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Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics

Lynn Arthur Steen

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The MAA is pleased to announce the publication of the second volume on assessment in undergraduate mathematics.

Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics contains 26 case studies offering lessons learned during a four year NSF-supported MAA project designed to support mathematicians and mathematics departments in the increasingly important challenge of assessing student learning. Three introductory essays set assessment in boarder academic and national contexts; an appendix contains the 2005 revision of the CUPM Guidelines for Assessment of Student Learning.

Case studies deal primarily with coherent blocks of courses designed for particular purposes, e.g., general education, math-intensive majors, developmental education, quantitative literacy, teacher preparation, and mathematics majors. Institutions represented in the volume vary considerably in size, location, and mission.

The case studies presented here are useful not just for the results achieved, but also to alert those starting assessment programs to the kinds of issues they will need to consider, the potential pitfalls along the way, and strategies for how these can be avoided. The range of solutions represented in these case studies offers readers a large variety of models to adapt to their own institutionsÕ needs.

Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics compliments MAAÕs 1999 compendium Assessment Practices in Undergraduate Mathematics

Language: English

Pages: 239

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

Release: January 01, 2006

ISBN: 0883858207

ISBN 13: 9780883858202

Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics

Lynn Arthur Steen

5/5 ( ratings)

The MAA is pleased to announce the publication of the second volume on assessment in undergraduate mathematics.

Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics contains 26 case studies offering lessons learned during a four year NSF-supported MAA project designed to support mathematicians and mathematics departments in the increasingly important challenge of assessing student learning. Three introductory essays set assessment in boarder academic and national contexts; an appendix contains the 2005 revision of the CUPM Guidelines for Assessment of Student Learning.

Case studies deal primarily with coherent blocks of courses designed for particular purposes, e.g., general education, math-intensive majors, developmental education, quantitative literacy, teacher preparation, and mathematics majors. Institutions represented in the volume vary considerably in size, location, and mission.

The case studies presented here are useful not just for the results achieved, but also to alert those starting assessment programs to the kinds of issues they will need to consider, the potential pitfalls along the way, and strategies for how these can be avoided. The range of solutions represented in these case studies offers readers a large variety of models to adapt to their own institutionsÕ needs.

Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics compliments MAAÕs 1999 compendium Assessment Practices in Undergraduate Mathematics

Language: English

Pages: 239

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

Release: January 01, 2006

ISBN: 0883858207

ISBN 13: 9780883858202

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