Making Prealgebra Meaningful: It Starts with Faculty Inquiry

Autor/inn/en	Klein, Brock; Wright, Lynn Marie
Titel	Making Prealgebra Meaningful: It Starts with Faculty Inquiry
Quelle	In: New Directions for Community Colleges, (2009) 145, S.67-77 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0194-3081
DOI	10.1002/cc.356
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Urban Environment; Learning Centers (Classroom); Algebra; College Mathematics; College Preparation; At Risk Students; Academic Failure; College Faculty; Remedial Programs; Transitional Programs; Curriculum Development; Goal Orientation; Learner Engagement; Faculty Development; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Stadtökologie; Unterrichtsdifferenzierung; Fakultät; Förderprogramm; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Kalifornien
Abstract	While much discussion about student success as it relates to access, equity, and underpreparedness at the collegiate level is taking place nationally and statewide, a strong and specific concern prompted some of the faculty at Pasadena City College (PCC), a large urban community college located northeast of downtown Los Angeles, to address the issues head-on. Students in the summer bridge/first-year experience program were staying in school and their classes, but an unacceptably large number of them were failing their courses, particularly math. At PCC, the Teaching and Learning Center was created specifically to develop innovative programs to provide greater access to higher education for underprepared students. In this chapter, the authors describe their efforts, as codirectors of Pasadena City College's Teaching and Learning Center, to increase success rates in prealgebra and address issues of equity and access through a faculty inquiry-based process. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10