Topic:

• Materials used in gateway math courses.

In-class materials used:

• Dan’s online conceptual quizzes in MAT 900; hope is to well-prepare students well for later science and math courses.
• General agreement that conceptual emphasis and not all-multiple-choice computational questions is helpful.
• Automatic-algebra.org: Dan’s website for timed drills on basic prerequisite skills (negatives, order of operations, set of numbers, decimal comparisons and conversions, etc.)
• Provides concrete site to refer needy students starting on day 1 od a course.
• Suggested expansions/improvements for science courses: Matric conversions, serial dilutions.
• Possibly tracking user data to provide evidence for improved results (would be total overhaul of existing site).
• Possibly compare 2 sections of a course with/without site integration for evidence.