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Framing Question

Framing Question. Over the last two decades research has taught us a lot about what supports higher levels of student success and yet the pace of change has remained slow. Why?. Gregory Stoup, RP Group.

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Framing Question

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  1. Framing Question Over the last two decades research has taught us a lot about what supports higher levels of student success and yet the pace of change has remained slow. Why? Gregory Stoup, RP Group

  2. We have to do a better job at making data real and useful to practitioners in their place of practice

  3. The data needs to be properly scaffholded and engage folks at their place of practice Provide direction to institutional goals 1,000 ft Perspective Coordination & Alignment 100 ft Perspective Innovation at the point of student contact On the Ground Traditional Leadership Middle Managers Practitioners

  4. … and it doesn’t easily aggregate up to yield measures with strong directional value On the ground data is usually very nuance-rich, context specific and just messy

  5. Program level assessment Basic Skills Student Learning Community Successful Transfer

  6. Practitioners are faced with a lot of nuance Sequence of course material Synthesis of course content Work group oversight Basic Skills Student Counseling support Linkages to library Coordination between faculty & counselors Timeliness of feedback on progress Classroom technology Examples in lesson plan Protocols for making group assignments Learning Community Successful Transfer Weak Exceptional Average

  7. Experimentation

  8. There are often no clear solutions to questions that are context specific When it comes to improving performance in the classroom enlightened trial and error trumps strategy-guided actions Gregory Stoup, RP Group Gregory M Stoup, RP Group

  9. Informed classroom innovation does not always yield shortest-path solutions Desired Outcome Starting Point

  10. Acting in the face of ambiguity Domain of possible solutions to the question at hand What to do when you reach the limits of your research and yet still face multiple choices in how to proceed ? • Process of inquiry • Not a search for an absolute truth rather a tool for making better-informed decisions. Trust your intuition & chose ! Answer the questions that eliminate dead end solutions

  11. The Role of Dialogue If you want to learn you have to take part in the conversation • “Learning emerges from an ongoing conversation about things that matter with both passion and discipline” • Parker Palmer • The Courage to Teach Learning is founded on evidence and inquiry

  12. Acknowledge the limits of data and the importance of experience Data rarely enter a vacuum and suddenly illuminate a hidden truth that triggers action. Data join the narrative that experts have developed through years of observation & practice. The narrative explains and reacts to the data and the two coevolve to shed new light on the issues we study.

  13. Communication Tools

  14. Years to Completion Profiles 40% 2007/08 to 2010/11 30% 2006/07 to 2010/11 2005/06 to 2010/11 2004/05 to 2009/10 20% 2003/04 to 2008/09 10% 0% 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years 4 Years 5 Years 6 Years Percentage of first-time degree seeking students with a high school degree but no post-secondary degree and having completed at least 12 units

  15. Given 100 students starting in Pre-Algebra, how many will reach transfer level math? Shortest Pathway (4 course sequence) TRANSFER LEVEL PRE - ALGEBRA ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA Math 811 Math 120 Math 110 100 59 21 10 Pass % = 58.6% Pass % = 35.8% Pass % = 55.0% Longest Pathway (6 course sequence) Math 811 Math 111 Math 112 Math 122 Math 123 100 2 59 25 9 5 Pass % = 42.1% Pass % = 58.6% Pass % = 37.9% Pass % = 49.7% Pass % = 53.9% Gregory Stoup, RP Group Technical note: Simulation results based entirely on individual course success rates (assuming no retakes).

  16. Quick Summary Getting the most out of data means • Match the data to one’s place of practice • Reflective dialogue • Experimentation • Communication tools Gregory Stoup, RP Group

  17. Achieving the Dream/Developmental Education Initiative State Policy Meeting Let’s Discuss Gregory Stoup, RP Group

  18. State Policy Infrastructure for Faculty Engagement & Innovation Diffusion Thank You Gregory M. Stoup RP Group

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