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GATEWAYS TO PATHWAYSInnovations in College-Level Math
Bruce Vandal | Vice President, Complete College America
Greg Budzban | Professor and Chair, Dept of Mathematics, Southern Illinois University
Amy Getz | Strategic Implementation Lead, Higher Education, The Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas
Chris Herald | Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
Rob Jeffs | Assoc. Professor, Mathematics, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
Guided Pathways to Success
Corequisite Remediation
Math Pathways Link:
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Into a System for Guiding Students into and through Programs of Study
The Last Course or The Path to Calculus
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College Algebra is the last mathematics course many students take….
Data indicate that only one in ten College Algebra students go on to take a full-length calculus sequence.
- Mathematical Association of America, 2002
• Articulated to Program of Study Requirements
• Transferable into Programs of Study at Receiving Institutions
•Designed to be delivered with a Corequisite for Underprepared Students
• A Key Component of Pre-Major Advising
In Math Pathways, Differentiated Gateway Courses are:
Pre-Major
Advising
HumanitiesSTEM
Social Sciences
College Algebra
Stats
Advise and Assess
Choose Meta-major
Gateway Math in 1st year
Choose Major
QR
Coreq
Major
Coreq Coreq
Major Major
A Model Pathway
Traditional NSHE Curriculum
Math and Statfor Liberal Arts
Pre-calculus I/ College Algebra
Elementary Algebra
Intermediate
Algebra
Liberal Arts, Journalism, Secondary Ed BA, Some Health
Sciences
STEM, Business, Nursing, Elementary
Ed, Some Health Sciences
Intermediate Algebra: • Demands more algebra than necessary for success in Math
and Stat for Liberal Arts • Only 50% of students completing it succeeded in College
Algebra
= 80%
= 20%
Percent of UNR Math Enrollments
Curriculum with Co-requisite Model Courses
Math and Stat for Liberal Arts
+1 credit co-requisite
= 13%*
Pre-calculus I/College Algebra
+2 credit co-requisite
= 23%*
Elementary
Algebra= 37%*
Intermediate Algebra is:• Now tailored to prepare students for Pre-calc I. • In Spring 2014, students Fall 2013 Intermediate Algebra had an
80% ABC (compared to 50% before change).
Intermediate
Algebra= 26%*
Pre-Calc/College Algebra
* Percent of All Students Assessed Below College Ready
(16%*)
(21%*)
Completion of gateway math by remedial 1st-time degree seeking students at UNR
Completed Gateway in 1st year
Completed Gateway by 2nd year
2007 without Co-req Models(or Elementary Algebra)
39% 58%
2012 Partial Co-req Implementation
60% 73%
2013Full Co-req Implementation
59%(No second year data is available
yet.)
Early Warning InterventionPlatform (EWIP)
Week 325%* (Preparation) + 25%* (Motivation) + 50%* (Demonstration)
• RED: 0% to 55%• ORANGE: 56% to 65%• YELLOW: 65% to 75%• GREEN: 76% to 100%
• Students also receive an intervention score in week 8 and week 12 that is simply their course grade at that time.
Markov Models of SIU College Algebra Fall 2013 – Week 8 to Final grade 0.95
0.05
0.39
0.61
0.31
0.69
0.09
0.91
Coordinated Strategy forEffective Intervention
•Student Success Course
•College-level Retention Staff
•First-year advisors
•Housing staff
Markov Models of SIU College AlgebraFall 2014 Pilot 0.38→0.425
0.11→0.060.19→0.09
0.32→0.425 Increased the students in the top two categories from 70% to 85% .
An increase of 21.5% in one semester!
STEM-Business Pathway for Introductory Mathematics at SIU in Fall 2015
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Upper 1/3 Middle 1/3Lower 1/3
“Regular”College Algebra(2 lectures-2 labs)
“Enhanced” College Algebra (2 lectures -3 labs)
Cont. Math with Int. Algebra “co-requisite”(2 lectures -3 labs)1 lab for Cont. Math 2 labs for Int. Algebra co-requisite