AQIP Math Action Project Team Meeting
Minutes
Committee Members:Adams, Barbara
Barhorst, Mike
Ben-Azzouz, Moez
Clark, Pat
Gallo, Ed
Not Present
Bolmida, Peter
Easterling, Doug / Giambrone, Al
Jones, Dick
Landom, David*
McKinney, Timothy
*Facilitator
Grove, Helen
Huguley, Tom
Ponder, Tony / Linda Pastore
Schweller, Lucinda
Thibeault, Nancy
Wharton, Charlotte
Rhea, Allison
Wallace, Betty /
Date:Monday, May 15, 2006
Time:9:00 to 10:30 a.m.Room:7-342
# / Agenda Item / Presenter / Notes
Sign in sheet/attendance/meeting schedules / Charlotte Wharton
Review changes to Work Breakdown Structure and Scope / Dave Landom /
- Dave has added the letter “C” beside items that have been completed and the letter “T” to identify target dates.
- Concern was expressed about treatment for just one term and then having students sign up for a class without the treatment. There was concern about isolating which variables make a difference.
- Baseline data is from Fall 2005. All students enrolled Fall 2005 are part of the Achieving the Dream cohort and part of the AQIP Math project baseline.
- Treatment will begin Fall 2006 and can continue with new pilot projects each term as determined by the committee
- Will phase out any pilot that in not successful
- Dave will rework the scope and work breakdown structure based on our discussion.
- Al stated that we need to identify the treatments before we develop the experimental design.
- Linda stated that faculty teaching pilot sections will need training about the methods to be used.
Continue Research Article Reports (bring enough copies for all) / Team / Reports were presented by:
Ed Gallo (second of 2)
Pat Clark (2)
Betty Wallace (1, presented by C. Wharton)
Barb Adams (2)
Linda Pastore (2)
Charlotte Wharton
Rating research and ideas / Team / Discussion stimulated by the various articles included the following thoughts and ideas:
E-learning: It may be worth a try again. It seems that MathLab could be used and that mastery learning is a desired approach.
Longer time for class content: Linda suggested we could do a creative use of CWW for an extended math class time. Al noted that Dupage had done a similar approach for both accelerated and slower paced learning, but that the results had not been notable successful.
Attendance:
Barb noted that the biggest barrier in her computer-based math classes is student attendance. Linda suggested a mandatory lab be required if a student misses a class or fails a test; if not follow through, be forced to withdraw from class. The challenge is to look for new ways to deal with attendance.
Video: Video is available in labs. Nancy noted that video distance courses do not have as high a success rate as other courses.
Success Courses: Charlotte suggested using the college success course with math instead of creating a new one. Al and others responded that research shows the course must be directly related to math study skills to be helpful in math success. Linda suggested we talk to Cuyahoga about their AQIP project that employs a math success class.
Next Steps / The group will divide into three teams:
- Math Pilot (Al Giambrone, Linda Pastore,
- DEV Pilot (Barb Adams, Nancy Thibeault, others to be assigned)
- Research Methodology and Criteria Team (Mike Barhorst, Moez Ben-Assouz, Doug Easterling, Dave Landom, Patty Clark, others to be assigned)