Academic support Math Hub: A Step in the Right Direction Stepping Up Study Skills, One Video at a Time Logan Maxwell, Mathematics & Engineering Chair Dayna Ford, Developmental Math Director

POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE

Math Hub – Layout & Operations Average of 4200 students enrolled per semester Average of 1250 students enrolled in MATH per semester Average of 375 students enrolled in developmental math 2070 Square Feet 79 Total Seats 19 Part-time Staff Members 10 Peer Tutors 17 Computer Stations Operating hours Square footage + 1 adjunct office, 3 faculty offices, 1 storage room and 1 break room Seating: 52 seats, 5 peer tutoring stations, 17 computer stations Staff: 15 part-time staff, 4 adjuncts Operating hours: Monday-Thursday from 8AM-8PM, Friday from 8AM – 2PM, Occasional Saturdays from 10AM-2PM

Math Hub – Layout & Operations

Tutor & Faculty Involvement MATH HUB Resources Study Skills Tutor & Faculty Involvement

RESOURCES Course Resources Handouts Manipulatives MATH HUB Textbooks, solutions manuals, and videos available for every MATH course offered in a given semester Handouts available for the developmental and college-level mathematics courses Developmental math usage of manipulatives, as well as many Statistics courses – bring out certain manipulatives as examples

STUDY SKILLS Development of videos Future developments MATH HUB Development of videos Future developments Samples of videos Textbooks, solutions manuals, and videos available for every MATH course offered in a given semester Handouts available for the developmental and college-level mathematics courses Developmental math usage of manipulatives, as well as many Statistics courses – bring out certain manipulatives as examples

Study Skills Videos Differences between High School and College Math Math is Different from Learning Other Subjects Learning Styles Habits of a Success Student Math Anxiety Reducing Math Anxiety Listening Skills Note taking Skills Study Skills Resources Time Management Visual Learner/Auditory Learner/Kinesthetic Learner Individual vs. Group Learner Test-taking Skills – Test Prep Test-taking Skills – During/Day of Test Test-taking Skills – Post-test

TUTOR & FACULTY INVOLVMENT MATH HUB One-on-one peer tutors Full-time faculty involvement Embedded staff Qualifications

Embedded Staff Donald Parker has been working in the Math Hub at Grayson College for four years. This is his third year as an embedded staff member.

QUESTIONS & BRAINSTORM MATH HUB QUESTIONS & BRAINSTORM

CONTACT US Logan Maxwell – maxwelll@grayson.edu MATH HUB Logan Maxwell – maxwelll@grayson.edu Dayna Ford – fordd@grayson.edu Total enrollment versus overall usage