Developmental Mathematics Designed for Student Success Vanessa Hill Lauren Brewer Donna Bedinelli Springfield Technical Community College.

Developmental Mathematics Designed for Student Success

Vanessa HillLauren BrewerDonna BedinelliSpringfield Technical Community College

College Un-Preparedness› Nationally 60% of students need remediation in

mathematics upon entering community college

Referral, enrollment, and completion in developmental education sequences in community colleges

Why Should We Care?

› Dream deferred

› Equity

› Un-materialized breakthroughs

What can we do?

› Through support from NACME, ConnectEd, Achieving The Dream

› At-risk Courses

› 5-Day developmental Math Classes

What we did

› Incorporate College Success Topics

› Contextualized Learning

› Time On Task

› Carefully Selected Teachers

What we did

› Incorporate College Success Topics

› Contextualized Learning

› Time On Task

› Carefully Selected Teachers

Contextualized Learning

› Engineering Backdrop– What is an engineer what do they do?– How does this effect my community/my family

› Cooperative Learning– Project-Based Learning– Problem-Based Learning

2010 Cohort

Pre-Algebra Algebra I Algebra II0%

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Proportion Passing with C- or Better: Course LevelFall 2012 Cohort

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31 689 56 723 43 472

Customized Test Bank

>Program written by STCC faculty

>Standardized for all students

>For all levels of developmental mathematics

Teacher’s Matter, Time on Task, Being a Student

Video

› http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1w8KEZbJZE&feature=em-subs_digest

Contact Information

› Vanessa Hill: [email protected]

› Lauren Brewer: [email protected]

› Donna Bedinelli: [email protected]