SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE
ASSOCIATE DEGREE CREDIT COURSE
OUTLINE
Department: Mathematics
Subject Area and Course Number: Mathematics 90
Course Title: Orientation to Mathematics Assessment.
Discipline: Mathematics
Units: 0.2
Repeatability: 2
Catalog Course Description: Orientation to math assessment at SBCC. Four testing levels will be reviewed. Discussion of test taking strategies. Supervised practice testing in a test-like situation.
Description for Schedule of Classes: Short course to prepare for mathematics assessment at SBCC. Four testing levels will be reviewed.
Lecture Hours per Week: Short Course (3.6 hours)
Laboratory Hours per Week: None
Plus Hours: None
Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Skills Advisories: None
Course Advisories: None
Limitation on Enrollment: None
Course Objectives: Students taking this course will be able to:
1. Demonstrate familiarity with the assessment and placement policies in mathematics at SBCC.
2. Choose from the four different levels of testing in mathematics available at SBCC.
3. Analyze testing strategies.
4. Practice test-taking in a test-like situation.
Course
Content and Scope:
1. Description of the assessment and placement policies in mathematics at SBCC.
2. Description of the four different levels of tests in mathematics available at SBCC.
3. Discussion of testing strategies.
Methods of Instruction: Lecture/Discussion. Supervised practice test-taking in test-like situation.
Required
Assignments:
1. Analyze course of study plan in mathematics at SBCC based on placement levels.
2. Completion of a test similar to the Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project tests in a test-like situation.
Methods of Evaluation: The course will be graded as Credit/No Credit, based on:
1. Attendance to full length of course.
2. Completion of practice test.
3. Completion of assessment strategy/plan.
Suggested
Textbooks and Supplies.
Booklets with sample questions from the four different levels of the MDTP (Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project) tests.
IA/mej/August 2000