Settling standardization on mathematical teaching and evaluation in a Polytechnic University

Abstract

It is well known that almost all Universities around the world are concerned that their students learn standards in skills as well as knowledge in every scientific or technical area. It is important because of these developed skills are the main tools for professional growth of Graduates. For this reason, most of the academies, schools and/or faculties which belong to Universities, have been developing their own processes in teaching and evaluating. The Mexican University Universidad Politécnica de San Luis Potosí was founded in September 2001. During the initial semesters of the University starting-up, there were a very few math professors. But with the pass of time, this number has increased up. Then, the necessity to create a Math Academy in our University emerged, in order to manage the processes of teaching-learning for a big number of students supported by the Academy effectively and consequently a larger number of math professors. In this article, it is described, the way the standardization processes had beed developed in the Math Academy, the advantages which the math Academy has earned, and the Statistical results obtained when this didactical methodology have been implemented.