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Curriculum Articulation Project - CESA 2 Update
University of Wisconsin System & Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
CURRICULUM ARTICULATION PROJECT
WORKING GROUP ACTIVITY UPDATE
CESA 2, Mathematics, NEXT MEETING: 3/6/00
LINK TO REPORT OF MARCH 6, 2000 MEETING
E-MAIL COMMUNICATION POSTED 2/23/00
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Subject: Math Working Group-CESA 2
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:23:24 -0600
From: jcrisler@uwc.edu
To: mathcesa2@uwc.edu
Hi, Friends!
This is my first test of the listserv. The list is composed of all of us who attended the conference at the Dells on February 3, Steve Bialek and Fran Garb in UW System Administration, and two math instructors on the UW-Rock County campus: George Alexander who coordinates the remedial math program for the UW Colleges (all 13 campuses; we're lucky to have him based here) and Barbara Bendlin, who teaches math in our academic skills center (TRIO program). George and Barb are very interested in our program, since they see the students who have been "caught in the gears" of the misalignment of math learning. Here are messages from our colleagues:
FROM STEVE BIALEK: We've updated the project website to include a section for Articles & Resources, group meeting dates, and added an on-line reporting form. If you have other information or features to improve the website, please let us know. Please share the URL with other members of your group /acss/align/
FROM ROD MONTANYE: I thought that you might want our list of the top ten objectives we attempt to teach to those students looking at college for their post graduation activity. We do offer a more challenging set of objectives which include trigonometry for our more able students but the students you may have in the remedial courses would not come from this group of students. Students will:
1. simplify all real number problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
2. solve equations using formulas, absolute value, and distributive properties.
3. solve and graph equations using methods of slope, finding y-intercepts, parallel and perpendicular lines, and simplifying functions.
4. solve systems of 2- and 3-equations and apply that work to word problem solving as well.
5. simplify polynomials and solve polynomial equations by factoring methods.
6. simplify rational expressions and solve rational equations.
7. simplify radical expressions and radical equations including use of imaginary and complex numbers.
8. solve quadratic equations using factoring, completing the square, and quadratic formula.
9. transform, translate, and rotate quadratic functions through modeling.
10. solve equations of second degree - circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, parabolas and graph each of those conic sections.
NEXT STEPS: --Please use this list to share your algebra syllabi. --Plan on our next meeting at UW-Rock County: Monday, March 6 from noon (i.e., working lunch) to 4:30 p.m. in Williams Hall 27. I'll send an agenda later. Thanks again for your great cooperation -- it's wonderful to work with you. Please contact me if you have questions or ideas.Jane Jane Crisler Campus Executive Officer and Dean University of Wisconsin-Rock County
END 2/23/00
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