Resolution 03-30: LET ME FREE!
| Number | 03-30 |
| Description | Discontinue departmental math exams |
| Authored by |
Denis Gjoni |
| Sponsored by |
Chrysanne Mason James Urban |
| Date Submitted | Wednesday, November 19, 2003 |
| Date Considered | Monday, April 19, 2004 |
| Committee | Academic Affairs |
| Result | Killed By Committee |
| Remarks | FAILED - Resolution 99-37 was killed for the same reasons. |
| Whereas | The department of Mathematics requires students to take departmental examinations during midterms and finals; and |
| Whereas | They justify their action for the benefit of an 'across the board' teaching in Calculus I through III; and |
| Whereas | The nation is moving away from standardized tests in order to measure a student's performance; and |
| Whereas | It is hard for the student taking these classes to keep up not only with what their professor's teaching style, but also others that teach the course in that semester; and |
| Whereas | Even professors themselves do not consider this as a valuable mean of learning the subject, and students become prey of 'tricks and tips for passing courses'; and |
| Whereas | The professors themselves would eventually lose their creativity and passion for teaching the course if they are 'mandated' to teach a certain way so the students would pass these examinations. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | Department of Mathematics discontinue departmental exams and let the teacher that teaches the class make up the midterms as well as finals for his/her class; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | Teachers in the department could possibly hold regular workshops in order to be somewhat consistent in the material taught in these classes. |