Revitalizing College Algebra, June 18–21, 2007

Participants

Group 1

• Joanne Duvall, Coastal Carolina U.
• Tuyet Pham, Kent State U.
• Fe Evangelista, U. Wisc. Whitewater
• Julie Letellier, U. Wisc. Whitewater
• Daniel Schultz-Ela, Mesa State C.
• Mary Lou Britton, Kent State U.

Group 2

• Sally Kleinknecht, U. South. Indiana
• Marjorie Labhart, U. South. Indiana
• Jay Hutchings, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi
• Kirsty Eisenhart, Western Mich. U.
• Theresa Grant, Western Mich. U.
• Jose Giraldo, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi

Group 3

• Linda Hintzman, Pasadena City C.
• Scott Clark, U. of Arizona
• Mike Dodge, Olympic C.
• Susan Lange, Cardinal Stritch U.
• Juliet Haloulos, U. Of Cincinnati
• Shumei Richman, Midlands Tech C.
• Corinne Schaeffer, Edinboro U. of Pennsylvania

Group 4

• Philip Cary, Chadron State C.
• Mary Kay Stewart, Fort Lewis C.
• Amy Getz, Fort Lewis C.
• Kathy Wellborn, Fort Lewis C.
• Leslie Goldstein, Fort Lewis C.

Group 5

• Stephanie Bowers, Oregon State U.
• Barbara Kinach, U. of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Wendiann Sethi, Seton Hall U.
• Mary Tinsley, St. Louis C. of Pharmacy
• Don Williamson, Jr., Chadron State C.
• Barbara Edwards, Oregon State U.
• Ching-Chia Ko, Oregon State U.

Schedule

Monday, June 18

• Introductions, purpose, goals. Discussion: What is Algebra? Discussion: MAA/CUPM College Algebra Guidelines. Why and How to Revitalize College Algebra?
• Small group in-class activities
• Small group out-of-class projects

Tuesday, June 19

• Discussion: different audiences for college algebra. Discussion: Algebraic literacy (intepreting algebraic form, symbolic fluency, algebraic foresight, and strategic manipulation).
• Work on problems testing algebraic literacy. Expressions and equations.
• Writing problems for algebra: Hands-on experience constructing problems that test symbolic literacy.
• Discussion: What algebra do high school teachers need to know?

Wednesday, June 20

• Modeling. Scatter plots. Curve fitting. Business applications.
• Modeling with recursive sequences. Finance applications.
• Testing and assessment.
• Small groupsL Draft final exam and syllabus.

Thusday, June 21

• Group presentations and wrap-up.