Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Collaboration Between Institutions

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; michael vitale; Annie Laurie Myers; Dana Hamadeh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

Mathematical Sciences reviewed andrefined three mathematics gateway courses offered at the State Colleges (Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus I). Note: The mathematics faculty decided to leave College Algebra for aseparate discussion which is currently taking place. The course refinement process consisted of acritical review of the different course syllabi used at the State Colleges followed by consensus ona common refined syllabus for each course that emphasized the core mathematical concepts andtheir sequencing so as to provide a well-thought-out conceptual instructional framework for eachcourse. The general framework for the course refinement process can be found in Appendix A.Using the refined course syllabi completed in year 2, State College