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Developmental Mathematics Designed for Student Success

Developmental Mathematics Designed for Student Success. Vanessa Hill Lauren Brewer Donna Bedinelli Springfield Technical Community College. College Un-Preparedness. Nationally 60% of students need remediation in mathematics upon entering community college.

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Developmental Mathematics Designed for Student Success

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

  2. 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

  3. Why Should We Care? • Dream deferred • Equity • Un-materialized breakthroughs

  4. What can we do? • Through support from NACME, ConnectEd, Achieving The Dream • At-risk Courses • 5-Day developmental Math Classes

  5. What we did • Incorporate College Success Topics • Contextualized Learning • Time On Task • Carefully Selected Teachers

  6. What we did • Incorporate College Success Topics • Contextualized Learning • Time On Task • Carefully Selected Teachers

  7. 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

  8. 2010 Cohort

  9. Customized Test Bank • Program written by STCC faculty • Standardized for all students • For all levels of developmental mathematics

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

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

  12. Contact Information • Vanessa Hill: vhill@stcc.edu • Lauren Brewer: brewer@stcc.edu • Donna Bedinelli: dbedinelli@stcc.edu

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