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Math Academy August 16, 2018 How Does the Math Academy Serve Students
In the community college setting: • What percent of students are unprepared for college level courses and need to take remedial English and/or math? • What percent of students complete the remedial math sequence?
Does a student's failure to complete the remedial math sequence indicate that they are limited in their ability to learn math?
Developmental Education Initiative • Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Goal was to reduce or eliminate the need for developmental education • Included four major initiatives: • Boot Camps • Accelerated Math • Accelerated English • Early Support Program
Completion by Design • Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Goal is to raise community college completion rates • Strategic Priorities • Accelerating through the pathway • Redesigning pathways • Proactive student support • Policy changes
Math Academy structure • Offer 3 courses: MAT 100, MAT 200, MAT 300 (in Fall B) Each course contains 3 modules. • One book, one access code for all three courses • Students can finish multiple classes within one semester but only pay for one • Students proceed at their own pace within deadlines • Pre-test allows students to demonstrate competence and skip modules
Math Academy structure • Math Academy classes are stacked, which means that all 3 levels are taught in the same room at the same time. • Students assigned to the Math Academy are allowed to drop in, which means that an instructor may be helping other students who are not assigned to their section. • Work as a team with other instructors, professional tutors, student tutors and the coordinator. • If a student does not meet the requirement of finishing a course in 8 weeks, they are not penalized. They have another 8 weeks to finish the course.
How do students learn the content? • Guided notes • eBook • Video lectures • MyMathLab homework and quizzes • Practice tests • Instructors, coordinators, professional tutors and student tutors work one-on-one with students to support their learning
Student Grades • MyMathLab Homework (90% minimum) • MyMathLab Quiz (70% minimum) • Written practice test • Written module test for each module • Written final exam for each course
Current Locations • Math Academy I (5-341) • Stacey Joseph, coordinator • 45 computers with a class size of 40-45 students • 8 sections • Math Academy II (1-315) • Jungmi McBride, coordinator • 45 computers with a class size of 40-45 students • 6 sections • Learning Centers and Courseview– 7 sections
Data courtesy of Research, Analytics and Reporting For data-related questions, contact Kevin Jolly
Multiple Courses Completed Fall 2017 560 students 45 completed two courses 2 completed all three courses Spring 2018 495 students 34 completed two courses 1 completed all three courses
Student Voices • “I like how I can pre-test out of certain modules and work at my own pace.” • “I like how my instructor and the tutors work with me individually.” • “I feel more comfortable asking my instructor questions because it is one on one.”
Student Voices • “I am able to work on it at home when my kids are asleep.” • “The lab has great hours and I love working with the teachers.” • “You aren’t pushed to learn things on a strict schedule.”
ALEKS Placement Testing and MAT 0050 MAT 1470 – College Algebra / Booster MAT 0470 MAT 1450 – Intro Statistics / Booster MAT 0450 MAT 1445 - Quantitative Reasoning / Booster MAT 0445
Other Math Department Initiatives: ALEKS Placement Testing and MAT 0050 Guided Pathways and CoRequisite Models: MAT 1470 – College Algebra / Booster MAT 0470 MAT 1450 – Intro Statistics / Booster MAT 0450 MAT 1445 - Quantitative Reasoning / Booster MAT 0445