Team Wyoming Declares 2008-2009 the Year of Algebra
This page will eventually contain
- information about the WY team members
- information about the WY team algebra project(s)
- documents in preparation for the projects
- updates on team results
These and other internal items can be found on the "WY Algebra Balckboard", a secure site maintained by Cheryl Raboin and Chuck Creagar at EWC. To obtain login privileges, contain either Cheryl or Chuck (see below). Click here for the login page.
1. Team members. Ex-officio members include others who have joined the project developed at the June 2008 BC workshop.
| Team Member | College Affiliation | Comment | |
| Kendall Jacobs | ude.egellocrepsac|sbocajk#ude.egellocrepsac|sbocajk | Casper College | WCTM President-elect |
| Debra Swedberg | moc.liamtoh|38godyffud#moc.liamtoh|38godyffud | Casper College | WYMATYC President & CC Math Dept Head |
| Jack Webb | ten.nanserb|bbew_kcaj#ten.nanserb|bbew_kcaj | Casper College | |
| Val Harris | ude.cwc|sirrahv#ude.cwc|sirrahv | Central Wyoming College | Past-president WYMATYC |
| Carol Rardin | ude.cwc|nidrarc#ude.cwc|nidrarc | Central Wyoming College | CWC Math Dept Head |
| Lloyd Meredith | moc.pscbirt|mdyoll#moc.pscbirt|mdyoll | Central Wyoming College | also math faculty at Riverton HS |
| Cheryl Raboin | ude.yw.cwe|niobaR.lyrehC#ude.yw.cwe|niobaR.lyrehC | Eastern WY College | contact for login to WY Algebra Blackboard |
| Bob Creagar | ude.yw.cwe|ragaerc.bob#ude.yw.cwe|ragaerc.bob | Eastern WY College | contact for login to WY Algebra Blackboard |
| Kira Heater | ude.yw.cccl|retaehk#ude.yw.cccl|retaehk | Laramie County Community College | |
| Elaine Parks | ude.yw.cccl|skraPE#ude.yw.cccl|skraPE | Laramie County Community College | |
| David Anton | ude.oywu|notnad#ude.oywu|notnad | University of Wyoming | ex-officio |
| Lynne Ipina | ude.oywu|anipi#ude.oywu|anipi | University of Wyoming | Treasurer: WYMATYC & WCTM |
| Jon Prewett | ude.oywu|ttewerpj#ude.oywu|ttewerpj | University of Wyoming | ex-officio |
| Bryan Shader | ude.oywu|redahsb#ude.oywu|redahsb | University of Wyoming | ex-officio |
| John Spitler | ude.oywu|reltips#ude.oywu|reltips | University of Wyoming | ex-officio & Secretary WYMATYC |
2. The year of Algebra —- Program Description
This project was inspired by the convergence of a variety of events. They include the work of AMATYC's The Right Stuff, the recent articulation successes between Wyoming colleges and high schools under the auspices of the WY P-16 Council, the MAA's release of Report on the Status of K16 Algebra Instruction, and the release of AMATYC's Beyond Crossroads (BC) document. Those who have participated in Wyoming's HS task development for BOE — Body of Evidence — may recognize the steps in our first project. In this case we are guided by the content of the Right Stuff and the Assessment Cycle from BC.
The specific short-term goals of the project evolve around this cycle.
1. Design a task that has multiple entry points and presents an engaging challenge for students at different levels in their education.
2. After gathering some student data on own campuses, complete with rubric that reflects our combined experience and the work.
4. Continue refining this first assessment task using the implementation cycle outlined in BC.
5. Have a work session in September to establish the rubric, a baseline of data, and to make plans for data to be collected Fall 2008.
6. Make plans for more tasks and the comparison of results at the February 2009 annual meeting, this year being hosted by Casper College.
3. Team Documents.
Our first document is the task that was designed from one found among the Right Stuff activities. Our reasons for this choice include the thought that it would be engaging and provide the sort of challenge we wanted. It's said that Assessment drives Instruction, and we hope that our Assessment tasks will do just that. In this case, we hope to communicate the importance of using data and technology to support and strengthen algebra.
