New Course ProposalMath 37 – Algebra for Statistics

Nationwide Data256,672 first-time degree-seeking students

from 57 colleges

Students’ initial placement in developmental sequence

% of students who successfully complete college-level gatekeeper course in Math

1 Level Below College 27%

2 Levels Below College 20%

3 Levels or More Below College 10%Referral, Enrollment, and Completion in Developmental Education Sequences in Community Colleges (CCRC Working Paper No. 15). Bailey, Jeong & Cho. December 2008. New Yourk: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. (Revised November 2009).

How does RCCD compare?Fall 2006-Spring 2010 Districtwide

College level (4, 5, 11, 12, 25, 36, 1, 10)

Students’ initial placement in developmental sequence

% of students who successfully complete college-level gatekeeper course in Math

1 Level Below College (Math 53/35)

26%

2 Levels Below College (Math 52) 7%

3 Levels Below College (Math 64)

3%

4 Levels Below College (Math 63) 0.8%

Why high attrition rates are a structural problem

From Math 63 to a college level math class there are 7 “exit points” where they fall away.

Pass Math 63? 44%

Enroll in Math 64? 38%

Pass Math 64? 80%

Enroll in Math 52? 64%

Pass Math 52? 77%

Enroll in Math 53/35? 48%

Pass Math 53/35? 71%

Seven Exit Points(0.44)(.38)(.8)(.64)(.77)(.48)(.71) ≈ .02

What if we did better?

(.9)(.9)(.9)(.9)(.9)(.9)(.9) = .48

Accelerated RemediationAccelerated developmental

education involves curricular restructuring that reduces sequence length and eliminates exit points. Ideally, it also includes a reconsideration of curricular content: Is what we are teaching in developmental courses what students truly need to succeed in college English or Math?

- http://3csn.org/developmental-sequences/

Statpath Course – Los Medanos College

Proof-of-concept

Based on Approval at Spring Discipline Meeting Emailed and formed an interest group

Applied to and were accepted in the California Acceleration Project along with:Berkely City CollegeCity College of San FranciscoCollege of the CanyonsCuyamaca CollegeDiablo Valley CollegeLos Medanos College

Math 37 Course Outline

Algebra for Statistics

Window into an accelerated classroom

Video footage from Math Instructor Myra Snell’s experimental pre-statistics course, Fall 2009

Los Medanos students grapple with a problem from the national statistics exam, CAOS

http://vimeo.com/9055488