Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Mathematics	Reported By:  L. Ralston
Date Submitted:  05-05-06	Assessment Period:  2005-2006
Related College Goal:   Be innovative in our approach to teaching, learning, and support services.
Unit/Team Goal:  Students will demonstrate the ability to apply mathematical thought and methods.
Expected Outcome:  Students will be able to model concrete problems and arrive at solutions.
Outcome Assessment:  In MATH 1111 (College Algebra), students will write a linear equation giving the value of equipment during the years that it will be used and determine the value of the equipment for any one of those years as a common question on the final exam. This question will be graded by a faculty member and assigned a 0, 1, or 2.  A “0” will be assigned if a question is attempted but the work is incorrect.   A “1” will be assigned if the work is partially correct.  A “2” will be assigned if the work and the answer are both correct.
Performance Targets:  Primary Performance Target:  75 % of all students taking the final exam will attempt the question. Secondary Performance Target:  Of those attempting the question, 70% of students will score a 1 or 2.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Primary Performance Target: In Math 1111, 90% of all students attempted the question.  Secondary Performance Target: 51% scored a 1 or 2 (Note:  19% scored 1, while 32% scored 2. Seven students who scored 1 or 2 failed the course)  By campus location, Floyd 42%, Cartersville 56%, Marietta 64%, Acworth 47%, Carrollton-ATP 52%, and Distance Learning 38% scored 1 or 2.
Recommended Actions:  Primary Performance Target met.  No further action required. Secondary Performance Target not met.  Instructors of MATH 1111 are spending the normal amount of time on modeling concrete problems involving linear equations and arriving at solutions when first introducing the concept. The concept will be reviewed on three different days in the last six weeks of the semester.
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Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team:  Mathematics	Reported By:  L. Ralston
Date Submitted:  05-01-06	Assessment Period:  2005-2006
Related College Goal:  Be innovative in our approach to teaching, learning, and support services.
Unit/Team Goal:  Students will demonstrate the ability to apply mathematical thought and methods.
Expected Outcome:  Students will be able to interpret a real-life function.
Outcome Assessment:  In MATH 1111 (College Algebra), students will determine the maximum profit earned by a company in a week where the total profit, P(x), to manufacture and sell x items per week is given by the function P(x) = -x^2 + 50x  as a common question on the final exam.  This question will be graded by a faculty member and assigned a 0, 1, or 2.  A “0” will be assigned if a question is attempted but the work is incorrect.   A “1” will be assigned if the work is partially correct.  A “2” will be assigned if the work and the answer are both correct.
Performance Targets:  Primary Performance Target:  75 % of all students taking the final exam will attempt the question. Secondary Performance Target:  Of those attempting the question, 70% of students will score a 1 or 2.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Primary Performance Target:  In Math 1111, 81% of all students attempted the question. Secondary Performance Target:  Of those attempting the question, 53% scored a 1 or 2 (Note:  15% scored 1, while 38% scored 2.  Only one student who scored 1 or 2 failed the course)  By campus location, Floyd 48%, Cartersville 62%, Marietta 59%, Acworth 33%, Carrollton-ATP 71%, and Distance Learning 28% scored 1 or 2.
Recommended Actions:  Primary Performance Target met.  No further action required. Secondary Performance Target not met.  Instructors of Math 1111 will spend one additional class meeting on determining the maximum and minimum of a quadratic function, within the context of an application.
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Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team:  Mathematics	Reported By:  L. Ralston
Date Submitted: 05-01-06	Assessment Period:  2005-2006
Related College Goal:  Use technology as a teaching and learning tool.
Unit/Team Goal:  Students will demonstrate the ability to apply mathematical thought and methods.
Expected Outcome:  Students will be able to use appropriate technology to enhance mathematical thinking and understanding.
Outcome Assessment:  In Math 1111 (College Algebra), students will graph a polynomial function with a graphing utility to determine the intervals where the function is increasing, decreasing, or constant as a common question on the final exam.  Final answer will be written in interval notation.  This question will be graded by a faculty member and assigned a 0, 1, or 2.  A “0” will be assigned if a question is attempted but the work is incorrect.   A “1” will be assigned if the work is partially correct.  A “2” will be assigned if the work and the answer are both correct.
Performance Targets:  Primary Performance Target:  75% of all students taking the final exam will attempt the question. Secondary Performance Target:  Of those attempting the question, 70% of students will score a 1 or 2.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Primary Performance Target:  In Math 1111, 83% of all students attempted the question. Secondary Performance Target:  Of those attempting the question, 40% scored a 1 or 2 (Note:  11% scored 1, while 29% scored 2.  Three students who scored 1 or 2 failed the course)  By campus location, Floyd 33%, Cartersville 51%, Marietta 32%, Acworth 8%, Carrollton-ATP 45%, and Distance Learning 31% scored 1 or 2.
Recommended Actions:  Primary Performance Target met.  No further action required. Secondary Performance Target not met.  Instructors of Math 1111 will spend one additional class meeting on using a graphing utility to graph a polynomial function and to determine the intervals where the function is increasing, decreasing, or constant.  Instructors will emphasize use of interval notation and that intervals are written with respect to the domain (x-values).
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Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team:  Mathematics	Reported By:  L. Ralston
Date Submitted:  05-01-06	Assessment Period:  2005-2006
Related College Goal:  Be innovative in our approach to teaching, learning, and support services.
Unit/Team Goal:  Students will demonstrate the ability to apply mathematical thought and methods.
Expected Outcome:  Students will be able to model concrete problems and arrive at solutions.
Outcome Assessment:  In Math 1113 (Precalculus), students will determine the depth of a submarine given the angle of depression and distance from a fixed object as a common question on the final exam.  This question will be graded by a faculty member and assigned a 0, 1, or 2.  A “0” will be assigned if a question is attempted but the work is incorrect.   A “1” will be assigned if the work is partially correct.  A “2” will be assigned if the work and the answer are both correct.
Performance Targets:  Primary Performance Target:  75% of all students taking the final exam will attempt the question. Secondary Performance Target:  Of those attempting the question, 70% of students will score a 1 or 2.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results):  Primary Performance Target:   In Math 1113, 99% attempted the question. Secondary Performance Target:   Of those, 76% scored a 1 or 2 (Note: 24% scored 1, while 52% scored 2.  Five students who scored a 1 or 2 failed the course.) By campus location, 89% Floyd, 77% Cartersville, 86% Marietta, and 55% Distance Learning scored 1 or 2. (Note:  No section of Math 1113 was offered at Acworth or Carrollton-ATP during Fall semester 2005.)
Recommended Actions:    Primary Performance Target met.  No further action required. Secondary Performance Target met.  No further action required.
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Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team:  Mathematics	Reported By:  L. Ralston
Date Submitted:  05-01-06	Assessment Period:  2005-2006
Related College Goal:  Uses technology as a teaching and learning tool.
Unit/Team Goal:  Students will demonstrate the ability to apply mathematical thought and methods.
Expected Outcome:  Students will be able to use appropriate technology to enhance mathematical thinking and understanding.
Outcome Assessment:  In Math 1113 (Precalculus), students will graph a trigonometric function with a graphing utility; determine the x-intercepts and y-intercepts in the interval [0, 2p) as a common question on the final exam.  This question will be graded by a faculty member and assigned a 0, 1, or 2.  A “0” will be assigned if a question is attempted but the work is incorrect.   A “1” will be assigned if the work is partially correct.  A “2” will be assigned if the work and the answer are both correct.
Performance Targets:  Primary Performance Target:  75% of all students taking the final exam will attempt the question. Secondary Performance Target:  Of those attempting the question, 70% of students will score a 1 or 2.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results):  Primary Performance Target:  In Math 1113, 94% of the students attempted the question.  Secondary Performance Target:  Of those attempting the question, 65% scored 1 or 2.  (Note:  48% scored 1, while 17% scored 2.  Only one student who scored 1 or 2 failed the course.)   By campus location, 61% Floyd, 52% Cartersville, 91% Marietta, and 50% Distance Learning.  (Note:  No section of Math 1113 was offered at Acworth or Carrollton-ATP in Fall semester 2005.)
Recommended Actions: Primary Performance Target met.  No further action required. Secondary Performance Target not met.   Instructors of Math 1113 will spend one additional class meeting on using a graphing utility to graph a trigonometric function and interpreting its x-intercepts and y-intercepts in the interval  [0, 2p).
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