New Life for Developmental Mathematics
Session: Friday, November 13 10:30 am
Workshop: Saturday, November 14, 10:45 am

What needs to happen to create meaningful, effective change in developmental mathematics programs? Are revisions needed in course content, instructional techniques, or both? Join your colleagues for a special symposium, “New Life for Developmental Mathematics,” organized by AMATYC’s Developmental Mathematics Committee (DMC). Rosemary M. Karr, Past President of the National Association for Developmental Education and 2007 U.S. Professor of the Year for Community Colleges, will be joined by AMATYC’s own Jack Rotman, DMC Chair, to present two events, a two hour introductory session on Friday followed by an implementation workshop on Saturday.

On Friday, Rosemary and Jack will outline a “New Life” course curriculum for the future that will serve the needs of developmental mathematics students regardless of their career goals. Draft course outlines will be presented, critiqued, and discussed. In addition, promising classroom strategies for teaching in current and future class and course situations will be discussed.

On Saturday, an implementation workshop will take the strategies and course outlines from the Friday session and design individual plans for implementation, as well as plans for department discussion and implementation of proposed course curricula. Participants will be guided through a process for designing a five-year implementation plan to achieve the basic changes called for in the “New Life” vision. Multiple faculty from each college are encouraged to attend the workshop.