D.
E.
Number or percent of Math Emporium
sections at your campus and if they made
or not.
Dr. Julie Penley asked if low enrollment at
this point is normal. Ivette Chuca mentioned
that enrollment tends to increase towards the
end of the semester. This occurred last year.
G.
Tutors and Exam Passwords
Some campuses allow tutors to have the
passwords. Allowing tutors to have the
passwords to the exams will be up to the
instructor. If applicable, lab assistant can
administer the emporium exam during open
lab.
Other
When enabling access to an exam, be aware
that the student will continue working on the
same exam the student was taking. To avoid
this issue, instead of enabling access, it was
recommended to submit the score or delete
the score to the exam. On another note,
inform instructors to stress that cell phones
cannot be used during class time.
Developmental Math Standing Committee meeting adjourned
at 5:00 p.m.
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March 6, 2015
Valle Verde Campus, Room L04
Members Present: Ivette Chuca, Lisa Juliano, Oscar
Macedo, Gabriel Mendoza, Dr. Julie Penley, and Fan Chen
C.
Update about adding offline assignment
grade for the graphing activities in the
notebook
Members Absent: Diana Orrantia and Lucia M. Rodriguez
I.
Welcome
II.
Call to Order
III.
Approval of Minutes – November 14, 2014
Ivette Chuca added the graphing activity to
the Math 0305 emporium course. For the
summer semester, Ivette Chuca will add a
grade category (to MyLabsPlus) for the
graphing activities in the notebook for the
Math 0303 emporium course. If someone
would like to modify or add to the activities
for Math 0305, let Ivette Chuca know. In
between semesters, the committee would
create a final exam, for the emporium
courses, to be administered in MyLabsPlus.
This will do away with the current paper final
exam. As suggested, committee would look
at the current exam and find similar questions
in the computer system to select. Once those
questions have been selected, email Ivette
Chuca the number of the problems the exam
would contain. Committee would try to pilot
this new exam during the summer 2015
semester. Lisa Juliano would work with the
Math 0301 final exam. Fan Chen and Ivette
Chuca would work with the Math 0303 final
exam. Gabriel Mendoza and Oscar Macedo
would work with the Math 0305 final exam.
Exam would have 25 questions. The
committee would also build a review for the
exam.
Motion to approve the minutes for the month of
November was made by Ivette Chuca. It was second
by Fan Chen. Motion accepted by unanimous vote.
IV.
Old Business
A.
One week extension winter update
Ivette Chuca shared that the process to get
students into the extender (NCBMs) was
much better during the fall semester. Students
will now be entirely responsible for the
requirement needed to get into the extender.
Ivette Chuca shared a new Acceptance Form
that would be provided to students. Students
would still need to complete the contract as
they did before. This new Acceptance Form
would have all the CRN for every campus
listed. Student would choose the campus
they would like to attend. Each campus is
encouraged to open the NCBMs as soon as
possible. By week 12, an announcement can
be placed in the MyLabsPlus web page and
Ivette Chuca can also send a district wide
announcement about the extender.
B.
D.
Please remind all emporium faculty about
inputting the notebook grade into
MyLabsPlus. If a student is continuing the
course from a previous semester and the
student does not have a certain notebook
grade, it was suggested to give that student a
grade of 100 for that notebook grade the
student is missing.
Update NCBM 0114
Currently, the Valle Verde campus has an
NCBM 0114 with 3 students enrolled and the
Rio Grande campus has an NCBM 0114 with
1 student enrolled. The Holistic Advising
committee is in the process of finalizing the
placement form. The NCBM is paid as a 1
credit course regardless of the number of
students enrolled. The NCBM cannot be
cancelled for low enrollment. The
coordinating board is mandating an NCBM
for the lowest level by the fall semester. That
is, an NCBM for those students who do not
place in Math 0301.
Update and remind faculty about adding the
notebook grade for each Exam in the
gradebook
E.
Update from last meeting for students placing
into ABE levels (Dr. Penley)
No updates. Pending more information.
F.
Update regarding extra credit and attendance
Committee members shared information
about the affects the extra credit had on
attendance. The Rio Grande campus did not
see a change in student attendance. It was
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suggested to ask all emporium faculty
members about their experience.
V.
C.
At the Rio Grande campus, all emporium
courses are in a piggyback format.
Committee was informed that ratios do get
affected by this format
New Business
A.
Math Emporium Rules
Committee members reviewed the rules that
were already posted in the emporium
classroom at several of the campuses. Several
faculty members did suggest for the rules not
to be so negative. Students should be
reminded, that the rules the instructor has,
must be followed at all times. If students
attend the emporium classroom, outside of
scheduled class time, they must follow the
rules that particular instructor has. Rules do
apply to everyone, including tutors. Gabriel
Mendoza will compile a master list of rules.
As suggested, drinks taken into the emporium
classroom must have a lid. Each emporium
classroom would have a designated table
where drinks must be placed. Email Gabriel
Mendoza any additional rules that might be
necessary. Committee will discuss the rules
then will disperse to the faculty.
B.
Failure to log into the website for Math
Emporium Courses
The Rio Grande campus, along with other
campuses, have had log-in issues with
MyLabsPlus at times. It is recommended to
inform students to carry their instructional
videos with them to class. Students would
reference the videos when the web page is
not working properly. It was also
recommended to have a set of videos in the
emporium classroom. Contact Diana Baniak
if you do not have the videos.
RG Piggyback Courses
D.
Can Math Emporium Rooms be Used for
other Classes or Pre-Calculus Labs
This subject will be revisited next meeting.
E.
Fax in the Math Emporium
Gabriel Mendoza will contact IT committee.
F.
Lucy Michal Concerns about Math
Emporium Courses and Counselors
Enrollment in emporium courses is low.
Faculty members are encouraged to show
students, using the banner system, how to
determine which course are emporium and
which are not.
G.
Other
Committee members were asked to think
about the “Did you understand” assignment
in the emporium courses. Does it help? Is it
needed? Does it require revisions /
modifications? Committee members were
also asked to think about NMP. For the next
meeting, committee would look at and revise
the notebook check handout for the
emporium courses.
Developmental Math Standing Committee meeting
adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
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DEVELOPMENTAL MATH COMMITTEE
MINUTES FOR 2013-2014
September 19, 2013
Rio Grande Campus Room M111
Also in development is Math0124(will have a
new course number), where “bubble”
students, can register for credit courses
Math1314 or Math1324 and concurrently
register into this Math0124. We need to
determine the new “bubble” range from the
new TSI placement scores. Ivette will invite
faculty from the discipline to help develop
this courses and share topic and content to
help students be successful in their first
college level math course.
Members Present: Gabriel Mendoza, Ivette Chuca, Lisa
Juliano, and Edith Aguirre
Members Absent: Diana Orrantia, Oscar Macedo, Dr. Julie
Penley
Meeting started at 4:05 p.m.
I.
Minutes
Approval of April 23, 2013 minutes pending will
bring for next meeting
II.
Pending question: How many students will
be allowed to run NCBM?
Old Business
III.
New Courses developed over Summer 2013
included:
1.
2.
3.
Math0404-Fundamentals of Mathematical
Reasoning. This course is for NON-STEM
field students who need Math1342 or
Math1333 in their degree plans. Students
must have placed into Math0303 or higher, or
passed Math0301 with C. They also need a
minimum reading requirement and is paired
with an education course Educ1300. This
course did not make for Fall 2013, but may
be offered in Spring or Fall 2014. Edith
Aguirre and Lucy Michal both worked on the
course development for this course during the
summer 2013.
NCBM0105-Mathematics Non-Course
Based Instruction. This course is for
emporium students who are currently
enrolled in Math0305 and need about 1 week
to complete their requirements before starting
their college level course. The one week
extender course, needs to be 16hrs rather 10,
to be equivalent to 1credit hour course.
Ivette Chuca, Oscar Macedo, and Edith
Aguirre, worked on the course development
for this course during the summer 2013.
Pending to Complete: Eventually
developmental math will have all three
courses offering the Non-course based one
week extender course for emporium section.
New Business
A.
Pending SLO’s
Ivette shared that for emporium sections we
need to decide if to use include SLO into one
of the unit exams or into the final exam. The
committee will look into possible SLO
questions from the already existing Final
exams and decide which to use as SLO
question or bring ideas on a new one. So,
either replace one question on the final exam
or add another question to the final exam.
B.
TSI update
Several math faculty took the TSI exam but
the timing was inconvenience during faculty
development week and very few faculty were
able to take the exam, but many wanted to
take it. Ivette will ask to see if testing center
can provide opportunity for faculty to take
new TSI placement exam at each of the
different campuses.
C.
Syllabus Updates
Ivette has sent all faculty the addendum for
calculator use for emporium sections for
faculty to provide to their students. If
discipline approves, we may consider
including this into the official syllabus for all
three levels of developmental mathematics
courses
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D.
If faculty are teaching a lecture
developmental math course, there is a course
ID they can use to copy everything in the
emporium sections(online component) with
the exception of the exams, since students
purchase a book and it comes pre-packaged
with access to MyMathLab. We will request
for publisher to provide us options again for
different packages for purchasing emporium
notebooks and access code for each of the
sections math0301, 0303, and 0305.
E.
for a tutor workshop at MDP campus will be
submitted for ALL tutors working in an
emporium setting.
Emporium Notebook/Purchase update
ATD Student/Faculty site visits for Math
Emporium
Because of this involvement and great
success of Math Emporiums, EPCC was
asked by MDC and Achieving the Dream to
share information about the developmental of
our math Emporiums to be shared with others
across the country. EPCC was asked for
feedback from administrators, IR staff,
Faculty groups, Student Services staff,
Counselors/Advisors, and Students on Sept
18th and 19th through various interviews.
IV.
Other
A.
Question: Will we still be offering
Math0301?
Answered by Ivette: District-wide
coordinator has not been informed of making
any changes for offering or not offering that
section based on new TSI.
B.
Suggestion: To include a fee into the
students tuition to pay for access codes for
emporium sections, because this is causing so
much confusing in purchasing the incorrect
notebook/access code package and students
buying them outside of the college and not be
the correct ones.
C.
Announced the DE Council meeting of
Wednesday Sept 25, from 3-5 p.m. at VV.
Meeting Adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
F.
Faculty development workshops
A reminder about the professional
development deadlines for each campus to
submit a proposal if needed for new faculty
teaching emporium sections. The proposal
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November 21, 2013
Rio Grande Campus Room M111
We need to determine the new “bubble”
range from the new TSI placement scores.
Ivette will invite faculty from the discipline
to help develop this courses and share topic
and content to help students be successful
in their first college level math course.
Members Present: Members Present: Gabriel Mendoza,
Ivette Chuca, Lisa Juliano, and Edith Aguirre, Dr. Julie
Penley
Members Absent: Diana Orrantia, Oscar Macedo
Pending question: How many students will
be allowed to run NCBM?
Meeting started at 4:05 p.m.
I.
Minutes
III.
Approval of April 23, 2013 minutes pending will
bring for next meeting
II.
New Business
A.
Ivette shared that for emporium sections we
need to decide if to use include SLO into
one of the unit exams or into the final
exam. The committee will look into
possible SLO questions from the already
existing Final exams and decide which to
use as SLO question or bring ideas on a
new one. So, either replace one question
on the final exam or add another question
to the final exam.
Old Business
New Courses developed over Summer 2013
included:
1.
2.
Math0404-Fundamentals of
Mathematical Reasoning. This course is
for NON-STEM field students who need
Math1342 or Math1333 in their degree
plans. Students must have placed into
Math0303 or higher, or passed Math0301
with C. They also need a minimum reading
requirement and is paired with an education
course Educ1300. This course did not
make for Fall 2013, but may be offered in
Spring or Fall 2014. Edith Aguirre and
Lucy Michal both worked on the course
development for this course during the
summer 2013.
NCBM0105-Mathematics Non-Course
Based Instruction. This course is for
emporium students who are currently
enrolled in Math0305 and need about 1
week to complete their requirements before
starting their college level course. The one
week extender course, needs to be 16hrs
rather 10, to be equivalent to 1credit hour
course. Ivette Chuca, Oscar Macedo, and
Edith Aguirre, worked on the course
development for this course during the
summer 2013.
B.
Pending to Complete: Eventually
developmental math will have all three
courses offering the Non-course based one
week extender course for emporium
section. Also in development is
Math0124(will have a new course number),
where “bubble” students, can register for
credit courses Math1314 or Math1324 and
concurrently register into this Math0124.
TSI update
Several math faculty took the TSI exam but
the timing was inconvenience during
faculty development week and very few
faculty were able to take the exam, but
many wanted to take it. Ivette will ask to
see if testing center can provide opportunity
for faculty to take new TSI placement exam
at each of the different campuses.
C.
Syllabus Updates
Ivette has sent all faculty the addendum for
calculator use for emporium sections for
faculty to provide to their students. If
discipline approves, we may consider
including this into the official syllabus for
all three levels of developmental
mathematics courses
D.
3.
Pending SLO’s
Emporium Notebook/Purchase update
If faculty are teaching a lecture
developmental math course, there is a
course ID they can use to copy everything
in the emporium sections(online
component) with the exception of the
exams, since students purchase a book and
it comes pre-packaged with access to
MyMathLab. We will request for publisher
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to provide us options again for different
packages for purchasing emporium
notebooks and access code for each of the
sections math0301, 0303, and 0305.
E.
IV.
Other
A.
Answered by Ivette: District-wide
coordinator has not been informed of
making any changes for offering or not
offering that section based on new TSI.
ATD Student/Faculty site visits for Math
Emporium
Because of this involvement and great
success of Math Emporiums, EPCC was
asked by MDC and Achieving the Dream to
share information about the developmental
of our math Emporiums to be shared with
others across the country. EPCC was asked
for feedback from administrators, IR staff,
Faculty groups, Student Services staff,
Counselors/Advisors, and Students on Sept
18th and 19th through various interviews.
Question: Will we still be offering
Math0301?
B.
Suggestion: To include a fee into the
students tuition to pay for access codes for
emporium sections, because this is causing
so much confusing in purchasing the
incorrect notebook/access code package
and students buying them outside of the
college and not be the correct ones.
Meeting Adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
F.
Faculty development workshops
A reminder about the professional
development deadlines for each campus to
submit a proposal if needed for new faculty
teaching emporium sections. The proposal
for a tutor workshop at MDP campus will
be submitted for ALL tutors working in an
emporium setting.
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March 4, 2014
Valle Verde Room C201
Members Present: Ivette Chuca, Diana Orrantia, Oscar
Macedo, Edith Aguirre, Dr. Julie Penley, Lisa Juliano,
Gabriel Mendoza
I.
Developmental courses. Motion was
requested by Lisa Juliano to follow the same
rules regarding testing that are in the Math
Emporium syllabus applied to the face to face
classes and it was second by Oscar Macedo.)
i.e. 0301 –Voting Tabled until committee
looks at Syllabus.
MINUTES
Minutes from Nov 21, 2013 meeting. Motion to
approve minutes by Ivette Chuca second by Gabriel
Mendoza
C.
Discrepancy in Content covered between
Emporium and Lecture
Designate Note taker - Mr. Mendoza
II.
OLD BUSINESS
1.
SLO updates - SLO are out since this
committee is only for developmental courses.
2.
Emporium Notebook/Access Code update Adding the cost of the notebook to the tuition
also known as Direct Fee Model, the guest
speakers from Pearson Brook Mathews and
Diana Baniak where present to explain and
present over this topic. The book store and
Pearson would need to go over this with their
contract. We still want the videos and the
notebook to be sent to the students. The
institution will be charge after the census day
for the notebook and the videos. Net price
$116 access code, DVD videos, and
notebook. Students are currently paying $154
at the book store. Can the cost be broken up
for each section MATH0301, MATH0303,
and MATH0305. Would a student have to
pay again if the student fails the class? Sack
Thomas would be the lead person at Pearson
for this implementation.
3.
III.
(Math0305 covers Chp12 in emporium and
not in lecture) - Make the material cover in
the SRF and Math Emporium the same, for
courses that are being affected. We will
check if 9.6 is on the face to face and come
back to this issue on the following meeting.
Bring both syllabi for next meeting.
One-week extender course development
update - It would be announce to students
after the 10 week and the students will be
recommended by the instructor.
D.
a3 + a3 , a3 – a3 , simplify complex
complex fraction
Keep doing this as it has been done before.
E.
New Mathways Project Update
Ivette update things are going well and have
13 students register at Valle Verde
B.
F.
Low enrollment in Emporium sections
TM recruiting fair for the Math Emporium
19th of March. Some counselors are telling
them not to register for the math emporium
IV.
Other
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Adding addendum about calculators to
lecture courses too
This will be revised in the next meeting (Dr.
Peeples requested if we can add the Math
Emporium rules to the face to face classes.
Consistency is the request among all
Analyze data
Ask Dr. K for data for the Math Emporium
courses and see how we can improve and see
the success rate in the next course. All face
to face vs math emporium only vs mix of the
two.
NEW BUSINESS
A.
Topics which should be included in
Emporium exams
6.
Math faculty not following the math
emporium rules.
Rules and banner request.
Math emporium commandments.
RG mandatory meeting with Math emporium
Faculty on March 28th, 2014.
Holistic Approach
Holistic approach for all incoming students
Holistic Task Force
Who would this affect?
Math Emporium commercial for next year.
Meeting adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
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April 17, 2014
Rio Grande Campus Room M111
conversions and areas/volumes) for use in
Math 0301.
Members Present: Ivette Chuca, Edith Aguirre, Lisa
Juliano, Diana Orrantia, Dr. Julie Penley, Hector Arriola ,
Gabriel Mendoza, and Oscar Macedo.
E.
I.
Mission Del Paso had a registration fair.
MINUTES
Minutes from March 4, 2014 meeting – Motion to
approve the minutes with the suggested corrections
was made by Ivette Chuca. It was second by Lisa
Juliano. There were 7 votes in favor, 0 against, and 0
abstained.
Designated Notetaker – Oscar Macedo
II.
OLD BUSINESS
A.
One week extender course development
update.
NCBM 0101, 0103, 0105
Ivette Chuca passed out a handout addressing
questions about NCBM.
B.
Addendum about calculators
An addendum about calculators is not needed
since both the syllabus for the lecture and
emporium courses already include a
statement about calculators.
C.
Discrepancy in content between
Emporium and Lecture courses
After looking at the syllabus for both courses,
it was determined that there were 3 more
sections (8.4, 12.7, 12.8) covered in the
emporium course as opposed to the lecture
course. Motion to remove sections 8.4, 12.7,
and 12.8 from the emporium syllabus for the
summer semester was made by Diana
Orrantia. It was second by Ivette Chuca.
There were 7 votes in favor, 0 against, and 0
abstained.
D.
Rules for Emporium labs
Diana Orrantia and Ivette Chuca shared some
of the rules they have for their emporium
labs. Gabriel Mendoza is working on
compiling a standard set of rules. Email
Gabriel Mendoza any rules you have for the
emporium labs by next Friday (4/25/14).
Also, email Edith Aguirre any suggestions to
compile a standard formula sheet (for
Registration Fairs
F.
New Mathways Project Update
Valle Verde has an NMP course in the
summer. A petition has been made to offer
Math 0404 in the fall semester.
III.
NEW BUSINESS
A.
NCBM
Committee discussed whether or not a
student, who started a second course within
the same semester, would be given the
opportunity of attending the NCBM. Two
student cases were mentioned. Case 1: A
student does not finish the course they were
registered for. If guidelines are met, the
student will receive an incomplete and will
register for the NCBM. Student would
receive a P or NP grade for that NCBM. Case
2: A student finished the course they were
registered for and started a second course. If
recommended by the instructor, the student
would receive a grade for the course the
student completed and would register for the
NCBM of the course the student was working
on. Student would receive a P or NP grade
for that NCBM. In case 2, if student would
receive a grade of P, the student would be
allowed to register for the next course.
Question was raised about transferability of
the grade received for the NCBM. Texas
would recognize the NCBM, but an out of
state institution might not. It is the student’s
responsibility to determine transferability of
the grade with the other institution. Lisa
Juliano made the motion to allow a student
who started a 2nd or 3rd course to receive a
grade for the registered course and be eligible
for NCBM based on instructor
recommendation. It was second by Ivette
Chuca. There were 7 votes in favor, 0
against, and 0 abstained.
If the NCBM does not meet the required
enrollment, then the NCBM sections might
be given in a “piggy back” format. Instructor
would only get paid for 1 credit hour even if
all 3 NCBM’s are under that format. One
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NCBM section per campus is recommended
with a minimum required enrollment of 3
students. Several committee members shared
how they have their NCBM schedule/format
set up.
In regards to the management of incompletes,
the student’s instructor would be
recommended to provide to the NCBM
instructor a copy of the incomplete form they
submitted. Committee is still pending on
Daryle’s response on how this would be
managed. Grade wise, the instructor of record
for the NCBM would record the grade the
student received for the course, but would
submit a P or NP as the grade for the NCBM.
The same process used to perform a grade of
change when a student completes more than
one course, during a regular semester, would
be used to assign the grade the student
obtained for the course. This is still pending
confirmation from Daryle’s/Hazel’s.
Regarding registration, a list of the NCBM
students would be given to registrars or the
contact person. Ivette Chuca is waiting on
Daryle’s response to know who that would
be. List must be submitted Friday before
finals week. On another note, if a student in
the NCBM registered for the next course in
the summer, the committee would ask Daryle
not to drop the student and hold their seat. If
unable to hold their seat that way, topic
would be addressed to the deans. With
respect to the payment deadline for the
NCBM, Daryle should provide that response.
B.
District-Wide Instructional Lab Funding /
Priorities
Anything needed for instructional labs can be
requested with the exception of building new
space. Such requests can include supplies,
personnel, etc. Suggestion was made to
assign one or two individuals to manage
emporiums district wide. Edith Aguirre and
Lisa Juliano will work together to draft a plan
and will submit it when ready.
C.
IV.
Faculty Development Week – due April
23rd
Other

Ivette Chuca needs a student to record a video.
Any recommendations are welcome.

Gabriel Mendoza shared information about a
P&G Research internship opportunity that is
available for students.
Developmental Math Standing Committee meeting
adjourned at 5 p.m.
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DEVELOPMENTAL MATH COMMITTEE
MINUTES FOR 2009-2010
September 29, 2009
Members Present: Edith Aguirre, Helen Wang, Ivette
Chuca, Lucy Michal, Lisa Juliano, and Irma Camacho
-
Our proposal to DEI shows that we are aiming to
have 30% of DE Math students in a Math
Emporium in 3 years. The increase will be as
follows: 600 students in 2009/2010, 1200 students
in 2010/2011, and 2000 students per semester in
2011/2012.
1.
Edith and Ivette reported on the conference in Miami
sponsored by Pearson.
2.
Lisa handed out the minutes for all of the Standing
Committee meetings held in 2008. Lucy motioned to
approve the minutes, Edith seconded, and the
committee voted unanimously to approve the minutes.
-
A schedule of current DE Math courses was
passed out for each campus and there was a
discussion about how much space would be
needed by the end of the third year.
3.
Lucy motioned for Lisa to continue as chairperson of
the standing committee, and Edith to be the co-chair.
Helen seconded and the committee voted
unanimously.
-
A discussion was held on ways to publicize the
Math Emporium.
4.
5.
Everyone reported back on how the pilot sections
were going and issues that had arisen. Lisa stressed
that it was important that we all continue to do things
consistently.
6.
Ivette reported that the vote on leaving Math 0301 as a
3-credit course was 15 yes, 2 abstained. Lisa
suggested that we look at a diagnostic for spring that
allows us to compare Accuplacer scores to subject
competence for students testing into Math 0301.
7.
Meeting adjourned at 5:10.
The following report was given from the Math
Emporium Implementation Team:
-
The team consists of Lisa Juliano, Lucy Michal,
Ivette Chuca, Christie Ponce, Ernst Roberts, Dale
Hougham, and David Loscano.
-
Rick Lovato from Facilities will be going around
to each of the campuses to check the rooms we
have identified as potential spaces for Math
Emporiums. The order of construction will be
determined by Facilities.
-
Each campus will be getting 30 computers. If
rooms aren’t ready then computers will be held in
storage.
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March 4, 2010
RG Library
Lisa Juliano will meet with Carolyn
Buntyn of Testing Services to discuss the
Accuplacer Diagnostic test to be given to
students who have placed into Math 0301
and find out which of those students are
lacking the arithmetic only. Also, it was
suggested to send a flyer this semester to
Math 0300 students informing them of
the diagnostic test to place students into
Math 0303, instead of Math 0301.
Members Present: Lisa Juliano, Ivette Chuca, Helen Wang,
Diana Orrantia, Edith Aguirre
Members Absent: Lucy Michal, Bobby Ortega, Irma
Camacho
Meeting Called to Order: 3:15 p.m.
The committee recommended having minutes approved at the
beginning of each meeting, and so Ivette Chuca was notetaker to help with the minutes.
I.
B.
Data from Fall Semester, and
recommendations for Data Collection.
Old business
1.
A.
Update on meeting with Registrar’s Office,
Counselors, and Financial Aid Office
1.
From learning of the difficulties in
grading all of the finals in Fall 2009
semester’s, Ivette suggested final exams
be given on the computer using Aleks and
MML.
Coding: Schedule Type/Instructional
Type
The committee decided to use the
following coding for the Math emporium
courses
Motion: moved that the committee look
into creating the final exams on both
Aleks and MML, and then compare these
exams at a later date to decide it it’s
possible to have the online tool grade our
final exams for Spring 2010.
Schedule Type = 08-ClassroomEmporium and
Instructional Method = 43Computerbased Instruction
2.
3.
Second: by Ivette Chuca
Build-in Fees for Access Codes: Contact
Business Office for Codes
Passed: Motion passed by unanimous
vote.
Diana Orrantia will find out what code is
covered on Finanacial aid to build access
code fee and report back to the
committee.
Lisa will work on the rubric and Diana
will work on the ALeks final exam.
2.
Piloting Accuplacer Diagnostic to
correctly place high-end Math 0301
students
Rubrics for New Exams for Spring 2010.
Lisa Juliano will bring the rubrics for old
exams to discuss for the new exams that
will be online. Edith Aguirre has already
submitted the new Math 0303 final exam
with corrections via email to be given as a
hard copy to students taking their finals
early, starting Spring 2010. The Final
Exam for Math 0305 will be edited at the
ICTCM conference and will be in use for
the Spring 2010 students taking their final
early.
2 or more courses in a semester: 2nd
final with Accuplacer?
Lisa shared the struggles that a student
had while trying to register after
completing two courses in the Emporium.
Topic was tabled until Lisa Juliano,
speaks with Carolyn Buntyn of Testing
Services to find options on how to place
student’s final exam scores if the student
passed two courses in one semester. The
goal is to automate this process so that
students and registrars both know that the
student has the proper prerequisites.
4.
Common Grading Session?
3.
Avoiding discrepancies in Data
Collection for Spring 2010
Edith reminded the committee of what the
discipline had suggested for ALL
developmental courses and the committee
had already approved: There are no
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graphing calculators allowed in Math
0305 final exams, no calculators of any
kind used in Math 0301 & 0303 and no
formula sheets of any kind allowed on
any of the developmental final exams.
D.
Ivette Chuca, informed the committee that the
Math 0301 course will need to be revised and
is looking for someone that teaching
developmental math and does not have a
double overload. The committee is unclear if
this is a Major revision or Minor revision.
Ivette will find out if it is a Major Revision or
Minor revision and what the pay is. Lisa
Juliano suggested helping with this revision
with help from Diana Orrantia.
But due to discrepancies in the data
collection for Fall 2010, like the use of
graphing calculators or formula sheets
and additions of extra points added to the
final exams.
Motion: Edith move to not use the
completion data for Fall 2009, but rather
use the fall to fall data, fall to spring data,
and the data on the student's success in
their subsequent credit courses.
E.
F.
Seconded: Ivette Chuca
Passed: Motion passed by unanimous
vote.
Motion: Ivette moved to not include any
extra credit points on any of the final
exams starting Spring 2010, unless the
committee decided to grant points across
all the finals being compared in our data
collection.
Seconded: Edith Aguirre
Passed: Motion passed by unanimous
vote.
C.
Revisit conversation about bringing people in
to train instructors in teaching in an Emporium
style setting.
Since committee has not decided on either
product, Ivette Chuca suggested contacting the
two companies to invite two faculty from each
of the two publishing companies to talk with
all developmental math instructors who are
interested in teaching a Math Emporium
course. This invitation is opened to either
April 16 or April 23. Lisa will be contacting
both companies to let them know what the
committee has decided.
Seconded: Motion was second by Ivette.
Passed: Motion passed by unanimous
vote.
Motion: Edith moved to use the
suggested “Instructor Services--Test
Administration Directions” where there
Box “C” and “D” not be changed by
anyone testing a final exam early at the
testing centers for these Math emporium
courses. By not changing “C” and “D”
this will not allow students to use formula
sheets of any kind.
Revision for Math 0301 for fall semester
Look at estimate of tutor hours and
qualification sheet and decide on “Special
Qualifications”. Decide breakdowns for each
campus.
Spring 2010 Tutor Needs
TM = 2 tutors, VV = 1 tutor, NW = 2
tutors, MDP = 3 tutors, RG = ____?
TM, VV, NW take 30hrs tutors/week, MDP
take 40hrs tutors/week, RG_____?
G.
Begin dialogue about selecting one software.
Topic tabled until next meeting
Meeting Adjourned: 5:18 p.m.
Final Exams for 0303/0305
1.
Five forms again? From before, we are
looking into online exams.
2.
Common Grading Session? From before,
we are looking into online exams and
granting partial credit for problems that
were missed online.
3.
Math 0305 Revision From previous topic
discussion, we will need to discuss this
via email so that one student can take
their Final before Spring Break.
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April 15, 2010
RG Library
1.
Members Present: Lisa Juliano, Ivette Chuca, Diana
Orrantia, Edith Aguirre, Bobby Ortega
Update from Ivette: Addendum to
Catalog can be done earlier than 2 year
prior to changes, but a letter from Dr.
Brown is needed.
Who should take the final exam? It was
recommended that if student finish two
courses this semester they will need to
have a waiver from their instructors to
be placed into the credit course. Also,
if a student completes or does not
complete the material online, ALL
students will have to take the final exam
for that one course which they’re
registered. Committee will look into
adding new changes to Syllabus for
Future Semesters.
Members Absent: Lucy Michal, Irma Camacho
2.
Meeting Called to Order 3:15 p.m.
I.
Old business
A.
Finals for Spring 2010
1.
Look over and decide on final versions
for Spring 2010:
Lisa will generate different versions of
our updated final exams for Math 0303
and Math 0305 from last year’s versions
and will be used this semester.
2.
D.
Data
1.
Math 0305 Revision Ivette Chuca
combined all questions from Math 0305
exams on Aleks and MML and placed
them in one word document so that it
reflects questions that will be found on
the student’s final exam. This was
done, since ALEKS was not able to
create custom questions that are found
on our Final Exams.
2.
Final Exam Review Distributions: The
final exam reviews done on ALEKS for
Math 0303 have already been
distributed. The final exam reviews
done on MML for Math 0305 were on
hold until decision from the committee.
Several faculty have already distributed
those finals exam reviews, and after this
meeting, ALL faculty will be emailed
with the COMMON review for Math
0305.
3.
Grading Old Taken Tests: If a student
has already taken an exam in Math
0303, then re-grade those exams using
the emailed Rubric so that we will be
consistent. Keep the higher of the two
grades for the student’s records.
4.
Concern about a student going through
two courses? What should we do?
Common Grading Session
There will not be any common grading
session, rather the rubrics will be
provided by Lisa Juliano for Math 0303
and Edith Aguirre for Math 0305. This
will be discussed by email before
sending them to all faculty.
B.
Update for April 23rd. Counts as of 4/14/2010.
1.
Math Workshop -- Current count for the
April 23rd meeting are:
Lunch: 19 people (Location ASC in
meeting room provided by McGraw
Hill)
Workshops: 28 people (confirmed talks
by Tim Britt and Denise Lujan)
Dinner: 17 people (Location Jaxon’s
on Airways provided by Pearson)
2.
Presentation for lunch
The NCAT presentation will be emailed
to Lisa Juliano to edit for the
presentation during lunch time.
Attendees will learn, why this started,
what has been piloted, and suggest
feedback.
C.
Updates from last meeting
II.
New business
A.
Coding Emporium Class Problem: Ivette
noticed that all of the emporium classes are
appearing differently on the course catalog, so
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she will meet with Bob Jones to report back to
the committee and Diana will talk to Dale to
report back to the committee.
Problem: All emporium classes are appearing
as online courses, even though there are several
codes for each emporium class, when they
should all be coded the same.
B.
Tutor Training: There will be online courses
creating on MML and ALEKS so that tutors
can have access to online resources and learn
how the emporium classes work.
C.
Data for Control Groups: Edith suggestion to
keep the data consistent by selecting better
control groups which are similar to the
emporium classes in size and instructor. Lisa
will send out an email to ask instructors if
they’re interested in being control groups.
Meeting Adjourned: 5:01 p.m.
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April 30, 2010
RG Library
Members Present: Edith Aguirre, Ivette Chuca, Lisa
Juliano, Lucy Michal, Diana Orrantia, Bobby Ortega
D.
Current enrollment for the Math 0303 and 0305 was
discussed. Enrollment for Math 0303 is at 118 and for
Math 0305 is 65. Three sections of Math 0303, two at
NWC and one at MdP, will be used as control groups
and be administered the common final exam being
used for the math emporiums. The same will apply
for Math 0305.
Absent: Irma Camacho
Call to Order: 3:05 p.m. by Lisa Juliano
Minutes for the April 15, 2010 DE Math Standing Committee
were reviewed. Diana moved to accept the minutes. Motion
passed with minor corrections.
Diana made the suggestion that in order to involve
more faculty next semester to join their classes in as
control groups, that they be asked from the onset of
the semester rather than the middle of the semester.
Old Business:
A.
Data:
Update from Lucy:
New Business:
There will be a possible $1000 per campus stipend for
anyone working on materials developed thru the DE
Math Standing Committee. Lucy will keep the
committee updated via email.
B.
A.
Bobby Ortega updated the committee that there will
be a total $800 stipend for work on developing
materials for the redesign of these two courses into
one. Both Lisa and Diana will be working on this
redesign. They will be meeting during Summer I to
develop the materials and have them ready for
distribution at the district wide math faculty meeting.
Math 0305 Rubric:
Committee members took one last look at Math 0305
rubric to suggest final changes.
Changes will be made, rubric updated, and sent out
via email.
C.
The committee worked on revising the letter that had
been created by Lisa, to send out to all current and
prospective 0300 students. Note: To see final
revisions, please refer to copy sent out by Lisa via
email on Friday, May 7th. This letter will be sent out
to all faculty, counselors, and testing services.
Tutor Allocations:
Each committee member was asked to reiterate how
many academic math tutors they would need for the
summer and possibly for the fall of 2010 at their
respective campus. These tutors will be funded by the
DEI grant through the end of June 2012.
We will need to revisit the number of hours approved
for tutors per week and per campus at the beginning of
each semester.
Because of EPCC recently receiving the DEDP grant,
there may be additional funding for tutors in the future
as well as monies for professional development in the
area of Developmental Education.
Lucy made the suggestion we keep track of how the
tutors are helpful to provide justification for why the
College should sustain funding for tutors hours once
the grant funding period ends.
Math 0300/0301:
B.
“Standing Committee Structure” and “Beginning
Dialog about Choosing One Product” for the math
emporium were tabled for discussion until the next
meeting due to time constraints.
Next Committee Meeting: To be determined via email.
Meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Diana Orrantia
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DEVELOPMENTAL MATH COMMITTEE
MINUTES FOR 2008-2009
September 25, 2008
UTEP. The plan is to pilot a course at TM and VV for
spring, 2009. The question of computer classroom
space was raised. Edith suggested that we submit a
request as a department to the IT committee since it
will be stronger. She agreed to forward the form to
Ivette as soon as she received it and all of us would
submit the computer needs for our campuses. We will
all have to work with our deans to identify a possible
computer classroom and getting it networked.
Members Present: Irma Camancho, Diana Orrantia, Huili
Wang, Lucy Michal, Ivette Chuca, Robert Ortega, Edith
Aguirre, and Lisa Juliano
1.
Ivette Chuca, Huili Wang, and Edith Aguirre were
welcomed. The developmental standing committees
were formed when the BASK classes were put into the
disciplines. Representatives from the developmental
standing committees meet monthly at the DE Council
to discuss issues in developmental education. All of
the committee’s work was summarized in the proposal
made to the discipline during faculty development
week. The question was raised if the vote on the
proposal included the course content, but the vote was
just on moving from four classes to three.
2.
Since Muhammad Ahktar was serving as the co-chair
and was rotated off of the committee, Lisa suggested
we choose a new co-chair. Lisa nominated Lucy and
Huili seconded. Everyone voted in favor of Lucy as
the new co-chair.
3.
Lisa asked if anyone knew more about the Math
Emporium model. Diana said TM would be using
ALEKS because that’s what UTEP is using and
described it as a diagnostic tool where students have to
fill out all sections of a pie. Currently, it is being used
at UTEP for Math 0303 and Math 0305. Students pay
$67 for ALEKS, but we don’t know if they pay an
additional fee for the course. It is a pass/fail course.
Edith said that she had visited one of the classes at
Lisa suggested we also consider other models and
asked that we have someone from NCAT come in for a
presentation. We decided that Thursday, October 30th
from 3-5 was the best date and time.
4.
Next steps will be to present our proposal to the DE
Council for feedback and suggestions, and then to the
administration. We agreed to try to get a written
proposal to the administration by the end of the
semester. The next steps for this would involve a)
sending the proposed content of each course to the
department for feedback, b) deciding if our new course
should be four or five credits, and then deciding on a
model.
5.
The next meeting will be on Thursday, October 30th at
3:00. The room TBA depending on the presentation.
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October 2008
Members Present: Diana Orrantia, Gabriel Mendoza, Irma
Camancho, Lucy Michal, Lisa Juliano, Bobby Ortega, and
Carmen Thompson, Ivette Chuca, Edith Aguirre
Cengage Learning hosted Carolyn Jarmon, a representative of
the National Center for Academic Transformation. She
presented various computer-based models other institutions
had used to redesign their courses. All of the members of the
math discipline were invited to the presentation.
Here is a summary of the models:
Six Models for Course Redesign
The following summarize the characteristics of the six course
redesign models that emerged from NCAT’s course redesign
programs.
The Supplemental Model
The supplemental model retains the basic structure of the
traditional course and a) supplements lectures and textbooks
with technology-based, out-of-class activities, or b) also
changes what goes on in the class by creating an active
learning environment within a large lecture hall setting.
The Fully Online Model
The fully online model eliminates all in-class meetings and
moves all learning experiences online, using Web-based,
multi-media resources, commercial software, automatically
evaluated assessments with guided feedback and alternative
staffing models.
The Buffet Model
The buffet model customizes the learning environment for
each student based on background, learning preference, and
academic/professional goals and offers students an
assortment of individualized paths to reach the same learning
outcomes.
The Linked Workshop Model
The Linked Workshop model provides
remedial/developmental instruction by linking workshops
that offer students just-in-time supplemental academic
support to core college-level courses.
A full description of the six models with examples from the
projects follows.
The Supplemental Model
The Replacement Model
The replacement model reduces the number of in-class
meetings and a) replaces some in-class time with out-of-class,
online, interactive learning activities, or b) also makes
significant changes in remaining in-class meetings.

Retains the basic structure of the traditional course,
particularly the number of class meetings.

May simply supplement lectures and textbooks with
technology-based, out-of-class activities to encourage
greater student engagement with course content and to
ensure that students are prepared when they come to
class.

May add technology-based, out-of-class activities and
also change what goes on in the class by creating an
active learning environment within a large lecture hall
setting.
The Emporium Model
The emporium model eliminates all class meetings and
replaces them with a learning resource center featuring online
materials and on-demand personalized assistance, using a) an
open attendance model or b) a required attendance model
depending on student motivation and experience levels.
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November 20, 2008
Members Present: Lisa Juliano, Lucy Michal, Ivette Chuca,
Edith Aguirre, Helen Wang, and Diana Orrantia
January 30, 2009 20 institutional teams accepted to C2R
February - March 2009 Establish campus teams
1.
Members discussed Carolyn Jarmon’s Presentation.
2.
Course Redesign
Conduct baseline assessments
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Diana reported on the Pilot using Emporium Model at
TM.
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4.
The committee voted unanimously to submit an
application to the National Center for Academic
Transformation’s Colleagues Committed to
Redesign program. Lisa offered to fill out the
application due on 1/15/09. The schedule for the
program is listed below.
The 4-Person Team consisting of an
Administrator, 2 Faculty Experts, Technology
Expertise would be decided later.
Lisa reminded the committee that we are not
committed to any product through NCAT.
A member of the committee suggested that we
put together a list of items that we would like to
see in the product that we use for the redesign.
They are going to use ALEKS, the product that
UTEP is currently using.
TM is going to offer two sections of the pilot.
Any student testing into Math 0303 or Math
0305 can enter the pilot. The CRN will be the
same, but both courses will be conducted at the
same time.
Preliminary Presentation to Administration. Lucy,
Lisa, and Ivette have an appointment to speak with Dr.
Brown about the discipline’s vote to go from four
courses to three. We would like to make a proposal to
present to the administration about the following
issues:
Non-Instructional Assignments for lead faculty,
Computer Labs, Revamped Tutoring System
March 2009 Prepare draft course redesign plan prior to
institute
Recommended: Participate in Redesign Alliance Annual
Conference
Late April 2009 Disciplinary institutes for 20 institutional
teams
June 1, 2009 Teams submit final course redesign plans
Summer 2009 Campus planning and development
Fall 2009 Pilot redesign projects
January - February 2010 Assess the pilot results and make
future plans
March 2010 Share results at Redesign Alliance Annual
Conference
Throughout the project, we will be alert for lessons learned,
resources developed, promising ideas implemented, problems
addressed. We will distribute ideas and examples to
participating institutions and the higher education community
through NCAT’s quarterly electronic newsletter, The
Learning MarketSpace. We will also communicate with
individual campuses to share specific ideas gathered from
consultations (both formal site visits and informal
consultations) with the participating institutions as a means of
addressing continuing problems and strengthening practice.
To have your name added to NCAT’s electronic mailing list,
which ensures that you receive periodic updates and
information about this new effort, subscribe to the NCAT
newsletter at http://www.thencat.org/subscribe.htm.
For more information, please call 518-695-5320 or email
info@theNCAT.org.
Round III
November 15, 2008 C2R competition announced
January 15, 2009 Application deadline
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DEVELOPMENTAL MATH COMMITTEE
MINUTES FOR 2007-2008
November 27, 2007
Valle Verde, Room B107
Members Present: Pilar Gimbel, Lisa Juliano, Lucy
Michal, Bobby Ortega, Diana Orrantia, and Joanne Peeples,
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1.
The first item considered: Revision of the charge for the
committee
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There was a great deal of discussion about how the
charge should be revised to be sure that the charge of this
committee is clear.
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The revised charge is:
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The Developmental Mathematics Committee is charged
with making recommendations to the College
Mathematics discipline regarding the following
developmental math areas: alignment of curriculum and
instruction, revisions to syllabi, professional
development for all faculty and staff involved in services
related to instruction, and the identification, pilot, and
evaluation of programs leading to student success.
3.
Because there are plans to add new classrooms to each
campus, we talked about recommending to Dr. Brown
that there be a math lab at each campus. We also
wondered if there was anyone from the mathematics
faculty on the planning committee.
Next we talked about Site Visits:
Lisa, Lucy, and Santiago went to Northwest Vista CC, in
San Antonio; Diana, Carmen and Bobby went to Virginia
Tech; and Akhtar, Joanne and Steve went to both
Scottsdale CC and Glendale CC in the Phoenix area.
The question was raised about decreasing the number of
developmental math courses to three – we ran out of
time, and no real discussion was had and no decision was
made.
There will be detailed reports but some of the items
shared/discussed were:
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In San Antonio every (developmental) student was
to spend one hour per week in the math lab – note
this is not a computer lab.
Math labs are close to dedicated math classrooms
Virginia Tech had no developmental math classes;
the other three CC’s had three developmental math
classes. Glendale has both 4 hour and 5 hour
beginning and intermediate algebra classes – it has
no pre-algebra, but is considering adding one.
Miscellaneous discussion:
We talked about possible ways to help the developmental
student. One was some early intervention to teach the
students how to take notes in a math class, how to study,
how to use a calculator to help understand concepts, etc.
Perhaps we should develop a list of skills the students
should have to be successful in a developmental course.
The question was raised: could this be a part of the
Education 1300 course?
(Note: Lucy suggested rewording it in a couple of places
to make it read better).
2.
Scottsdale has 4 hour and 5 hour beginning and
intermediate algebra classes.
Training for tutors in the math lab is necessary.
Often there are different levels of tutors, with
different levels of pay. One lab required letters of
recommendation, before hiring tutors. Another
hired adjunct faculty as tutors.
Northwest Vista had an “advocacy center” to give 11 help for students needing special help.
Adjunct faculty need some required “faculty
development” – i.e. training on how to effectively
teach a developmental course.
Full time faculty could mentor adjunct faculty.
4.
Next Meeting:
Our next meeting will be a working lunch at the “airport”
Jaxon’s, on Friday, January 11, 2008, at 12:30.
Submitted by: Joanne Peeples
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January 28, 2008
Valle Verde, Room A2401
students. Everybody was agreed to Lucy's suggestion
that proposal of adjusted syllabi for Math 0300, Math
0303, and Math 0305 should be sent to full-time math
faculty for approval before making any final
recommendations to the vice president academic
affairs.
Members Present: Muhammad Akhtar, Lisa Juliano, Lucy
Michael, Pilar Gimbal, Diana Orrantia, Joan Peeples
Guests: None
Call to Order: Lisa Juliano, Committe Chairman, called the
meeting to order at 4:004 pm.
Approval of Minutes: A motion was made and minutes
were passed by all the members present
1.
Lucy suggested that committee members should study
the content overlaps in the remedial math courses
offered at EPCC. The idea is to do away with the
content overlaps because they are not as effective as
originally thought by the authors of the present
remedial course syllabi which is clearly evident by the
student success rate over the years. By removing
overlaps we might also be able to offer three remedial
courses: Math 0300, Math 0303, and Math0305.
Orrantia raised question how to handle students taking
Math 0300 in the spring and planning to take Math
0301 in the fall. It was agreed to offer Math 0301 for
at least one fall semester to accommodate those
2.
Lisa made a motion to take a vote on course alignment
which was passed by all the members present, and the
committee was split into two groups. Both groups
with three members in each started identifying the
overlaps in the remedial course syllabi. At 5:00 pm,
without reaching any conclusion, meeting was
adjourned at the request of committee's chairman Lisa
Juliano. The date for next meeting was agreed on Feb
11, 2008. It was also agreed that members will
continue working individually before the next meeting.
Respectfully Submitted,
Akhtar
Co-Chairman
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March 13, 2008
Members Present: Diana Orrantia, Irma Camacho, Joanne
Peeples, Pilar Gimbel, Lisa Juliano, Lucy Michal, and Bobby
Ortega.
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3.
Members were given a copy of the new charge. No
changes were suggested.
Announcement was made of a page dedicated for
developmental education proposals for faculty
development week. Irma Camacho discussed briefly
what various committees were doing for faculty
development week.
Discussion revolved around a departmental proposal to
the administration for the following items:
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Technology labs/computer classrooms. Contacting
IT to ensure that software gets added to computers
each semester.
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A math hub with math-dedicated classrooms.
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Additional full-time developmental math specialists
at each campus.
4.
A vote was taken to continue with process of trying to
reduce four developmental courses to three. Vote passed
unanimously.
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Other.
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Data is being collected on all math faculty to track
how students are doing in subsequent courses.
Information only available to deans.
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To ensure consistency among instructors a
suggestion was made for exit exams.
Student support services/tutors, adjuncts and release
time.
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April 7, 2008
Members Present: Diana Orrantia, Muhammad Akhtar,
Irma Camancho, Lucy Michal, Lisa Juliano, Bobby Ortega,
and Carmen Thompson
up the tasks of presenting a PowerPoint presentation
on reducing our current 4-class sequence to 3 classes.
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Lisa announced that every year 1/3 of the committee
needed to be rotated off. Since we had gotten
applications from MDP and VV we had decided to
rotate Pilar and Muhammad off of the committee. We
had an application from TM as well, but decided
Diana needed to stay on the committee because of her
unique position. The chair agreed to make
recommendations to Irma about who would join the
committee.
Departmental Proposal to Administration. The
committee agreed to submit a proposal to the
administration on the following items by mid-summer.
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Student Support Services
Additional full-time developmental math faculty
at each campus
Technology Labs/Computer Classrooms
Logistically placed math classrooms
Committee Proposal to Math Department: for Faculty
Development Meeting in August. We agreed to split
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Current state of affairs. Pilar
Research to support moving from four courses to
three. Lucy
Options/safety nets for students who get a certain
score on Accuplacer. Lisa
Course realignment. Subgroups for this work or
do we want to work on this over the summer?
Decided to do this work over the summer.
Phasing in/out of material. Diana
Other Items
Irma Camancho announced there would be additional funding
for Summer 2008 for the Summer Bridge project.
Lucy asked the committee members to report back on any
“pockets of wonderfulness” that were occurring in
Developmental Education.
Dr. Ortega asked about issues related to the credit courses
such as piloting Math 1333 sections. A member of the
committee asked if Math 1333 should continue to be a
prerequisite for Math 1350 since the students are noticeably
less prepared.
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DEVELOPMENTAL MATH COMMITTEE
MINUTES FOR 2006-2007
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
TM Cafeteria
Members Present: Mary Alanis, Pilar Gimbal, Lucy
Michal, Diana Orrantia, Joanne Peeples
4.
Copies of a draft copy of Beyond Crossroads was handed
out to the committee members. This is an AMATYC
publication, which “shares the vision” about what
mathematics should look like in the two year college. It
also has suggestions for implementing mathematics
standards in the first two years of college. It was agreed
that the committee members would read the first four
chapters (pages 1 –28) so we might discuss them at the
next meeting.
Members Absent: Irma Camacho, Bobby Ortega,
Muhammed Akhtar, Lisa Juliano
1.
Math 0303 and 0305 current syllabi – when you have
suggestions, let the committee members know. Target
date for new syllabi: April 15, 2006
We agreed to bring possible changes to the current
syllabi to the committee meetings. Several committee
members are teaching one or both of these courses. We
should be able to have changes ready for the summer by
April 15.
2.
5.
Is there any data yet? Who will be responsible for
looking at the data and report back at our next meeting?
Where do we start? We need to decide the essential
knowledge a student must have when that student
completes Math 0305. Can the New Mexico model help
us?
Other Business
It was suggested that the coordinators on each campus
ask every faculty member (adjunct and full time) to turn
in a copy of their final exam for each course taught, at
the end of the semester. The reasoning is to help the
Developmental Math Committee align the developmental
classes. We would like to see what is being covered in
the developmental classes (and the depth of coverage)
and what the credit classes expect of the students.
We have no data yet. Since Akhtar is the “statistician”
on our committee, we will ask him to check with Irma or
Kay Lambert (from Testing Services) about getting data
concerning pass rates and Accuplacer placement in the
developmental math courses.
3.
A look at Crossroads Revisited.
Also, the committee needs to talk with Irma and Kay
Lambert about its members taking the Accuplacer.
6.
Next Meeting: Friday, February 3, 2006 at 3:15, Rio
Grande Campus, Room A121
Submitted by,
Copies of the New Mexico model were handed out. We
will ask Lisa to send the MSP work on Math 0303 and
0305 – that group has put together a framework of
knowledge necessary for those courses.
Joanne Peeples
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DEVELOPMENTAL MATH COMMITTEE
MINUTES FOR 2005-2006
Minutes for the 2005-2006 academic year were not provided by the committee.
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