Statewide Conference on the Redesign of Remedial Math Curriculum

该项目将服务于国家改善大学数学教学的需要，使更多的学生毕业并能够进入STEM领域。作为第一步，该项目将组织一次会议，以深入了解必修数学课程的实施情况。许多机构要求那些在进入大学时没有通过数学分级考试的学生参加补习性的非学分课程，从而延缓了他们的大学进步。另一种选择是在学生学习大学水平的数学课程的同时，为他们提供必要的数学课程。大量研究表明，共修课程模式可以显著提高传统上数学成绩不佳的学生的成绩和留存率。该项目将召集路易斯安那州社区和技术学院系统中所有13所成员学院的数学系代表来探讨这一主题。在会议上，他们将从巴吞鲁日社区学院卡内基数学路径-西区的专家那里学习如何实施必要的数学，这将为为期两天的会议提供便利。会议有四个具体目标：探索数学教学发展性和共需性模式实施的选择和趋势；支持机构团队建设和讲习班参与者之间的分享；催化参与学院的补习性数学课程的重新设计；以及在参与学院的教职员工和管理人员中传播共需性模式。预计增加数学必修模型将提高学生的毕业率，并增加从事STEM职业的学生的数量和多样性。该项目得到了改善本科生STEM教育：EHR计划的支持，该计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生的STEM教育的有效性。本次会议与参与式学习路径保持一致，该路径支持创建、探索和实施有前景的实践和工具。它还与机构和社区转型轨道保持一致，该轨道支持在高等教育机构和学科社区中转变和改进STEM教育的努力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will serve the national need for improving college mathematics instruction so that more students graduate and can pursue STEM fields. As a first step, this project will organize a conference to gain insight into the implementation of corequisite mathematics courses. Many institutions require students who don’t pass mathematics placement tests when they enter college to take remedial, non-credit courses, thus delaying their college progress. An alternative is to provide students with corequisite mathematics courses while they take a college level mathematics course. Considerable research shows that the corequisite course model can significantly increase the achievement and retention of students who traditionally do not do well in mathematics. The project will explore this topic by convening representatives from the mathematics departments of all 13 member colleges in the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. At the conference, they will learn about implementing corequisite mathematics from experts at the Carnegie Math Pathways-West End at Baton Rouge Community College, which will facilitate the two-day conference. The Conference has four specific aims: explore options and trends in implementation of developmental and corequisite models for mathematics instruction; support institutional team building and sharing between the workshop participants; catalyze redesign of the remedial math curriculum at the participating colleges; and disseminate the corequisite model within the participating colleges' faculty and administrators. It is expected that increasing the corequisite model in mathematics will increase the graduation rate of students, as well as increase the number and diversity of students who pursue STEM careers. This project is supported by the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: EHR Program that supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. This conference is aligned with the Engaged Learning track, which supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools. It is also aligned with the Institutional and Community Transformation track, which supports efforts to transform and improve STEM education across institutions of higher education and disciplinary communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.