I have a topic that I'd like to learn about, namely the Common Course Numbering effort in the state. My understanding is that every community college needs to start using the Common Course Numbers. What I wondered is whether you think there are any common course numbers for the math courses for Elementary Education majors.
On a document from 2007 I saw the Elem. Educ. Math courses on the list. But the person at my school implementing the common course numbers says that those courses were later removed from the list, concluding that Elem. Educ. Math courses have no Common Course Number. Is that in line with what is happening at your school?
I have also heard from people at my school that Early Childhood Education courses are not among those with Common Course Numbers.
Sharon Camner
Pierce College
3 comments:
I think the problem with the Math for El Ed classes and CCN had to do with the fact that some of us have two courses, while others have three. The original plan had been to have two different sets of numbers for the different situations. I objected since I believe the first course (our 170) is the same as others with a 3 course sequence, and suggested that the first course be number the same, while the follow-up courses hold different numbers. The next I knew, they were all off of the list.
Thanks for providing your talk, and good luck with your sabbatical.
Jackie Gorman
Mathematics Instructor
Tacoma Community College
Our college has two courses, MATH170 & 171. MATH170 covers number sense, operations and algebra, MATH171 covers geometry, data analysis, probability and statistics.
Andrea Levy
Seattle Central Community College
alevy@sccd.ctc.edu
At Pierce College we set up our Elem. Educ. math courses to follow the pattern of Green River CC. We have three courses of 5 credits each:
Math 170 - number sense, operations, problem solving, a little algebra
Math 171 - geometry and measurement, some algebra and number theory
Math 172 - statistics and probability, and algebra
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