Integrating the First Two Years of Mathematics at Two and Four Year Colleges

Information

• NSF Award
• 9353938

Owner

• HARTFORD, THE UNIVERSITY OF

• Award Id

  9353938

• Award Effective Date

  1/1/1994 - 31 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  12/31/1997 - 27 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 200,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

9353938 Williams As a result of the calculus reform movement good curriculum materials which involve the use of technology, modeling, and problem solving are now widely available for the first two semesters of calculus. Similar materials are also becoming available for courses which lead into calculus like precalculus and college algebra. In this project a coalition involving both two- and four-year colleges and universities in Connecticut is working to integrate the materials and approaches so that students taking a reformed precalculus course can move into a reformed calculus course with an expectation of continuity. It is particularly important both two-year colleges and four-year colleges and universities are involved in this process because many students take precalculus at two-year colleges and then transfer to a four-year institution for calculus. Three different workshops are being held in each of two summers on precalculus and algebra, first two semesters of calculus, and calculus of several variables and differential equations for instructors at two and four-year colleges and universities. In addition, key faculty at 7 institutions are identifying and evaluating materials for precalculus and calculus and developing further materials which assure a smooth transition of students between the identified courses. ***

• Program Officer

  Elizabeth Teles

• Min Amd Letter Date

  11/26/1993 - 31 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  11/26/1993 - 31 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  University of Hartford

• City

  West Hartford

• State

  CT

• Country

  United States

• Address

  200 Bloomfield Avenue

• Postal Code

  061171545

• Phone Number

  8607685938

• First Name

  Robert

• Last Name

  Decker

• Email Address

  Deacker@Hartford

• Start Date

  1/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  John

• Last Name

  Williams

• Email Address

  jwilliams@hartford.edu

• Start Date

  1/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Virginia

• Last Name

  Noonburg

• Email Address

  Noonburg@Hartford

• Start Date

  1/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Kathy

• Last Name

  Bavelas

• Start Date

  1/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Mathematics

• Code

  21

• Name

  Other Applications NEC

• Code

  99