RE: Assessment in math courses


Subject: RE: Assessment in math courses
From: BETH HENTGES (b.hentges@cctc.cc.mn.us)
Date: Tue Feb 29 2000 - 15:26:16 EST


Are we not "doing" assessment, or are we not writing down what we're
doing?

Are we reluctant to put on paper what we believe we do every moment of
our teaching career?

We see writing it down as a waste of time?

We just plain hate writing?

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cohen, Deborah [SMTP:dcohen@jt.cc.va.us]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 12:39 PM
>> To: mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu
>> Subject: Assessment in math courses
>>
>> Are any of you currently involved in assessment activities in your
classes
>> or departments? If so, what sorts of assessment techniques are you
using,
>> and what sorts of results have you found? If you're not interested
in
>> assessment in your classes, why not? Any opinions out there about
why
>> math
>> faculty are (or at least SEEM) so resistant to doing assessment?
>> Thanks, DC
>> (a 10-year veteran math faculty member who just became an
administrator!)
>>
>> Deborah L. Cohen
>> Coordinator of Assessment, Research, and Planning
>> John Tyler Community College
>> 13101 Jefferson Davis Highway
>> Chester, VA 23831
>> email: dcohen@jt.cc.va.us
>> Phone: 804.796.4174
>> FAX: 804.796.4163
>> Web: www.jt.cc.va.us
>>

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