Program

Participant Workspace Breakout group slide sets Workshop presentation slides Instructor Guide

The Math You Need - Majors Modules The Math You Need - Intro Project

Monday July 14 - Day 1

Goals: Get to know each other  |  Introduction to TMYN-Majors Project and resources

  • Presentation: Introduction to the workshop and TMYN-Majors project
    • Workshop introduction
    • Icebreaker - discussions of challenges and solutions
    • TMYN-Majors project overview
  • Activity: In-depth review of one module
  • Homework: Complete Quantitative Skills Inventory (Participant workspaces > find your page)

Tuesday July 15 - Day 2

Goals: Evidence-based teaching practices  |  TMYN-Majors Instructional Guide  | Start implementation planning

  • Presentation: Making it work in your classes
    • Evidence-based teaching practices for math and statistics learning
    • Essential components of "TMYN-Majors model" for successful implementation
  • Activity: Start implementation plans
  • Homework:
    • Log into WAMAP and notify leaders if you have any issues
      • Your WAMAP account has been created for you
        • Username is whatever the characters are before the @ symbol on the email address you used to register for this workshop. (Ex. darens@highline.edu would have the WAMAP username darens)
        • Password is "Password1"
      • If not working, email Rory and Eric by ≥2 hours before Wednesday start
    • Complete any elements you haven't finished from Day 2 Implementation Planning (Questions 2-6), including refining based on colleague input. 
       

Wednesday July 16 - Day 3

Goals: Further implementation planning  |  Set up a course in WAMAP

  • Activity: Continue working on implementation plans
  • Presentation & Activity: Introduction to the WAMAP testing software and starting your own course and assessment
  • Homework: Review implementation plans of 3-4 assigned colleagues and leave at least one question/comments

Thursday July 17 - Day 4

Goals: Present final implementation plans  |  Forward-looking discussions

  • Activities:
    • Implementation plan presentations & discussions
    • Forward-looking discussions on quantitative skills in Earth science
  • End of Workshop survey

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