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Compton: Course SLOs (Div 3) - Math (Developmental Math)

SPRING 2015Assessment: Course Four Column

COM: MATH 12:Basic Arithmetic Skills

Course SLO Assessment MethodDescription Assessment Data & Analysis Actions

SLO #1 Application Problems -Students will be able to recognizeaddition, subtraction, multiplication,division,exponentiation, factoring and orderof operations in a given context (wordproblem, data, diagram, etc.)involving non-negative real numbersto write corresponding mathematicalexpressions and solve authentic, real-world application problems.

Course SLO Assessment Cycle: 2014-15 (Spring 2015)

Course SLO Status: Active

Input Date: 12/20/2013

Standard and Target for Success: Itis expected that 70% of students willscore 2 or 3 on this rubric. Seeattachment

Related Documents:Spring 2015 Math 12 SLO.docx

Faculty Assessment Leader: Dr.Malinni RoeunFaculty Contributing to Assessment:Vu, Valle, Khan, Slorka, Roach, KimChoi, Raffel, Gill, Roeun, and TerriRelated Documents:Math 12 SLO results.xlsx

null.courseAction: Spend moretime on real life application thatstudents could relate to and workcollaborative to share andcompare successful strategieswith application problems. Emailwill be send out in September andcollections of successful strategieswill be disseminated by thebeginning of Spring 2016.(01/29/2016)Action Category: TeachingStrategies

Semester and Year Assessment Conducted: 2014-15(Spring 2015)Standard Met? : Standard Not Metn=236 students. 24% scored 2 and 41% scored 3 on therubric; 65% met the target. 14% scored 0, left it blank, and22% scored 1 on the rubric. See attachment. (05/28/2015)

Exam/Test/Quiz - An applicationproblem embedded in exam, finalexam, or quiz. See attachment.

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COM: MATH 23:Pre-Algebra


SLO #1 Application Problems -Students will recognize the underlyingmathematical concepts in order tosuccessfully evaluate expressions andformulas in a given context (wordproblems, data, diagrams, etc.) andapply those concepts correctly inauthentic, real-world applicationproblems.




Standard and Target for Success: Itis expected that 70% of students willscore either a 2 or 3 on this SLO. Seeattached rubric.Related Documents:SLO #1.docxSpring 2015 SLO Grading Rubric.docx

Faculty Assessment Leader: AbbyTatliliogluFaculty Contributing to Assessment:Ali Abbassi, Nicole Bibb, MiguelOrnelas, Don Roach, Malinni Roeun,Gerson ValleReviewer's Comments:Related Documents:Spring 2015 Math 23 SLO Data.xlsx

null.courseAction: Meet with thedepartment to discuss thedifficulty level of the applicationproblem and whether the SLOquestion should be modified.(09/18/2015)Action Category: SLO/PLOAssessment Processnull.courseAction: Meet withtutoring staff to discuss training ofmath tutors on applicationproblems so that the quality oftutoring on those topics can beconsistent. (09/18/2015)Action Category: Program/CollegeSupportnull.courseAction: Develop anddistribute supplements forteaching application problemsappropriate for the course level sothat faculty have more resourcesfor use in the classroom.(09/18/2015)Action Category: TeachingStrategies

Semester and Year Assessment Conducted: 2014-15(Spring 2015)Standard Met? : Standard Not MetData was collected from 11 of the 14 sections of Math 23for a total of 225 students evaluated. Of those students44.4% passed the assessment (score of 2 or 3) and 55.5%did not pass (score of 0 or 1). See attached document for afull breakdown of the data.

Since 3 of the sections did not report data in time for theanalysis, it is possible that students in those sectionsperformed at a higher success rate; however, the dataindicates that students are not performing at expectedlevels in regard to this type of application problem.

It has been suggested by some faculty members that thequestion was too complex for the students given the levelof the course.

Comments from students in many math courses has beenthat tutors in the Student Success Center are notcomfortable assisting with word problems, and cansometimes create more confusion than help. (09/18/2015)

Exam/Test/Quiz - The followingapplication was to be solved bystudents: a corral is to be attachedto the side of a barn. Given theperimeter and width of the corral,students were asked to find a) thelength of the side opposite the barnand b) the area of the corral. Seeattached document for the exactquestion.


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COM: MATH 37:Basic Accelerated Mathematics


SLO #1 Application Problems -Students will be able to recognize andto interpret linear and quadraticequations in a given context, and usemathematical reasoning and problemsolving skills to solve authentic, real-world application problems.




Standard and Target for Success: Apassing grade is a grade of 2 orgreater. It is expected that 70% ormore of the students will pass theSLO.Related Documents:Math37SLO1AssesmentQuestionsSP15.pdfSLOStandardsorRubric.pdf Faculty Assessment Leader: Ruth

ZambranoFaculty Contributing to Assessment:Yarlmoli MurugiahRelated Documents:Math37SLOAssesmentDataSP15.pdf

null.courseAction: The results ofthis SLO will be shared with theSpring 2015 Math 37 instructorsfor feedback. We will determineas a group whether ourinstructional materials needrevision. (09/04/2015)Action Category: TeachingStrategies

Semester and Year Assessment Conducted: 2014-15(Spring 2015)Standard Met? : Standard Not Met67% of the students passed the SLO and 33% did not. Thegoal of 70% was almost met. 48% of the students assessedshowed full understanding of the concept. That is, almosthalf of those assessed were able to compose amathematical expression using the context of the problem,perform the calculations correctly, and find the answer. 7%of the students assessed showed no understanding of theassessment; therefore 93% of the students had at leastslight understanding of the assessment. (06/08/2015)

Exam/Test/Quiz - The student willtake a 5 question online quiz. Seeattached for assessment.


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COM: MATH 40:Elementary Algebra


SLO #1 Application Problems -Students will be able to recognizelinear and quadratic equations in agiven context, and use mathematicalreasoning and problem solving skillsto solve authentic, real worldapplication problems.




Standard and Target for Success:65% of students were expected tobe successful with a score 2 or betteron this SLO.

Grading: Students were assessed onthe following 3 key concepts when

Faculty Assessment Leader:Gayathri ManikandanFaculty Contributing to Assessment:A. Tatlilioglu, A. Shihabi, G.Manikandan, M. Can, D. Strivewell, J.Mediza, B. Niang, J. Villalobos, M.TavakkoliReviewer's Comments:

null.courseAction: 1. More timeshould be spent during the classto go over application problems.2. Create worksheet for theseapplication problems tosupplement the text book used.(08/26/2016)

null.courseFollowUp: Discuss withall Math instructors and createworksheet for applicationproblems for faculties to use inclass (06/30/2017)

Action Category: TeachingStrategies

Semester and Year Assessment Conducted: 2014-15(Spring 2015)Standard Met? : Standard Not MetOnly 44.4% of all students satisfied the SLO at the excellent(score 3) or satisfactory level (Score 2). These results werelower than the target of 65%. The target was not met.(08/25/2015)

Exam/Test/Quiz - The questionbelow was given on a test or anexam to assess the studentsunderstand and problem solvingtechniques for a real worldapplication.

The Alpha Company offers a pay-as-you-go cell phone plan for $10 permonth plus 6 cents per minute. TheBeta Company offers a pay-as-you-go cell phone plan for $15 permonth plus 2 cents per minute.a. Write an equation torepresent the cost of the plan usingthe Alpha Company? Let X be thenumber of minutes that you talked.

Cost of plan when usingAlpha Company: Y=___________________b. Write an equation torepresent the cost of the plan usingthe Beta Company? Let x be thenumber of minutes that you talked.Cost of plan when using BetaCompany: Y=___________________When will the two costs be thesame?



scoring1. Set up the equations.2. Solve the equations by anymethod.3. Answer the question in acomplete sentence or at leastrelevant to the question asked withthe units.

Students receive 1 point forcompleting each of the above andassessed on overall understanding ofthe concepts.0 - blank or no relevant information1 - completes One of the keyconcepts correctly2 - completes Two of the keyconcepts correctly3 - completes all Three of the keyconcepts correctly


COM: MATH 73:Intermediate Algebra Gen Ed


SLO #1 Application Problems -Students will be able to recognize andapply appropriate mathematicalconcepts and models involving avariety of functions to contextualizedproblems (authentic, real-worldapplications).




Standard and Target for Success:We will be using a 0-3 scale rubric toassess the students in Spring 2015. Itarget will be 60% of the studentswill get a 2 or a 3 in the rubric,moderate or completeunderstanding of the problem.

Faculty Assessment Leader: GersonValleFaculty Contributing to Assessment:R. Alpern, J. Martinez, M. Ornelas, D.Roach, E. Skorka, R. Zambrano, A.Abbassi, Z. Khwaja, J. Villalobos, andM. TavakkoliReviewer's Comments:Related Documents:Math 73 SLO results for all sections.xlsx

null.courseAction: Either offer allthe instructors supplementalworksheets to give word problemhomework the textbook is lackingor look for a new textbook thatcovers word problems in thehomework that covers a variety ofword problems and differentalgebraic techniques. 05/29/2015(09/09/2015)Action Category: CurriculumChanges

Semester and Year Assessment Conducted: 2014-15(Spring 2015)Standard Met? : Standard Not Met281 students in 13 sections were assessed at the ComptonCenter. Out of the these students 93 (33%) scored a 2 and73 (26%) scored a 3. 59% got a 2 or 3 on the rubric.The target was not met but it was very close. There was onesection, #9771, that did not report in time for the tally so itmight have been met, or more clearly not met. (09/09/2015)

Exam/Test/Quiz - This is a wordproblem involving solving systems oflinear equations. In this case used tocompare different gym rates.

Casey wants to join a gym. Afterdoing some research she finds outthe LA Fitness is charging a $99initiation fee and then $29.95 amonth. She also finds out that Goldsgym was charging $19.99 a monthand after further investigation findsthat Gold’s gym is charging a $199initiation fee.

Part a) Find the equation in functionnotation for the cost of membershipat both gyms. You may use f(x) andg(x) for the function notation ofthese equations.Part b) Find the cost of joining eachgym if Casey decides to quit the gymafter 2 months. Which of the twogyms would have been better if sheonly joins for two months?Part c) How many months will it takefor the cost of membership to be thesame at each gym? Explain using agraph, table, or algebraic methods.


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COM: MATH 80:Intermed Alg - Sci/Engr/Math


SLO #1 Application Problems -Students will be able to solveapplication problems involving linear,quadratic, polynomial, rational,radical, exponential and logarithmicfunctions.




Standard and Target for Success:The target will be 60% of ourstudents will get a score of 2 or 3 ona 0 - 3 point grading rubric

Faculty Assessment Leader: GersonValleFaculty Contributing to Assessment:R. Alpern, J. Martinez, J. Mediza, G.Manikandan, A. Roshanaei, and M.TavakkoliReviewer's Comments: Some of theprofessors stated that some of thestudents did not attempt theproblem because it was a wordproblem. The SLO was a multi-partproblem and a bit complex but thenthat is to be expected of Math 80students that are most likely on aSTEM path.Related Documents:Math 80 SLO results for all sections spring 2015.xlsx

null.courseAction: Some of theprofessors mentioned that theyplan to focus more on wordproblems with group work to helpthe students set up the problem.(09/09/2015)Action Category: TeachingStrategies

Semester and Year Assessment Conducted: 2014-15(Spring 2015)Standard Met? : Standard Not MetA total of 127 students were given the SLO in 6 courses atthe Compton Education Center. 40 students (31%) got ascore of 2 and 25 students (20%) got a score of 3 on therubric. The total percent of students that got a 2 or 3 was51%. The standard was not met. (09/09/2015)

Exam/Test/Quiz - The Assessmentwill involve a word problem withparts from point slope and equationsof lines, functions, multiplication ofpolynomials, and graphingparabolas.

A manufacturer is considering raisingthe price of a toy. When the toy ispriced at $25 the toy has annualsales of 5,500 units. Using the resultsof a market survey, themanufacturer estimates that each $1increase in price will decrease salesby 125 units.

Part a) Find a function R(x) thatmodels the revenue as a function ofprice x. Hint: revenue = price x unitssoldPart b) Find the annual revenue ifthe price is raised to $32.50. (roundto the nearest cent)Part c) Find the unit price that willmaximize annual revenue. (round tonearest cent)


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