Role in Curriculum

First developmental-level math course for students who were not exempted from CUNY proficiency and
failed both parts I and II of the COMPASS placement exam used to assess CUNY proficiency. MTH 020
with similar learning goals, is for students who have passed at least one part of the COMPASS
placement exam. Students successfully passing both the COMPASS and the course content have similar
options as those passing MTH 020.

Learning Goals and Assessment Plans

Learning Goal	Assessment
The student will understand lines, including solving linear equations, the concept of slope, the point-slope formula, and graphing of lines	When the class is being assessed, the common final exams will include embedded questions to assess whether the students have sufficiently mastered the topic-specific learning goals. Instructors will be responsible for tallying their students performance on these questions, and the developmental math coordinator will provide an overall summary.
The student will be familiar with basic operations involving exponents including polynomials, factoring, rational expressions, and radicals.
The student will be familiar with applications involving percents, ratios and proportions.
Students will establish CUNY proficiency	The percentage of students passing each part of the COMPASS exam will be tracked

When assessment activities are done, the results will be summarized in memorandum form and filed with the department chairperson for record keeping
purposes.

Information obtained from assessment will be used to assess and self-reflect on the success of the course and to make any necessary changes to
improve teaching and learning effectiveness.

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Last updated Mon May 24 14:48:07 2010