KAMATYC Spring Conference 2009
March 28, 2009
Hutchinson Community College
Rescheduled for May 2, 2009,
Pittsburg State University
All sessions have been rescheduled except as noted.
The National Alliance of Concurrent
Enrollment Partnerships: What Accreditation Means for Concurrent
Enrollment Loralee Stevens, Johnson County Community College - Bill Osborn will substitute for Loralee Stevens |
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The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships
created a national accreditation process for quality concurrent enrollment
partnerships at both two-year and four-year institutions based on standards
for curriculum, faculty, students, assessment and evaluation. In 2006
Johnson County Community College's College Now program received accredited
status. This session will describe NACEP and the methods used to study
our College Now students to help ensure accountability in the area of
concurrent enrollment. |
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Topical Discussion: Dual Credit Moderator: Judy Stubblefield, Garden City Community College - Steven Wilson will substitute for Judy Stubblefield |
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Last year, attendees at the Great Bend conference expressed
the desire to see KAMATYC take a position on the topic of dual credit.
This discussion time is intended to help the organization determine the
issues that you want to see addressed in a position paper. |
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Studio College Algebra Andrew G. Bennett & Rekha Natarajan, Kansas State University - Rekha Natarajan will not be present, but Andrew G. Bennett will present |
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In collaboration with colleagues at the Center for
Quantitative Education, we have developed a new version of the College
Algebra course at Kansas State University. In the studio version, students
carry out computer activities, usually spreadsheet based, to explore
conceptual ideas and applications of algebra. The studio course includes one
lecture, one studio, and one recitation per week and is offered as an
alternative alongside the traditional College Algebra course. Both the
studio and traditional versions also use online homework for skills
development and written homework for word problems. The new version has
proved popular with students and has a higher success rate than the
traditional version. In the presentation we will discuss the new
version and give participants a chance to see how the computer studios work. |
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Winplot's 3D Graphing Features Uwe Conrad, Cowley College |
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This workshop will provide detailed instructions on the use
of many of Winplot’s 3D graphing capabilities. Participants will learn how
to generate Surface Plots, Normal Vectors, Tangent Planes, and Tangent
Lines. Winplot differs greatly from the capabilities of graphing calculators
since it allows the user to plot multiple surfaces on the same 3D coordinate
system. The program is self-contained and can be installed on a portable
drive (memory stick) or even a floppy disk (1.44 Meg). Participants are
encouraged to bring a memory stick in order to save their work. Winplot is
not a Mathematics Program like Maple or Mathematica – it therefore forces
the user (Teacher and Student alike) to think about the task at hand.
Winplot is a Free Program provided by Rick Parris and available for download
on the “Peanut Software Homepage” http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/. |
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Using a Sympodium 101 Rita Drybread, Neosho County Community College |
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This presentation will cover
the ease of using a sympodium in the classroom, the unique features of the
sympodium, and the software that is available for use with the sympodium.
The sympodium can be used with Microsoft Office and the internet to make
classroom presentations. The presenter will also demonstrate how to make
movies with the sympodium that can be saved and e-mailed to students. |
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Making Green's Theorem Accessible Carl Anderson, Johnson County Community College (retired) |
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Green's Theorem has always been a difficult one for students and faculty. By approaching it using partitions similar to the techniques used in
earlier integration problems, students are able to better understand where
the theorem comes from and hopefully gain some insight. |
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Technical Colleges and Technical Math -
Cancelled Rachel Bates, Wichita Area Technical College |
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What is the mission of a
technical college? How does it compare to a community college? What
mathematics do we teach? What is a technical math course? Do our courses
transfer? These questions and other issues will be addressed. |
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ALEKS: Getting Better Results -
Cancelled Cathy Riley, McGraw Hill |
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This presentation will highlight the use of ALEKS
(Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces) in the
delivery of mathematics courses, placement and course preparation. ALEKS
is a web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. |
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Confessions of an Integermaniac
- To be replaced by the presentation "Counting
Parenthesizings with Decimals" Steven J. Wilson, Johnson County Community College |
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Are you
familiar with the Four Fours problem? (Write each of the positive integers
from 1 to 100 using exactly four 4s, and elementary operations.) The
presenter will explore similar types of arithmetic puzzles, and discuss
which solutions are “better” than others, how many solutions exist, and how
to qualify as an integermaniac. Some insights into decimal numeration and
a systematic (and computerizable) approach to finding solutions will also be
examined. Bring your calculator. |
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Topical Discussion: Liberal Arts
and College Algebra Moderator: Brian Howe, Barton County Community College |
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At the Core Competencies meeting in Wichita last fall,
several individuals commented on the lack of commonality among courses
designed for the liberal arts student at the college algebra level.
This discussion session is intended to explore what each of us is doing for
these students (whether it be a standard college algebra course, a modified
college algebra course, or an alternative course), and to discuss what
direction we should be going and, if necessary, how to get there. |