Abstract
Teaching a mathematics foundation course such as Discrete Mathematics for an information technology curriculum is always a challenge. The challenge may be identifying students mathematical backgrounds early and then using different teaching techniques in the classroom. An even bigger challenge is that many topics have to be covered effectively in a short semester course. This paper provides a standard quantitative methodology for conducting an outcome assessment using Discrete Mathematics as a case study. It starts with creating an ABET accredited course outcome based on different learning levels. And then it shows how to design assessment instruments, how to determine the sample size, how to collect data and how to analyze and validate the data.
Highlights
Mathematics is used in everyday life including all fields of information technology
The course is cross-listed with the Mathematics/Statistics department
In contrast to existing papers that are either on assessment design [13], content-based assessment [7] or on service quality analysis [8], this paper addresses the complete process of a quality assurance outcome-based assessment for a course
Summary
Mathematics is used in everyday life including all fields of information technology. It forms the foundation of information technology and is the basis for software developers to create efficient tools to help people solve complicated problems. All undergraduate students in all seven concentrations other than information systems and web development in the Information Technology Department at Radford University are required to take the Discrete Mathematics course. More than 90% of the students in the class are Caucasian male Their ages range from eighteen to twenty four years old. Education program) has been ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accredited since 1990, the instructor must use, in addition to daily assignments, appropriate instruments such as tests to assess the course outcome. These outcomes, required by ABET [14], are identified at the beginning of the course. We will analyze the teaching effectiveness using the statistical software package SAS [1]
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