Clarifying the Curricular Vision of the New Life Project

The ‘map’ showing how the New Life Project courses (Math Literacy, Algebraic Literacy) fit into the collegiate mathematics curriculum has been updated.

Here is the version intended for mathematics professionals:

We also have a ‘simplified’ version, intended for those outside of mathematics departments:

These new versions continue the same concepts.  The clarifications involve (A) the eventual use as replacements for the traditional developmental mathematics courses (from 3 or more, down to 2)  and (B) placement into algebraic literacy (more than can go into intermediate algebra).

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Algebraic Literacy … a Key Session at AMATYC 2015

I invite you to attend a key session at the AMATYC conference next month:  Algebraic Literacy, A Bridge to Somewhere  (Saturday, November 21, 11:55am, in Bayside C).

This will be a positive, outcomes-oriented session.

• Review of data on developmental mathematics, and intermediate algebra in particular (including ‘Bridge to Nowhere’)
• Legacy of Intermediate Algebra (with archaeological value, not mathematical)
• Engineering a Course to meet the needs of students
• Learning Outcomes in Algebraic Literacy
• Sample Algebraic Literacy lessons (Creative Commons license)

I will have several handouts for those attending (references, outcomes of Algebraic Literacy, sample lessons).

The work in this session will reflect the coming changes in mathematics in the first two years … modern content designed to meet student needs.  The conference features a symposium by the Dana Center including “Reasoning with Functions”, which is part of this same movement to make basic improvements in our work.

For those not able to attend the conference, the materials will be posted online later.  I hope that you will be able to participate in these changes, ideally by attending the session at the conference.

[Algebraic Literacy is the 2nd course in the New Life Project curricular model, intended to replace intermediate algebra.]

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