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 GoalAssessment
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 proficiencyThe 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.


Last updated Mon May 24 14:48:07 2010