"Indicators of Quality in Undergraduate Mathematics" is an NSF project led by Kenneth Travers et al. at the University of Illinois intended to help mathematics departments monitor the quality of their lower division program. A major goal was to devise statistical measures that can document characteristics of mathematics programs and gain experience in ways to effectively carry out a data-based self-assessment study. The report, based on pilot studies at three very different kinds of institutions, identifies ten issues with sixty associated statistical measures (indicators). The ten issues are:
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Issue 0-Department demographics
Issue 1-Department goals and priorities
Issue 2-Program maintenance and monitoring
Issue 3-Professional development and instructional staff support
Issue 4-Partner disciplines
Issue 5-Instructional strategies
Issue 6-Classroom use of technology
Issue 7-Assessment
Issue 8-Student retention
Issue 9-The mathematics department as a community of learners
Issue 10-Diversity |
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