Learning goals for MTH218
Role in Curriculum
Enhancing the prospective teacher’s understanding of fundamental concepts for the instruction of geometry and statistical concepts
Learning Goals and Assessment Plans
The student will be able to understand and explain the geometric properties of and relationships between various types of polygons, with special emphasis on triangles and quadrilaterals.
When the class is being assessed, the final exams will include embedded questions to assess student performance on these topic-specific learning goals. Instructors are responsible for tallying their students scores.
The student will be able to find the area of a given geometric shape through its decomposition into simpler shapes such as triangles and rectangles. The student will be able to find the volume of simple geometric solids.
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The student will be able to perform conversions within and between various English and metric units of length, area, and volume.
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The student will be able to read, understand and construct the visual representation of data and exhibit an understanding of the mean, median, and mode.
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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.
Last updated Mon May 24 14:48:07 2010