From: David Kullman To: Members of the Math Education Committee The student and instructor surveys concerning the effectiveness of MTH 115 and 117 in meeting Miami Plan Foundation goals have been tabulated and summarized. Overall, the students tended to give high marks to these courses, but there are some areas for improvement. For example: 1. Many students do not believe that the courses improved their sense of self confidence in mathematics. 2. Students, by and large, are not seeing much of the historical development of mathematics in these courses. 3. In some sections, cooperative learning in small groups has evidently been almost nonexistent. 4. Students in EDT 318 were less positive about these courses than were the students in MTH 116 or 218 at the time of the survey. (Absence does NOT make the heart grow fonder.) Lee Sanders and I will draft a report for the committee to consider early in the fall. It should then go to the Undergraduate Committee of the Math-Stat Dept. and, eventually, to the Liberal Education Council. If you would like a copy of the survey results before then, please let me know.