Math 120 Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

  1. Schedule meetings for the semester.
  2. Discuss classroom visitation.
  3. Review department web page.
  4. Review Math 120 web page.
  5. Discuss multiple uses of textbook.
  6. Discuss pacing and schedule.
  7. Discuss Spring 2008 common final results.
  8. Discuss Spring graphing calculator common quiz results.
  9. Discuss raw data from student surveys and what we need to do with last semester's raw data.
  10. Next meeting: Thursday, September 4, 2008

Thursday, September 4, 2008

  1. Each instructor will share what they've covered and their current position in the syllabus.
  2. Discuss instructor/student difficulties to date.
  3. Discuss assessment results from Spring 2008. Prepare team to write report.
  4. Discuss Raw Data survey from Spring 2008. Prepare team to write report.
  5. Discuss tactics for logging textbook errata and feature suggestions.
  6. Schedule classroom visits. Bring your calendars.
  7. Next meeting: Thursday, September 25, 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008

  1. Each instructor prepare to discuss where you are in the syllabus and any student or teacher difficulties experienced to date.
  2. Instructors need to send David observations on Student Survey data. Please bring the final list of observations with you to the meeting for discussion and preparation to write the report and make recommendations.
  3. Emphaasize that instructors need to post errata found in the textbook on the wiki. We need to compile a list of errata for spring semester.
  4. Discuss and analyze pre and post tests as well as calculator quiz results.
  5. Next meeting: Thursday, October 16, 2008

Thursday, October 16, 2008

  1. Each instructor give a summary of their position in the syllabus, exams to date, and any helpful observations or difficulties.
  2. Solution manuals will be provided to each instructor. Please review and respond to survey observations that some solutions are sparse and need amplification.
  3. Continue discussion of survey, addressing optimath and movie evaulations by students.
  4. If time, discuss pre- and post-test results.
  5. If time, discuss calculator quiz results.
  6. Input from the group as to what would be valuable use of our time at meetings.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

  1. Each instructor give a summary of their position in the syllabus, exams to date, and any helpful observations or difficulties.
  2. Continue discussion of survey, addressing optimath and movie evaulations by students.
  3. Discuss pre- and post-test results.
  4. Discuss calculator quiz results.
  5. Input from the group as to what would be valuable use of our time at meetings.