Rethinking Developmental Math A project of the National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) Ruth Rominger, Director of Learning Design Terri Rowenhorst,

Rethinking Developmental Math

A project of the National Repository of Online Courses (NROC)

Ruth Rominger, Director of Learning DesignTerri Rowenhorst, Director of Member Services

Innovations March 28, 2010

Exemplary learning theory

Forward-thinking curriculum

Multi-modal content

Formative assessment

Flexible pathways

OER content

What do you and your students need?

Towards 21st Century Mathematics

Project overview

Project Goal • Increasing the number of financially-disadvantaged

students that pass developmental math

Project Funding The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundations NROC Network Members

Overview

Project Approach

• Developing new educational interventions (“Standing on the shoulders of the best educators.”)

• Developing an enterprise for national distribution and sustainability (“It is more than building a better mouse trap.”)

• Engaging student, instructors, and administrator in the product and enterprise design (“Honoring everybody and making real change happen.”)

Overview

• Heeding the call for “21st century” mathematics

• Considering introductory statistics and probability concepts

• Preparing learners for modern occupations and to be informed citizens

• Informed by the national Common Core and AMAYTC's proposal for a new developmental mathematics.

Developmental Math

Moving Mathematics Education Forward

Overview

2010 project overview

What is the curriculum? • Aligning HS and CC• Common Core• A bit more statistics; bit less algebra

What is the product and enterprise? • Courseware feature, functions, production values• Professional development• Administrative feature and functions

Enterprise business model

Whole System

Overview

Warm-ups: problems to assess prior knowledge, recommend review.

Presentations: new media equivalent of a teacher and a blackboard.

Worked Examples: step-by-step presentations of a problem solved.

Problems: symbolic and word, designed in adaptive sets, giving students practice and feedback.

Readings: provide reinforcing or alternative explanations and examples.

Review: self-test mastery before moving to the next lesson.

Projects: promote collaboration in the project-based learning tradition to solve real-world problems.

Tutor Simulations: pair students with simulated peer tutors to solve problems.

Games: simple challenges to engage students in “playing” with math

Learning Design

Instructional Elements

Topic levelWarm-up (text)

Presentation (video, audio, animation, and graphics)

Worked examples (audio and graphics)

Problems (interactive text)

Review (text)

Read It (online textbook)

Unit level

Project (text and graphics)

Tutor Simulation (interactive video, graphics, text)

Simple Games (interactive animation, graphics)

Learning Design

Mixed Media and Activities

Prototype

Topic Presentation Prototype

Prototype

Tutor Simulation Prototype

Project overview

2009 2010 2011 2012

Algebra 1a

Algebra 1b

Arithmetic

Beginning Algebra

Intermediate Algebra

Geometry

Development Schedule

Technical Design Options

Pedagogical & Concept Designs

Produce PrototypeLessons

Review, Test, Pilot

SME Leads, Outlines & Sample Scripts

Development Team

AdvisorsFocus Groups

Design

Editorial

Technical

Production

Research

Marketing

Participatory Development

Editorial

SMEs

SME, Editorial, Design & Tech

Editorial

Production

Design

Assign Scripts

DevelopScripts

Review & Design

Send out for SME Review Produce &

Assemble Lessons Review &

Test

Development Cycle

Rikki Blair AMATYC and Lakeland Community CollegeRhonda Epper Colorado Community Colleges OnlineFrancisco Hernandez University of HawaiiSally Johnstone Winona State UniversityJudy Lowe Chattanooga State Technical CCSteve Nelson Oregon Department of EducationSusan Patrick Int’l Association for K-12 Online LearningStella Perez League for InnovationLinda Pittenger Council Chief State School OfficersSteve Rheinschmidt Iowa Community College Online ConsortiumJamie Sachs Southern Regional Education BoardMary Schlegelmilch Omaha Public SchoolsScott Vashaw Michigan Virtual UniversityWilliam Velez University of Arizona

Advisory Panel

Reaching Diverse Audiences

National and Regional Organizations

American Association of Community Colleges

National Council for Teachers of Mathematics

Blacks in Higher Education

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science

Benjamin Banneker Association

Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education

Center for the Mathematics Education of Latinos/as

Achieving the Dream

MESA-Western States

AVID-All States

National Common Core Curriculum

Partners

Multiple modes of learning - conceptual, procedural, problem-solving, project based, peer-based, simple games, and assessment

Opens the door to mathematical reasoning and critical thinking to a broad range of learners.

The learning object architecture allows institutions, instructors and students to adapt the content to different program and learner needs.

“Portfolio of Learning Approaches”

Opening Learning

Taxonomy

Course Taxonomy

Allows for customized pathways through series based on pre- assessment and mastery

Flexible Architecture

Complete developmental math series

Specific Remediation

Credit RecoveryIntegrated

Math Course

Game-based

Social Constructivist

Problem-based

Each Lesson Integrates Learning

Components

Learning Approaches

Remix Content

Flexibility to Modify

Content Reuse and Redesign

Training

Applied Theory

Modules

Example Approach

Remix

Foundation concepts

Games

Problem-based

Understanding theory and practice in each component type

Incorporate training component and

hands-on tutorials

Remixing by learning approaches

Reusing student lessons

Professional Development

National and Regional OrganizationsCompanion Professional Development

Free, asynchronous

• Online, on-demand mini-modules• Downloadable group lesson-study modules• Online PD social network

Fee, synchronous

• Live and recorded training online webinars• Live and recorded customized in-service

webinars

Fee, staff training on-site

• Partner-led PD workshop series• Partner-designed customized PD workshops

Professional Development

Multiple Delivery Pathways

US Distance Learning Association Conference – St. Louis

Denver School of Science, West Denver Prep & Mesa Middle School – Castle Rock, CO

Michigan Virtual School - Lansing

Colorado CommunityColleges - Denver

Iowa Assoc. of Community College Trustees- Des Moines

Tennessee Board of Regents - Nashville

Innovations Conference - Reno

Maryland Dept. of Education - Baltimore

NROC members’ meeting - Monterey

LA Unified School District - Los Angeles

West Mesa High School – Albuquerque, NM

Jemez Pueblo High School, Jemez, NM

Los Medanos College & Antioch High School

Napa Valley College

Innovations Conference -Baltimore

American Association of Community Colleges - Seattle

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics – San Diego

Engage students in content development

Engage instructors and administrators in enterprise planning

Focus Groups

Developmental Math Focus Groups

• Keep it simple: developmental students and ELLs value simplicity

• Real-world examples are a key to engagement

• Students and instructors want support for multiple learning styles

• Challenges, animations, simple illustrations, and problem sets are important

2010 project overviewDevelopmental Math Focus Groups

• Professional development and staff adoption are key issues in community colleges

• Few instructors and institutions are locked into an existing teaching method or digital product

• Cost and flexibility of digital products are important ongoing concerns

Focus groups: 2009 key findingsDevelopmental Math Focus Groups

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Rethinking Developmental Math

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What do you need?

What do your students need?

Ruth Rominger, Director of Learning DesignTerri Rowenhorst, Director of Member Services

Innovations March 28, 2010