12/07/01
Stanley Room 108, Maria Sanford, Central CT State University,
10:30-12:45
Present:
|
Name
|
College
|
e-mail
|
|
|
|
|
|
Larisa
Alikhanova
|
Three Rivers
|
LAlikhanova@trcc.commnet.edu
|
|
Kathy Bavelas
|
Manchester
|
dabavelas@snet.net
|
|
Alice Burstein
|
Middlesex
|
ABurstein@mxcc.commnet.edu
|
|
Elaine Dinto
|
Naugatuck
Valley
|
EDinto@nvcc.commnet.edu
|
|
Lori Fuller
|
Tunxis
|
LFuller@txcc.commnet.edu
|
|
Miguel Garcia
|
Gateway
|
MGarcia@gwcc.commnet.edu
|
|
Alice
Grandgeorge
|
Manchester
|
AGrandgeorge@mcc.commnet.edu
|
|
Pat Hirschy
|
Asnuntuck &
Capital
|
hirschy@commnet.edu
|
|
Joe Karnowski
|
Norwalk
|
JKarnowski@ncc.commnet.edu
|
|
Judy Marzi
|
Central CT
State University
|
marzij@mail.ccsu.edu
|
|
The group
welcomed our newest member, Larisa Alikhanova, from Three Rivers.
Although the Math Issues Committee
had completed our common numbering work as requested by the System
Office, due to Banner and other system issues, the system-wide Common
Numbering Project will not be ready for implementation in the Fall
of 2002.
Matyconn
spring meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 10, 2002 at Naugatuck Valley Community
College. The executive
board will meet during the winter break.
"Clouds are
not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and
bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line." (Benoit Mandelbrot, The
Fractal Geometry of Nature). Alice
Burstein distributed flyers for her new course, Math 149X, Fractal
Geometry, Monday evenings, 5:00-7:40 pm, at Middlesex Community
College, Spring 2002. She
will use Michael Frame's book, Chaos under Control." Alice may be reached at
aburstein@mxcc.commnet.edu for further details.
The major topic of discussion for the meeting was Tech Prep. The two options discussed and
approved by the Math Issues/Common Numbering Committee (October 15, 1999
at Tunxis CC) were revisited. Rationale
for an agreement: encourage collaboration with high school and CC
faculty; offer an opportunity for high school students to experience
college level mathematics; offer an opportunity for students to receive
transfer credit. Math faculty is deeply concerned about the integrity of any
agreements, that any math course that receives tech prep credit is truly
a college level course. Because
this issue is also of concern to the Connecticut State University
System, proposed options were going to be placed on the agenda for a
meeting of the Math Basic Skills Committee of Connecticut.
Submitted by Elaine Dinto