BASIC SKILL MATH INITIATIVES

PASADENA CITY COLLEGE

PASADENA CITY COLLEGE

WHO WE ARE WHO OUR STUDENTS ARE HOW WE TEACH WHAT OUR STUDENTS LEARN CURRENT BSI MATH INITIATIVES FUTURE INITIATIVES

PCC TOTAL CREDIT STUDENTS

FALL 2005

FALL 2006

FALL 2007

FALL 2008

FALL 2009

PCC 24822 25132 25901 26863 26587

% Change

-1.4% 1.2% 3.1% 3.7&% -1.0%

All CCC 1389367 1415872 1492942 1584701 1614813

% Change

-0.7% 1.9% 5.4% 6.1% 1.9%

First-Time In College

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

Percent

Credit Students by Gender

FEMALE53%

MALE47%

GENDER

Credit Students by Age Group

Under 20

20 - 24

24 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 49

50+

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Age Groups

Percents

Credit Students by Ethnicity 2007

All Percent BSI

African-American 5.0 5.0

Asian/Pacific Islander

28.0 28.0

Filipino 5.0 4.0

Hispanic/Latino 32.0 40.0

Native American 1.0 0.4

White 18.0 12.0

Other 5 3

Decline/Unknown 7.0 6.0

Ethnicity Findings

Hispanic students are significantly overrepresented in the Basic Skills population (40%) compared to their population in the overall credit population (32%)

White Non-Hispanic students are underrepresented in the basic skills population (12%) compared to their proportion in the overall credit population (18%).

Credit Students by Education LevelLevel Overall Percent FTIC Percent

Not High School Graduate

2.8 3.5

Currently in K-12 1.4 4.5

Adult School 0.6 0.7

U.S. High School Graduate

70.1 81.3

GED 3.5 2.7

High School Proficiency

1.7 1.4

International High School

7.5 5.8

AA Degree 3.1

BA Degree 8.0

International University

1.4

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Percent Change in Basic Skills Improvement Rate

2003-04 to 2004-05

2004-05 to 2006-07

2005-06 to 2007-08

2006-07 to 2008-09

-6

-4

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2

4

6

Percent

Percent

Basic Skills Enrollment in Fall Terms for FTICPercents

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

English 4.0 3.6 4.2 4.2 4.2

ESL 1.8 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.2

Math 3.7 3.8 3.2 3.3 3.0

At Least 1 Basic Skills

8.6 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.4

In Fall 2007, 84% of 5,596 new students took a placement exam in math and either English or ESL to determine their skill level and the courses for which they were prepared. Of the 4,691 students who took at least one test, 2,845 (60.1%) placed into basic skills-level English; 1,252 ( 26.7%) placed into basic skills-level math; and 502 (10.7%) placed into basic skills-level ESL.

Basic Skills Enrollment in Fall Terms for FTICPercents

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

English 17.4 16.9 15.2 16.9 19.5

ESL 4.6 4.2 4.5 5.1 5.5

Math 19.1 15.6 14.7 16.7 14.5

At Least 1 Basic Skills

32.0 28.8 27.2 30.3 31.7

HOW WE TEACH/HOW STUDENTS LEARN AT PCC

TRADITIONAL MEDIATED LEARNING COMPRESSED COURSES EXTENDED COURSES

Teaching and Learning ModalitiesTraditionalLecture

Online Mediated Learning

Lecture/Lab

156 Sections

All Courses

76.8%

2 Sections

College Algebra

< 1%

22 Sections

Intermediate Alg(Hawkes)

Beginning Alg (Hawkes), and

Pre-Algebra (Plato)

10.8%

23 Sections

Number Sense

MATH PATHPre-AlgebraBeginning AlgebraIntermediate Alg

11.4%

NON TRA-DITIONAL

23%

TRADITIONAL77%

COURSE OFFERINGS

COURSE OFFERINGS

Online TLC/Math Jam/Linked

Math Path Extended TimeMediated Learning

Traditional

BASIC SKILL MODALITIES & SUCCESS RATES

TRADITIONAL MEDIATED LEARNING MATH PATH - COMPRESSED COURSES EXTENDED COURSES

CURRENT PCC BSI MATH INITIATIVES MATH 450 – Number Sense MATH PATH MATH JAM STREAMLINING MATH CURRICULUM VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL

ALIGNMENT OF MATH CURRICULUM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MATH 450 – NUMBER SENSE

PREREQUISITE TO PRE-ALGEBRA CUTOFF SCORE FALL 2010 start date NOT AN ARITHMETIC COURSE MEANING OF DECIMALS, FRACTIONS,

OPERATIONS ARE EXAMINED

MATH PATH

COMPRESSED COURSES LINKED TO MATH SUPPORT CLASSES SUPPLEMENTAL LEARNING DEDICATED TUTORING SPACE AND

TUTORS FULL TIME STUDENTS 81% SUCCESS RATE OFFERED FOR BSI AND

TRANSFERRABLE CLASSES

MATH JAM

JUMP START TO LEARNING 2 WEEKS BEFORE START OF FALL

AND SPRING NO COST, NO CREDIT REVIEWS MATH CONCEPTS

STREAMLINING MATH CURRICULUM CREATED NEW SLO’S FOR BSI

COURSES CREATED RUBRICS FOR SLOS ELIMINATED REDUNANCY IN

CURRICULUM TEACH LESS BREADTH, MORE DEPTH COLLABORATIVE MATH DIVISION

EFFORT

VERTICAL ALIGNMENT

EXAMINED CURRICULUM FOR ALL BSI COURSES

NUMBER SENSE– MEANINGS AND WHOLE NUMBERS

PRE-ALGEBRA – RATIONAL NUMBERS BEGINNING ALGEBRA – REAL

NUMBERS INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA – COMPLEX

NUMBERS

HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT

COMMON SLOS COMMON ASSESSMENTS IN

PROGRESS PILOTING MYMATHTEST FOR FREE

RESPONSE ASSESSMENT

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SATURDAY RETREAT BEFORE SEMESTER

LUNCH AND LEARNS DURING THE SEMESTER

SHARING IDEAS, RESOURCES, AND MISERY

FUNDED THROUGH BSI FUNDS

FUTURE BSI MATH INITIATIVES ALTERNATIVE TO INTERMDIATE

ALGEBRA PUSD PARTNERSHIP MODULUES COHORTS

MATH 141 - ALTERNATIVE TO INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA

STARTING IN FALL 2011 WILL SERVE AS A PREREQUISITE FOR

STATISTICS COVERS TOPICS SUCH AS:

FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PERSONAL DECISION MAKING

INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS GEOMETRY OVERVIEW PROBLEM SOLVING ADDITIONAL TOPIC(S) INCLUDING: Graph Theory,

Voting, Health and Nutrition, History of Mathematics

PUSD PARTNERSHIP

COLLABORATIVE EFFORT CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS

WILL OFFER REFRESHER COURSE FOR HS SENIORS – EQUIVALENT TO PREALGEBRA AND BEGINNING ALGEBRA

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION WILL GUARANTEE ENROLLMENT INTO INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA OR ITS ALTERNATIVE

MATH BSI MODULES

STILL IN THE TALKING STAGE LOGISTICS NEED TO BE OVERCOME FACILITIES NEED TO BE FOUND OR

CREATED RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS TO

STUDENTS AND THE IMPEDIMENTS TO OVERCOME

COHORTS AND LEARNING COMMUNITIES MATH JAM LEADS TO COHORTS LINKED COURSES DEFINED SCHEDULES BLOCK LEARNING

PRESENTERS:

PCC LAKE representatives:

Yoshi Yamato, yyyamto@pasadena.edu

Marie McClendon, lmmcclendon@pasadena.edu

MATH DIVISION DEAN: Carl Main, cdmain@pasadena.edu