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number of students who have been majors within the department, which ones passed which courses,
how many graduated, and what field they’re working in now. Simon bundled it all together and delivered
it to the accrediting body’s representative. Identify his error and provide a correction.
M
aking it Matter
Solving problems in your life
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Develop a means for tracking your learning time across a term or semester.
Choose the type of data generation you will use.
Identify the form/structure for collecting.
Determine the means for capturing.
What ways can you reduce cost and effort while maintaining quality data?
Present your solution for review.
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Your college requires you to produce a portfolio during your four year program representing evidence
of your ability to perform within your discipline. Create the specification for what you will collect,
how you will collect it, and how you will organize it.
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The courses that you are taking require you to produce a set of work products and proof of your
learning. Determine what you need to do for each course, how to produce these results, how to
organize them, and finally how to present them in an effective structure.
L
earning to Learn Mathematics
Reflecting on and appreciating your learning
1. When you compare and contrast - what do you look for in finding similarities and what do you look
for in finding differences?
2. When do you grow your own mathematical knowledge and when do you use an expert in a specific
area of mathematical knowledge?
3. In knowing that mathematics uses precision and accuracy extensively, what does “clean data” mean
in quantitative reasoning and problem solving?
A
ssessing Your Performance
Assessing your performance as a learner
Review the description of
A Successful Performance
and assess your own performance against the
standard offered there.
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How and why was your performance
SUCCESSFUL
?
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How can you
IMPROVE
your performance, making it more successful? What
concrete steps
do you
need to take to make each improvement?
5.1 Data Generation