This document outlines proposed changes to developmental math courses at a community college. It discusses the new course structures, including credit hours, delivery methods, grading scales, and competencies. The courses will focus on quantitative literacy, STEM preparation, and labs. Placement cut scores will be determined later once new placement exams are created. The college's Curriculum Innovation Team will develop sample curriculum and materials for the new courses and provide professional development for faculty.

1. CIT CHANGES FOR
DEVELOPMENTAL MATH

2. Decisions have been made !
How we arrived at those decisions
DETF
CIT

3. OVERVIEW

4. Credit Hours: 4
Delivery: Lecture
Grading Scale: Developmental
Quantitative Literacy

5. Competencies:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of and the ability to solve problems involving
ratios, rates, proportions, percent’s, and measurement conversions.
2. Demonstrate knowledge and usage of formulas.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of and the ability to solve linear equations and
inequalities.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of and the ability to calculate and simplify
expressions containing exponents and numeric square roots.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of and the ability to perform algebraic
manipulations involving polynomials, polynomial operations, and basic
factoring.
6. Demonstrate the use of critical thinking skills to problem solve.
Quantitative Literacy

6. Credit Hours: 4
Delivery: Lecture
Grading Scale: Developmental
Stem Prep

7. Competencies:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of and the ability to perform
algebraic manipulations with radicals, complex numbers,
polynomials, and rational expressions.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of and the ability to solve
quadratic equations, absolute value equations and
inequalities, and systems of linear equations.
3. Demonstrate the use of critical thinking skills to solve
application problems.
Stem Prep

8. Credit Hours: 1
Delivery: Lab
Grading Scale: Pass/Fail
Labs

9. Competencies:
1. Demonstrate improvement in skills needed for
success in …whatever the lab is attached to.
2. Demonstrate improvement in learning strategies
that lead to persistence and success in mathematics.
Labs

10. Up to the Institution.
Based on Mat 050 starting at the end of Mat 060 we
will need to include:
Integers
Fractions
Decimals
Solving Equations
Order of Operations
Soft Landing

11. Cut scores where not addressed in our meetings.
Pearson will be creating new placement exams.
The new cut scores should be available in a year.
PLACEMENT

12. The CIT will:
Develop sample curriculum, create curriculum with the
help of other faculty (Jen) and choose suggested
materials for the courses.
Gather and critique Open Educational Resources (OER)
lessons and submitting curriculum to OER repositories.
Create and present professional development activities.
Present different delivery methods.
Next

13. The CIT still has much work to do, but the
competencies for the new courses are essentially
complete.
Now your work begins.
Questions?
Conclusion

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