GATEWAYS TO PATHWAYS Innovations in College-Level Math Bruce Vandal | Vice President, Complete College America Greg Budzban | Professor and Chair, Dept.

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

Math Pathways

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

College Algebra’s Only Purpose:Preparation for Calculus

College Algebra

Calculus

STEM

• 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

THE OLD WAY TO NAVIGATE MATH AT OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE

IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF INDIANA

= 80%

Percent of Math Enrollments

= 14%

= 6%

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 – Fall 2013

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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“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