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Math is NOT a Four
Letter Word!!
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Terry Carles, Libby Gore, & Francisco Perez
Valencia Community College
What is L~in~C?
• Learning in Community
• Two Classes, Same
Students, Connected
Coursework
How Did We Create a LinC?
• Design
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Team Selection
LinC Course Development
Syllabus/Calendar
Class Activities
• Building Community in the Classroom
– The First Day
• Integrated Lesson
• LinC Problems/Problem Students
• Best Practices
Designing the Team
• Comprised of:
– Student Success
Professor
– Mathematics Professor
– Success Coach
• What the heck is a
Success Coach?
Designing the Team
• Team Considerations &
Compatibility
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Classroom mgmt style
Reading/writing requirements
Classroom rules & policies
Testing methods
Open to change
Commitment to time
(planning, in each other’s
classroom, etc.)
Designing the Class
• One Class with 2 Hours and 15 Minutes!!
• Team Members on the Same Page
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Grading
Attendance
Withdrawal Procedures
Integrated Course Outcomes
• Success Coach Integrated
– At least once every couple of weeks
• Joint Office Hours
– Math Lab!
Designing the Syllabus /
Calendar
• Joint syllabus
– Time Consuming Task!
– Compatibility is Key
– Separate and Joint Sections
Within One Syllabus
• Grading, Extra Credit,
Attendance, Withdraw Policy,
Etc.
• Calendar
– Planned, but BE FLEXIBLE!!!!
The First Day
Building Community
• Set the Stage (this class is
different!)
• Everyone Participates!
• Get to Know Professors/Success
Coach
• Reviewed Syllabus
• Student
Introductions
• Introduced Technology Vital
to the Course
Technology
• WebCT
• Course Compass
• Email
Integrated Lesson
• Requirement for the LinC
Program
• Integrate both Math/Student
Success
• Grade Applies in Both Classes
• Make it Relevant to the
Students’ Lives!
Integrated Lesson
Global Warming
• Introduced Metacognition &
Problem Solving Techniques
• Worked Word Problems in
Small Groups and Presented
Results
• Showed Video to Intro
Presentation Topic
Integrated Lesson, cont.
• Assigned Global Warming
Team Project to Students
– Team Building/Interpersonal
Communication Skills
– Problem Solving Techniques
– Oral Communication Skills
– Mathematic Skills
• Students came back next
day with overwhelming
enthusiasm for the topic!!
Problems with …
LinC
• Community College Student
Issues
• Instructors not Compatible
• Not Enough up-front Planning
• Split Classes
• Not Utilizing Success Coach /
Early Alert
Problems with …
Students
• Motivation
– Class work
– Success Resources
• Time Management
• Study Skills
• Can’t Save Every Student!
Best Practices
• Begin With Time Management
• Forced Group Work/Study
Skills
• Active Learning Techniques
• Revise Class Techniques on
the Fly
• Music in the Class
• After-Test Journaling
• SPA Referrals (no, not for a facial!)
What will we do
differently?
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Earlier Forced Group Study
Time Management Training
at Beginning of Semester
for Students
Incorporate ‘Flash-Cards’
into Lessons
If it Doesn’t Work, Throw it
Out and Try Something Else
Remember, Every Class
is Different!
Quantitative Data
• Pre-Algebra
– LinC ____% Pass Rate
– Traditional ______% Pass Rate
• Beginning Algebra
– LinC _____% Pass Rate
– Traditional ______% Pass Rate
• Intermediate Algebra
– LinC _____% Pass Rate
– Traditional ______% Pass Rate
Q&A
• Libby Gore, Professor
Mathematics
[email protected]
• Terry Carles, Professor
Student Success
[email protected]
• Francisco Perez, Success
Coach
Academic Advisor
[email protected]