PASADENA CITY COLLEGE

 WHO WE ARE  WHO OUR STUDENTS ARE  HOW WE TEACH  WHAT OUR STUDENTS LEARN  CURRENT BSI MATH INITIATIVES  FUTURE INITIATIVES

PCC TOTAL CREDIT STUDENTS FALL 2005FALL 2006FALL 2007FALL 2008FALL 2009 PCC % Change-1.4%1.2%3.1%3.7&%-1.0% All CCC % Change-0.7%1.9%5.4%6.1%1.9%

First-Time In College

Credit Students by Gender

Credit Students by Age Group

Credit Students by Ethnicity 2007 All PercentBSI African-American5.0 Asian/Pacific Islander28.0 Filipino Hispanic/Latino Native American White Other53 Decline/Unknown7.06.0

Ethnicity Findings  Hispanic students are significantly overrepresented in the Basic Skills population (40%) compared to their population in the overall credit population (32%)  White Non-Hispanic students are underrepresented in the basic skills population (12%) compared to their proportion in the overall credit population (18%).

Credit Students by Education Level LevelOverall PercentFTIC Percent Not High School Graduate Currently in K Adult School U.S. High School Graduate GED High School Proficiency International High School AA Degree3.1 BA Degree8.0 International University1.4

DSP&S STUDENTS

Percent Change in Basic Skills Improvement Rate

Basic Skills Enrollment in Fall Terms for FTIC Percents English ESL Math At Least 1 Basic Skills In Fall 2007, 84% of 5,596 new students took a placement exam in math and either English or ESL to determine their skill level and the courses for which they were prepared. Of the 4,691 students who took at least one test, 2,845 (60.1%) placed into basic skills-level English; 1,252 ( 26.7%) placed into basic skills-level math; and 502 (10.7%) placed into basic skills-level ESL.

Basic Skills Enrollment in Fall Terms for FTIC Percents English ESL Math At Least 1 Basic Skills

HOW WE TEACH/HOW STUDENTS LEARN AT PCC  TRADITIONAL  MEDIATED LEARNING  COMPRESSED COURSES  EXTENDED COURSES

Teaching and Learning Modalities Traditional Lecture OnlineMediated Learning Lecture/ Lab 156 Sections All Courses 76.8% 2 Sections College Algebra < 1% 22 Sections Intermediate Alg (Hawkes) Beginning Alg (Hawkes), and Pre-Algebra (Plato) 10.8% 23 Sections Number Sense MATH PATH Pre-Algebra Beginning Algebra Intermediate Alg 11.4%

BASIC SKILL MODALITIES & SUCCESS RATES  TRADITIONAL  MEDIATED LEARNING  MATH PATH - COMPRESSED COURSES  EXTENDED COURSES

CURRENT PCC BSI MATH INITIATIVES  MATH 450 – Number Sense  MATH PATH  MATH JAM  STREAMLINING MATH CURRICULUM  VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT OF MATH CURRICULUM  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MATH 450 – NUMBER SENSE  PREREQUISITE TO PRE-ALGEBRA  CUTOFF SCORE  FALL 2010 start date  NOT AN ARITHMETIC COURSE  MEANING OF DECIMALS, FRACTIONS, OPERATIONS ARE EXAMINED

MATH PATH  COMPRESSED COURSES  LINKED TO MATH SUPPORT CLASSES  SUPPLEMENTAL LEARNING  DEDICATED TUTORING SPACE AND TUTORS  FULL TIME STUDENTS  81% SUCCESS RATE  OFFERED FOR BSI AND TRANSFERRABLE CLASSES

MATH JAM  JUMP START TO LEARNING  2 WEEKS BEFORE START OF FALL AND SPRING  NO COST, NO CREDIT  REVIEWS MATH CONCEPTS

STREAMLINING MATH CURRICULUM  CREATED NEW SLO’S FOR BSI COURSES  CREATED RUBRICS FOR SLOS  ELIMINATED REDUNANCY IN CURRICULUM  TEACH LESS BREADTH, MORE DEPTH  COLLABORATIVE MATH DIVISION EFFORT

VERTICAL ALIGNMENT  EXAMINED CURRICULUM FOR ALL BSI COURSES  NUMBER SENSE– MEANINGS AND WHOLE NUMBERS  PRE-ALGEBRA – RATIONAL NUMBERS  BEGINNING ALGEBRA – REAL NUMBERS  INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA – COMPLEX NUMBERS

HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT  COMMON SLOS  COMMON ASSESSMENTS IN PROGRESS  PILOTING MYMATHTEST FOR FREE RESPONSE ASSESSMENT

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT  SATURDAY RETREAT BEFORE SEMESTER  LUNCH AND LEARNS DURING THE SEMESTER  SHARING IDEAS, RESOURCES, AND MISERY  FUNDED THROUGH BSI FUNDS

FUTURE BSI MATH INITIATIVES  ALTERNATIVE TO INTERMDIATE ALGEBRA  PUSD PARTNERSHIP  MODULUES  COHORTS

MATH ALTERNATIVE TO INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA  STARTING IN FALL 2011  WILL SERVE AS A PREREQUISITE FOR STATISTICS  COVERS TOPICS SUCH AS:  FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PERSONAL DECISION MAKING  INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS  GEOMETRY OVERVIEW  PROBLEM SOLVING  ADDITIONAL TOPIC(S) INCLUDING: Graph Theory, Voting, Health and Nutrition, History of Mathematics

PUSD PARTNERSHIP  COLLABORATIVE EFFORT CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS  WILL OFFER REFRESHER COURSE FOR HS SENIORS – EQUIVALENT TO PREALGEBRA AND BEGINNING ALGEBRA  SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION WILL GUARANTEE ENROLLMENT INTO INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA OR ITS ALTERNATIVE

MATH BSI MODULES  STILL IN THE TALKING STAGE  LOGISTICS NEED TO BE OVERCOME  FACILITIES NEED TO BE FOUND OR CREATED  RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS TO STUDENTS AND THE IMPEDIMENTS TO OVERCOME

COHORTS AND LEARNING COMMUNITIES  MATH JAM LEADS TO COHORTS  LINKED COURSES  DEFINED SCHEDULES  BLOCK LEARNING

PRESENTERS: PCC LAKE representatives:  Yoshi Yamato,  Marie McClendon,  MATH DIVISION DEAN:  Carl Main,