That interests me too Karen. I was asking the question of should we keep teaching certain topics at IMACC. For College Algebra/Pre-Calc, I was asking this question of the rational roots theorem and Descartes Rule of Signs as a starting point.
Another related questions I had is why are we still teaching using graphing calculators? I don't think they were ever an industry standard, and realistically, if I ever needed to do any computation or graphing question I would be using a website or my phone.
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Matthew Lee
Oakton Community College
Des Plaines IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-17-2025 15:08:52
From: Karen Gaines
Subject: IMPACTful Discussions: Supporting Proposal Incubation and Creation for Educators at Two Year Institutions (SPICE) Project
I would love to see people working on projects that move the mathematics curriculum forward. Due to our ever changing world we all need to take a look at our basic courses - especially College Algebra/Pre-Calc to determine WHAT and HOW we should be teaching.
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Karen Gaines
myAMATYC Online Community Coordinator
Professor Emeritus - St. Louis CC
Kirkwood MO
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