Comments on Math/Stat Department Education
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Again, math classes and professors were
wonderful. I liked how they made an effort to be there for everyone. They are
all very dedicated to their
jobs. I owe a lor of my success at TCNJ to the
prof's.
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It’s hard to evaluate this properly at this time
since I have not acturally begun my job,
but I do feel well prepared,especially regardig strategies and
theories. The only thing I wished was improved
are the methods courses. Specifically, I
would have liked to explore how to tackle a curriculum
decide what to cut out and not cover, learn to
make decisions about grading, and how to set up and keep a grade book. In
short, the hands-on stuff.
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See Sec. C
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I feel that the math courses I took broadened my
knowledge of mathematics, and provided me with a strong content knowledge for
teaching. More
specifically, for math education, the
"teaching math" courses I took with Dr. xxxx and Dr. yyyy, were
extremely helpful in my field.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2004 Major Code: MATT
I think of one less mathmatics content class was
included in the curriculum and reaplaced by one additional semester of
"teaching mathmatics"
calss, I would feel more prepared.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2005 Major Code: MATT
I believe that there could have been more
teaching based courses and less math courses.
Although I do believe that many of the higher level math
courses helped my understanding of the high
school level concepts.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2005 Major Code: MATT
Overall pretty good.
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Overall, I learned a lot from the
department. However, I think that a few
of the courses should be more geared towards preparing teachers rather
than preparing mathematicians.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2005 Major Code: MATT
Every class I have taken within the Mathematics
and Statistics department was challenging and well organized. I enjoyed the experience and felt as
though my
knowledge of mathematics was truely deepened.
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Graduation Date: 5/1/2005 Major Code: MATT
Some of the professors here have done a great
job getting me ready, but on the contrary some of the professors here I dont
believe should be
teaching
Graduation Date: 5/1/2005 Major Code: MATT
Overall, the TCNJ math department is great. Although some teachers are harder than
others, I realize now that I'm finished that I was challenged
just enough and that I learned a lot of things
that I can take with me.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2005 Major Code: MATT
Math classes were very challenging, but many
topics were not necessary to study in such depth for a teaching position. JPE and student teaching,
in addition to the Methods of Teaching courses,
were extremely beneficial and worthwhile for my future jobs.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2005 Major Code: MATT
Top-notch department, professors were generally
available and cared about us.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2005 Major Code: MATT
I received a good background in Mathematics.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2005 Major Code: MATT
I feel that since geometry is required for MATT,
that it should concentrate on Euclidian geometry since that is a subject, that
MATT majors will
have to teach.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2005 Major Code: MATT
Again, the only problem I had was during the
transformation. Students were confused as to what classes counted as electives
and, also, what was
now rrequired of them.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2005 Major Code: MATT
I do feel I was challenged with the material,
but I am leaving with a bad taste in my mouth because of some professors lack
of helping students that
were struggling.
I have had mostly great professors who I enjoyed having and taught me
invaluable information.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2006 Major Code: MATT
I had exceptional professors that made my
educational experience here at TCNJ so successful and enjoyable. Some of the professors were
slightly below par and were not as fair
others. But, overall I feel the math
department here was better than other departments at TCNJ.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2006 Major Code: MATT
There were some classes with some professors
that I felt like I was wasting my time and not really learning anything
relavent to what I would need
in my future.
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Graduation Date: 5/1/2006 Major Code: MATT
Overall my classes were great in the mathematics
department. The reason that I gave my
experience a 3 is that when I had great
classes, they
were amazing, but then when classes were bad,
they were really bad. For example,
methods for teaching middle school mathematics was an
amazing class and I was able to implement what I learned during
my student teaching. But when it came to
my methods of teaching high school
mathematics, that class gave me very little. But the good class by far outweighed the bad.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2006 Major Code: MATT
I think that the classes were very challenging
and although I didn't like that at the time, I do feel very prepared to be a
mathematics teacher.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2006 Major Code: MATT
In most cases, mathematics classes in this
department are good. I struggled through
some of them, although you can't entirely blame a professor
for that.
The required courses at some points seemed unneeded for a math education
major but it also does help when you have to look back during
teaching
and the students asks 'what are we going to use this for?' Sometimes it can be difficult with the math
department to schedule classes
because there are some professors that have
policies that seem unfair to students.
We are in college though.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2006 Major Code: MATT
I feel very well prepared to enter the
educational field due to the extensive mathematics course provided at the
college.
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throughout my experience, the courses were
challenging and the professors were always helpful tried their best to allow my
to understand the
material.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2006 Major Code: MATT
I was constantly being challenged and worked
harder than I could have imagined. The professors offered a lot of support and
helped to make the
experience truly rewarding.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2006 Major Code: MATT
My mathematical background that I developed was
very strong, although I wish I had gained more knowledge in educating high
school students for
math education.
Graduation Date: 5/1/2006 Major Code: MATT
Also excellent professors; work was
challenging... at times very difficult; I enjoyed the fact that homework for
most of my classes was a collaborative
effort
(groups of 4 students or so). this was
very helpful to work with others; wish there was more tutoring available for
some of the higher level
math courses (eg. Geometry and Abstract Algebra)
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This department is full of caring professors
with both professional accomplishment AND an interest and ability to teach. I
only wish that I had fallen
in love with the higher order aspects of
mathematics and the possibilities of working closely with professors earlier in
my career.
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Overall, my experience with the Math and
Statistics Department was very good. The
faculty and staff were always available and willing to help with
anything I needed.
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The professors I dealt with were very helpful.
However, my advisor was changed three times without my knowledge. My advisors
were careless and
vague in their advice related to my course
selections.
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Professors always willing to give extra time,
help, and guidance. Solid math background for future employment.