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BASIC SKILL MATH INITIATIVES
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
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 2005
FALL 2006
FALL 2007
FALL 2008
FALL 2009
PCC 24822 25132 25901 26863 26587
% Change
-1.4% 1.2% 3.1% 3.7&% -1.0%
All CCC 1389367 1415872 1492942 1584701 1614813
% Change
-0.7% 1.9% 5.4% 6.1% 1.9%
First-Time In College
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
Percent
Credit Students by Gender
FEMALE53%
MALE47%
GENDER
Credit Students by Age Group
Under 20
20 - 24
24 - 29
30 - 34
35 - 39
40 - 49
50+
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Age Groups
Percents
Credit Students by Ethnicity 2007
All Percent BSI
African-American 5.0 5.0
Asian/Pacific Islander
28.0 28.0
Filipino 5.0 4.0
Hispanic/Latino 32.0 40.0
Native American 1.0 0.4
White 18.0 12.0
Other 5 3
Decline/Unknown 7.0 6.0
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 LevelLevel Overall Percent FTIC Percent
Not High School Graduate
2.8 3.5
Currently in K-12 1.4 4.5
Adult School 0.6 0.7
U.S. High School Graduate
70.1 81.3
GED 3.5 2.7
High School Proficiency
1.7 1.4
International High School
7.5 5.8
AA Degree 3.1
BA Degree 8.0
International University
1.4
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Percent
Percent
Percent Change in Basic Skills Improvement Rate
2003-04 to 2004-05
2004-05 to 2006-07
2005-06 to 2007-08
2006-07 to 2008-09
-6
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
Percent
Percent
Basic Skills Enrollment in Fall Terms for FTICPercents
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
English 4.0 3.6 4.2 4.2 4.2
ESL 1.8 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.2
Math 3.7 3.8 3.2 3.3 3.0
At Least 1 Basic Skills
8.6 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.4
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 FTICPercents
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
English 17.4 16.9 15.2 16.9 19.5
ESL 4.6 4.2 4.5 5.1 5.5
Math 19.1 15.6 14.7 16.7 14.5
At Least 1 Basic Skills
32.0 28.8 27.2 30.3 31.7
HOW WE TEACH/HOW STUDENTS LEARN AT PCC
TRADITIONAL MEDIATED LEARNING COMPRESSED COURSES EXTENDED COURSES
Teaching and Learning ModalitiesTraditionalLecture
Online Mediated 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 PATHPre-AlgebraBeginning AlgebraIntermediate Alg
11.4%
NON TRA-DITIONAL
23%
TRADITIONAL77%
COURSE OFFERINGS
COURSE OFFERINGS
Online TLC/Math Jam/Linked
Math Path Extended TimeMediated Learning
Traditional
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 141 - 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, [email protected]
Marie McClendon, [email protected]
MATH DIVISION DEAN: Carl Main, [email protected]