CLEVELAND STATE REDESIGN Karen Wyrick, Cleveland State Community College Introducing a Remedial Program that Actually Works - The Chronicle of Higher Education.

CLEVELAND STATE REDESIGN

Karen Wyrick, Cleveland State Community College

“Introducing a Remedial Program that Actually Works”

- The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Program

3 Developmental Math Classes Basic Math, Elementary Algebra, Intermediate Algebra Emporium Model Mastery Learning

7 College Math Classes College Algebra, Finite Math, Statistics (1 + 2) Precalculus I & II, Applied Trig, Business Calculus (2 + 1) Emporium Model Mastery Learning

Goals Improve student learning Reduce costs

~ 1650 students in Math/Dev Math Fall 2010

Course Layout10 – 12 mini modules1 hour class meeting each week At least 1 hour required in lab each weekComplete one module each week

Course GradePoints for everything – class, lab, video notes,

homework, and quizzes

Course StandardsMust score at least 70% on attendance,

participation, homework and quizzes

Course Structure

Student Reactions

Students I want my lecture! Study night before exam What do I need to pass?

Class Low attendance Don’t do homework Not engaged in class

Students I like this! Weekly homework, quiz I want an A.

Class Median attendance grade 88 Average homework grade 97 Come to class early, stay late

Before Redesign After Redesign

But Did It Help?

Developmental Math Basic Math increased from 48% before to 53% after Elementary Algebra increased from 52% before to 67% after Intermediate Algebra increased from 55% before to 71% after

College Level Math College Algebra increased from 65% before to 77% after Introductory Statistics decreased slightly from 79% before to 73%

after Finite Math increased from 75% before to 89% after Precalculus I increased from 55% before to 75% after Precalculus II increased from 75% before to 81% after

Doing More with Less Math department has grown 40+% since redesign (from 1100- to

1600+) College Math enrollment is 800+ S2011 – more than dev math Cost/FTE has been reduced by over 40% College retention increased by 7% in Spring 2009 ($400K revenue) Number of students passing a math course has increased by 50+%

Alternate Staffing

Focus Covering material Preparing lectures Grading papers

Schedule 15 class hours More office hours Helping students in

office?

Role Dispenser of information

Focus Student progress Student success Helping students

Schedule 10 class hours, 10 lab hours Fewer office hours Helping students in class,

lab

Role Mentor, coach, guide

Traditional Faculty Role New Faculty Role

The impact on students

Jacqueline

Karen Wyrick, Department Chair

Cleveland State Community College

[email protected]

And Finally…