1. Assessment of a Preparatory MOOC in Biology Adrienne Williams Project Specialist, HHMI-UCI Professor Program Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, UC Irvine June 2014

2. Rationale Average scores in 12 th Grade NAEP mathematics, 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress Exam, http://nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_g12_2013/#/group-results

3. Rationale Average Math SAT scores for students at each final letter grade, Bio 93 N = 803, Fall 2012 Bio 93. 11.1% URM 22.6% URM 25.9% URM 51.6% URM

4. Experimental Question Will a preparation MOOC help students do better in introductory biology?

5. Experiment 1 Design Introductory Biology at UCI Preparation for Introductory Biology MOOC UCI students ~ 1800 students

6. MOOC Course Design Basics Lecture VideosBasics Quizzes Unit Peer Assessments Write your answers Grade answers of peers Research Packet Research Peer Assessments Write your answers Grade answers of peers Normal Certificate Distinction Certificate

7. MOOC Participation

8. MOOC Completion All Courserians N = 9401 UCI Students N = 382 Did not complete Normal Distinction Did not complete Distinction Normal

9. Results Math SAT scores for all participation levels N = 1313 129 130 130

10. Results All ethnicities participate similarly

11. Results All Math SAT scores do not respond identically Z score = -3.54 + 0.14*[Gender] + 0.004*[MSAT Ave] + 0.002*[RSAT Ave] + 0.62*[AP 3] Predicted Z score equation:

12. Results Z score = -3.54 + 0.14*[Gender] + 0.004*[MSAT Ave] + 0.002*[RSAT Ave] + 0.62*[AP 3] Predicted Z score equation: All ethnicities do not respond identically

13. Conclusions?

14. California community college students do worse in online courses. Public Policy Institute of California: Online Learning and Student Outcomes, 2014 http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1096

15. California community college students do worse in online courses. Public Policy Institute of California: Online Learning and Student Outcomes, 2014 http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1096