ERIC Number: ED179262
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1979-Oct
Pages: 23
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American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges Developmental Mathematics Curriculum Committee: Annual Report.
Steinmetz, Amber, Ed.
A review of objectives for the current five-year plan (1977-1982) and an annual report outlining progress made during 1979 are presented for each sub-committee of the Developmental Mathematics Curriculum Committee (DMCC) of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC). The sub-committee for hand-held calculators outlines a 1979 study in which two developmental mathematics (DM) classes at Utah Technical College--one with calculators and the other without--demonstrated no significant difference in grade level increase. The sub-committee on testing reports the availability of 800 questions gathered from colleges nationwide and solicits member participation in testing these questions in the classroom. The sub-committee on teacher qualifications reports the continuing, though incomplete, efforts to arrange debates on the necessary qualifications of DM teachers. The sub-committee for liaison reports the failure of its efforts to locate local organizations with interests similar to those of the DMCC. The evaluation model sub-committee, developing a guide for DM evaluation, outlines progress to date on the development of student testing and student, faculty, and administrator evaluation. The sub-committee for a DMCC newsletter reports the establishment of the "Two-Year College Math Review," to be published independently of the AMATYC Journal. A report for the sub-committee on minimal competencies was not submitted, though its accomplishments through 1978 are listed. (JP)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Calculators, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Electromechanical Aids, Item Analysis, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Teachers, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Evaluation, Remedial Mathematics, Remedial Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Qualifications, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges.
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