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Revised May, 2007
Contact Information
The Early College Experience Program certifies both instructors and
courses. For general information, refer to the Program's Web site. For
specific
questions about administrative procedures, contact:
- Ms. Jennifer Griffin, Office Manager
Office of Educational Partnerships
The University of Connecticut
368 Fairfield Rd Unit 2171
Storrs, CT 06269-2171.
Telephone: (860) 486-1045.
Electronic Mail: Jennifer.Griffin@UConn.edu. - Dr. Gillian B. Thorne, Director of
Educational Partnerships
Telephone: 486-5581.
Electronic mail: Gillian.Thorne@UConn.edu. - Mr. Brian Boecherer, Assistant Director of
Educational Partnerships
Telephone: 486-8828.
Electronic mail: Brian.Boecherer@UConn.edu. - Ms. Erin Blanchette, Program Assistant
Telephone: 486-1045.
Electronic mail: Erin.Blanchette@UConn.edu. - Ms. Heather Bull, Office Assistant
Telephone: 486-1045.
Electronic mail: Heather.Bull@UConn.edu.
Current Mathematics Course Offerings
- Math 103Q, Elementary Discrete Mathematics
- Math 107Q, Elementary Mathematical Modeling
- Math 112Q − 113Q, Introductory Calculus 1 & 2
- Math 115Q − 116Q, Calculus I & II.
Note: students may not receive credit for Math 103Q or 107Q after completing Math 112Q, 113Q, 115Q or 116Q.
Instructor Certification Requirements
Prospective ECE calculus teachers should have a Master's degree in
Mathematics,
or a strong undergraduate mathematics major plus a Master's degree in a
closely
related field, such as Mathematics Education. The transcript must
include at
least one course on the theory of calculus (i. e., Real Analysis or
Theoretical Advanced Calculus) with a grade of B or better.
Exceptions to this requirement are highly unusual, and occur only in
very
special circumstances. Certification standards for Math 103Q and 107Q
are
somewhat less rigorous. For further information, contact the ECE
Program Office
Manager.
Certification Procedure
A nominee's principal and department head (or teaching
supervisor) submit to the Manager letters of nomination with the
Program's downloadable
Instructor Certification Application form. The letters should
discuss the
nominee's teaching qualifications in detail and include evidence of the
teacher's
skill, based on first-hand evaluation and the record of student
achievement.
The teacher's professional résumé and a complete set of
original
transcripts (or certified copies from the school's files) should
accompany the
application. Favorable review of those materials leads to a
certification
interview at Storrs with the Departmental coordinator:
Dr. David GrossThe interview explores the instructor's background and experience in more detail, as well as course content, student performance standards and mechanics of the program's operation. Following the interview, the Manager makes the final certification decision. The certification process normally requires several weeks, plus attendance at an ECE Program Orientation Workshop, which the interview with the Departmental Coordinator may accompany. For students to earn University credit in an ECE course, it must be taught by an instructor who certification is complete prior to the start of the course.
Telephone: (860) 486-1292
E-mail: David.Gross@UConn.edu or dgross@math.uconn.edu
To maintain certification, teachers must participate in an annual re-certification workshop at the University at least biennially.
Student Enrollment
Once a school is part of the program, each year it
determines which of its students qualify for ECE courses. The
individual
students are responsible for returning enrollment forms prior to the
registration deadline established by the ECE Office.
An ECE course must:
- follow the current UConn course outline
- give examinations equivalent to the corresponding University course's
- assign grades that fully reflect University standards.
Core final-exam questions for calculus are provided by the University's Department of Mathmeatics.
Ordinarily, the high-school version of each course uses the same text and outline in use at Storrs, although the pace may be slower. Copies of recent midterm and final examinations are available to ECE instructors on line. Accessing those documents is explained as part of the certification process. Current outlines and other course materials are freely available at the Mathematics Department's web site.
Approved
Textbooks
To assure full equivalence between ECE and corresponding UConn courses,
any text other than those below and the accompanying outline from it
must have the Departmental Coordinator's explicit
written approval. To allow a thorough review, please submit any such
text and
outline well in advance of ordering deadlines.
Note: In all cases, the college/university edition of
the text
must be used, and in all cases the edition must be current
(that is, must
be in print). No text that is out of print as of May, 2007, remains on
this
current list of acceptable texts. When a text goes off the list, a
school must
replace it by a text on the current list within at most four years.
Math 112Q–113Q and 115Q–116Q. As of Fall, 2007, only the
following books are eligible for adoption for the ECE versions of
Introductory Calculus 1 & 2 and Calculus I & II.
- J. Stewart, Singel Variable
Calulus: Early Transcendentals, 6th Ed., Thomson Brooks/Cole,
2008, ISBM 049501169X (Math 112Q-113Q and the Math 115Q-116Q text at
Storrs)
- J. Stewart, Calculus, Early
Transcendentals, 6th Ed., Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2008, ISBM 0495011665
- D. Hughes Hallett, A. M. Gleason, W. G. McCallum et al., Calculus Single Variable, 4th Ed., John Wiley Publishers, 2005, ISBN 0-471-48482-2.
- R. Smith & R. Minton, Calulus: Early Transcendental Functions, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2007, ISBN, 0072869534 (with MathZone, ISBN 0073229733)
- R. Smith & R. Minton, Calculus, Single Variable: Early Transcendental Functions, 3rd Ed., 2007, ISBN 0073309435
- J. Stewart, Single-Variable Calculus: Concepts and Contexts, 3rd Ed., Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning, 2005. ISBN: 0-534-41022-7.
- R. Larson, R. Hostetler & B. Edwards, Calculus of a Single Variable, Early Transcendal Functions, 4th Ed., Houghton Mifflin, 2007. ISBN 0-618-60625-4.
- M. Weir, J. Hass & F. Giordano, Thomas' Calculus, 11th Ed., Addison-Wesley Longman, 2005. ISBN 0-321-18558-7.
- Stewart, Single-Variable Calculus: Concepts and Contexts, 3rd Ed., Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning, 2005. ISBN: 0-534-41022-7.
For other mathematics courses in the ECE program, the text must be identical in all respects (including edition) to the text in use at Storrs. As of Fall, 2006, those texts are:
- Math 103Q: George T. Gilbert & Rhonda L. Hatcher, Mathematics Beyond the Numbers, Wiley Custom Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-471-44962-8.
- Math 107Q: Mary E. Davis & C. Henry Edwards, Elementary Mathematical Modeling, Functions and Graphs, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN 0131450352
- J. Stewart, Single-Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 5th Ed., Thomson Learning, 2003. ISBN 0-534-39330-6.
- R. Smith & R. Minton, Calculus (update), 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN 0-07-293729-7.
- Mary E. Davis & C. Henry Edwards, Elementary Mathematical Modeling, Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN 0-13-096202-3.
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