1. How Does the Math Academy
Serve Students
August 16, 2018

2. 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?

3. How does this impact faculty and the community?

4. Does a student's failure to complete the remedial math sequence indicate that they are limited in their ability to learn math? 

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

11. Current Locations Math Academy I (5-341) Stacey Joseph, coordinator
45 computers with a class size of students
8 sections
Math Academy II (1-315)
Jungmi McBride, coordinator
6 sections
Learning Centers and Courseview – 7 sections

12. MAT 100 Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Success Rate* 51% 52% Sample Size 241
163
MAT 200
Fall 2017
Spring 2018
Success Rate*
57%
52%
Sample Size
319
220
Val
MAT 300
Fall 2017
Spring 2018
Success Rate* NA
51%
Sample Size
112
Data courtesy of Research, Analytics and Reporting
For data-related questions, contact Kevin Jolly

13. Multiple Courses Completed
Fall students 45 completed two courses 2 completed all three courses Spring students 34 completed two courses 1 completed all three courses

14. 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.”

15. 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.”

16. ALEKS Placement Testing and MAT 0050
MAT 1470 – College Algebra / Booster MAT 0470 MAT 1450 – Intro Statistics / Booster MAT 0450 MAT Quantitative Reasoning / Booster MAT 0445

17. 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 Quantitative Reasoning / Booster MAT 0445