Only Purpose Preparation for Calculus 2 STEM What is the right math course 3 Virtually no students who pass college algebra ever start Calculus III which is a key course for STEM majors ID: 786642
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Slide1
Math
Pathways
Slide2College Algebra’s
Only
Purpose:
Preparation for Calculus
2
STEM
Slide3What is the “
right” math course?
3
Virtually no students who pass college algebra ever start Calculus III, which is a key course for STEM majors.
Dunbar, S. 2005.
Enrollment flow to and from courses below calculus .
In A Fresh State for Collegiate mathematics: Rethinking the Courses below calculus, N.B. Hastings et al. (Eds.). Washington DC: MAA Notes, Mathematical Association of America.
Slide4Math Is Aligned with Meta-Majors
Quantitative Reasoning/
Statistics
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Math Aligned to Major
Articulated
to Program of Study Requirements
Transferable
into Programs of Study at Receiving Institutions
Designed to be delivered with a
Corequisite
for Underprepared Students
A Key Component of Pre-Major
Advising
Slide6Guiding Objective
Students complete gateway courses and enter programs of study in their first academic year
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Slide7Pre-Major Advising
Humanities
STEM
Social Sciences
College Algebra
Stats
Advise and Assess
Choose
Meta-major
Gateway Math in 1
st
year
Choose Major
QR
Coreq
Major
Coreq
Coreq
Major
Major
A Model Pathway
Slide8The Movement to Math Pathways at Scale
Georgia
Ohio
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
Texas (Houston)
Colorado
Indiana
Tennessee
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Nine States Moving to Scale