AQIP Math Action Project Team Meeting
Minutes
Committee Members Present:
Adams, Barbara
Barhorst, Mike
Clark, Pat
Easterling, Doug
Gallo, Ed
Absent :
Ben-Azzouz, Moez
Bolmida, Peter
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Giambrone, Al
Grove, Helen
Jones, Dick
Landom, David
Linda Pastore
Schweller, Lucinda
Thibeault, Nancy
Wharton, Charlotte
Huguley, Tom
McKinney, Timothy
Ponder, Tony
Rhea, Allison
Wallace, Betty
AGENDA ITEM
Date:
Monday, May 30, 2006
Time:
Room:
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
7-342
PRESENTER
1. Sign in sheet/attendance/meeting
schedules
Charlotte
Wharton
2. Review changes to Work Breakdown
Structure and Scope
Dave Landom
3. Continue Research Article Reports
(bring enough copies for all)
Team
NOTES
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With the help of Joan Patten, corrections were made to the
success factor for the first and second classes.
 P. 2 added other follow-on courses.
 Added that will drop strategies if outcomes are not
achieved.
 Quarterly Report due date is May 31.
Dave Landom reviewed an article about four strategies used to
teach developmental math. Key points included collaborative
learning, more relaxed discovery approach, active learning, and
students talk through the logic process used to solve problems.
The study worked to change student attitudes and to make the
courses engaging and fun. The study showed significant
improvement in student success.
Helen Grove noted the sample size was small. Others noted the
merit of improved attitudes, engaged learners, and a creative
approach to teaching.
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AGENDA ITEM
PRESENTER
NOTES
4. Reports from sub teams who have had a
chance to meet
Math Team
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Reports from sub teams who have had a
chance to meet (cont.)
DEV Team
DEV Pilot Project 1: (Barb Adams, Nancy Thibeault, Ed
Gallo, and others)
The DEV group is planning a guided, self-paced instructional
approach that is similar to Barbara Adams’ past pilot classes.
She is asking for additional ideas and perhaps an assistant
Math Pilot 1 (Al Giambrone, Linda Pastore and
others) reported they are preparing to offer four sections
of MAT 191 with a study skills class at 1 credit for fall
2006. Winter term 2007, MAT 192, the next course in the
new sequence, will be offered. MAT 193, the third course
will be offered Spring 2007. This three course sequence
combines MAT 101 and 102 content offered over a longer
time with an added study skills class. Al expressed great
concern that the new course sequence and the study skills
class were hung up in CMT and had not yet been
approved. This creates a serious roadblock to getting the
classes into the Bulletin.
 Math Pilot 2: Two sections of MAT 101 will be offered
with a two credit study skills section.
 Math Pilot 3: Al is planning for winter 2007 a 12 credit
learning community to include ENG 111, MAT 101, study
skills course, and the student success course.
 Math Pilot 4: Extend to MAT 101 the MAT 102 personal
calls to students to verify student placement and
prerequisites. Calls are made two days before classes
begin (could use funding for this). ($$$) This process
will include analysis of all student records for 50 sections
to determine math history and placement test scores.
Students without prerequisites, prerequisites taken too long
ago, or students who may need help are called and
encouraged to get one-on-one help and/or to switch to
DEV 108. The switch may be made through the second
week of classes.
Discussion:
 Doug Easterling asked how students would be recruited.
Linda said the group had discussed marketing to
counselors and chairs and that it may be appropriate to
market to ART 108, BUS 116, and ENG 131 students.
 Doug emphasized that the Math Department will need to
keep the placement data.
 Linda noted that the group had determined that 41 or better
on the placement test and a C or better in the previous
course will qualify a student for MAT 101. A placement
score of 41-59 and a C in the previous course will
recommend a student take MAT 191.
 Content covered in the three course sequence is: MAT
191content=75% of MAT 101 content. Rational
expressions topic is missing which allows more time for
factoring, a skill needed for future success.
 Programs that require MAT 101 may want to consider 191
instead. The rational expressions may not be needed for
all programs.
 Mike Barhorst expressed concern that we may be lowering
the expectations and that we need to keep the bar high.
 Doug suggested that math courses content be aligned with
career program needs. Al agrees that a program chair can
decide what math is needed.
Action item: Ask Peter Bolmida if some ILP students may be
ready for one of these pilots.
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AGENDA ITEM
PRESENTER
NOTES
(could use funding for this). ($$$) Barbara reiterated that
attendance is a major issue.
Discussion:
 Team projects could get more interaction and attendance.
 Dick Jones noted that manipulative had been used only in
084.
 Ed Gallo said that 141, 142, and 143 teach an inquiry
based learning method for elementary teachers. The
classes have three lectures and two labs for a total of five
hours.
 Barb suggested that the inquiry method could be adapted
for DEV classes in year two. Helen said that the time table
must be sooner and asked what it would cost to develop it
for winter 2007. Barb suggested a team of three or four
people could develop it. ($$$)
 Linda Pastore suggested that we need to look at faculty
development and help faculty learn methods to help
students be more successful. ($$$)
 Helen Grove said that DEV is planning learning
communities for fall using ten groups to involve reading,
math, English, and culinary arts. She emphasized that
Math AQIP must look at this project, too.
 There was concern whether students would know they
were signing up for a computer lab class and Doug
suggested that students should have a computer at home
and high speed access.
 Al said they had done MAT 101 with other software some
time ago in a similar effort. He suggested that DEV
contact Kay Cornelius, Tom Wilson, or Susan Harris to
discuss their experience.
Action Items:
 Communicate all projects to counselors and enlist them to
help us promote these.
 Put them in the Bulletin with a comment for each.
 Update the counselors on all Math and DEV changes and
all the assistance.
 Do posters, mailings, and flyers to advertise ($$$)
DEV Pilot Project 2:
 During Winter 2007, they will provide help for DEV 108
at-risk students to include:
 Study skills class
 DEV Counselor assigned
 Tutor assigned and required as part of class
 At-risk students mixed with other students
 Will affect 35-40% of students in four pilot sections
Discussion:
 Mike asked what the counselor adds.
 Helen asked how this is different from Early Alert.
 Linda noted that it added a connection to people on
campus.
 Charlotte suggested there may need to be guidelines for
counseling.
 Helen suggested that this project could be influenced by a
disucssion with Doug and the Research Methodology and
Criteria Team.
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AGENDA ITEM
Reports from sub teams who have had a
chance to meet (cont.)
PRESENTER
Research
Team
NOTES
Research Methodology and Criteria Team (Mike Barhorst,
Moez Ben-Assouz, Doug Easterling, Dave Landom, Patty
Clark, others to be assigned)
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5. Next Steps
This team will meet after projects have been identified and
will meet with the each of the other teams.
 They will help clearly measurement responsibility for
faculty
 May need to collect data not stored in Colleague
 Help define methods and data collection
Helen Grove proposed that all ideas presented today be piloted
fall and winter terms and that DEV develop the inquiry method
course for winter term.
Develop the budget to align with our discussion.