Mathematics Curriculum Collaboration Meeting Notes

December 2, 2003

  1. Discussion of the Gates grant and the December 12 meeting.
  2. Jim Brady, Linda Bolte, Michael Gilbert are going to the meeting.
  3. Is retention the problem since many children finish high school math requirements by the end of 10th grade?
  4. CV requires 3 years of math – one year must be 11th or 12th year.
  5. EV requires 3 years of math – but last year must be in 11th or 12th year.
  6. Spokane is considering a new requirement in January 2004 which is 3 years to include a minimum of Integrated 2 (geometry along with right angle trigonometry).
  7. This group is definitely interested in being a demonstration site partnership.
  8. Gates grant need to pump up the item about aligning 11th, 12th, 13th curricula and the assessments techniques used by the community colleges (CC) and baccalaureate institutions (BI)
  9. There was a discussion of Intermediate Algebra
  10. Is it an entry requirement or an exit requirement for post-secondary?
  11. Now is looked at as an entrance requirement but for the many students placing into developmental math it is an exit requirement.
  12. A question was raised about the placement exams.
  13. EWU – test revised 3 years ago and it better reflects WASL type skills
  14. SCC – Primarily Asset
  15. SFCC Compass
  16. Asset – tremendous amount of algebraic manipulation
  17. Topics to Pursue
  18. Early Placement Test
  19. Cross crediting Precalculus

For example, collaboration on standards and topics and depth of topics for Precalculus which could lead to getting college credit for high school Precalculus

  • Common curriculum
  • Common assessments
  • Classroom visitations
  • College approval of instructor
  • Collaboration among high school and college instructors

Can be extremely motivational for student

Would this cause a difficulty with BI’s general education quantitative reasoning requirement?

Take Precalculus II (or one more) at EWU and pass with at least a 2.0, then get credit for Precalculus I – assuming took a Precalculus in high school based on above discussions

Starting point is to first define the standards for Precalculus

  1. Issues at post-secondary

Incorporating new WASL standards into post-secondary curriculum. These students well prepared for Math 115 type courses

What can be done to improve success of those students who go into traditional Math Curriculum- Precalculus, Calculus, etc?

  • 48% of Precalculus I students at SFCC fail
  1. Collaboration and determining what 11-13 curriculum should be regardless of high school or post-high school
  1. Two questions:
  2. What is intermediate algebra?
  1. EWU
  2. Community Colleges
  • What is Precalculus?
  • EWU
  • Community Colleges
  • High Schools
  • Linda Bolte, to chair a committee to look atPrecalculus
  • Committee is: Linda Bolte, EWU; Jim Brady, SFCC; Kelly Jahns, SCC; Valerie Kurtz, EVSD; Jerry Manfred, CVSD; and teachers yet to be named from Cheney, Spokane and WestValley school districts.
  • Julie Peck will identify a teacher from SpokaneSchool District
  • Ron Dalla will contact Cheney and WestValley districts for names of teachers to serve on this committee
  1. EWU – Algebra concepts (Math 196) 5 credits, 1 quarter college level course
  2. Next meeting for the group will be the last part of February, or the first part of March