Posters are invited that describe an institution's program of assessment of student learning in a curricular block of undergraduate mathematics courses. This poster session is aimed at assessment programs that are in the early stages of development and implementation. We expect that those presenting their programs will seek guidance and suggestions from those who attend the poster session.

The session is sponsored by the NSF-supported MAA Project "Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics" (SAUM). Some of the posters will be from the 12-15 institutions with teams who participate in a SAUM workshop that will have its initial session in spring 2003 and end with a session in January 2004. Other institutions are also welcome to submit posters. The curricular blocks that have been identified as focus areas by SAUM are (1) mathematics major; (2) mathematics for teachers; (3) general education (or quantitative literacy) courses; (4) placement/developmental programs; (5) mathematics for and in mathematics-intensive majors; and (6) innovations (e.g. reform courses). Programs of assessment in these six focus areas are especially invited, but programs of assessment in other curricular blocks may be contributed.

Contributions should present a clear description of the assessment design and preliminary results. The following outline is suggested to the extent that the assessment program has been implemented:

Background and goals: What did we hope to accomplish? Description: What did we do? Developing the assessment program Details of the assessment program Revisions based on initial experience (if applicable) Insights: What did we learn? Findings and success factors Use of the findings Next steps and recommendations

SAUM is gathering case studies of assessment programs for consideration for publishing on the website below or in a volume similar to MAA Notes #49, Assessment Practices in Undergraduate Mathematics. Presenters of posters in this session will be invited to submit a case study for consideration for publication. More details can be found at http://www.maa.org/SAUM/index.html.

Abstracts of posters should be sent to:

Bernard Madison Department of Mathematical Sciences
SCEN 301
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
e-mail: bmadison@mail.uark.edu
phone: 479 575 3351

More details will be posted as they become available.