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Contextualizing math courses to improve #StudentSuccess & #Retention
"Math ends the education careers of thousands of #CommunityCollege students. A few schools are trying something new"
https://hechingerreport.org/math-ends-the-education-careers-of-thousands-of-community-college-students-a-few-schools-are-trying-something-new/
Cites "Facilitating Student Learning Through Contextualization" https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/facilitating-student-learning-contextualization.html
#MathEd #EdPsy #EdDev #SituatedLearning![Math ends the education careers of thousands of community college students. A few schools are trying something new](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/2919396)
"Math ends the education careers of thousands of #CommunityCollege students. A few schools are trying something new"
https://hechingerreport.org/math-ends-the-education-careers-of-thousands-of-community-college-students-a-few-schools-are-trying-something-new/
Cites "Facilitating Student Learning Through Contextualization" https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/facilitating-student-learning-contextualization.html
#MathEd #EdPsy #EdDev #SituatedLearning
Math ends the education careers of thousands of community college students. A few schools are trying something new
Math is a giant hurdle for community college students pursuing career and technical degrees.Steven Yoder (The Hechinger Report)
Colleges are chasing after more revenue from the 36.8 million people in the U.S. with some college experience but no degree:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/adult-post-traditional/2024/06/06/some-college-no-degree-cohort-keeps-growing
But "They’re not thinking about what’s actually happening that led a student to leave in the first place. Otherwise, you’re recruiting them back into an institution that didn’t work for them."
96% of students who leave STEM degree programs mention the poor quality of #teaching, for example
https://www.mathvalues.org/masterblog/launchings20200501
#HigherEd #STEMeducation #Retention![Reflections and Observations from Talking about Leaving Revisited](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/2829059)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/adult-post-traditional/2024/06/06/some-college-no-degree-cohort-keeps-growing
But "They’re not thinking about what’s actually happening that led a student to leave in the first place. Otherwise, you’re recruiting them back into an institution that didn’t work for them."
96% of students who leave STEM degree programs mention the poor quality of #teaching, for example
https://www.mathvalues.org/masterblog/launchings20200501
#HigherEd #STEMeducation #Retention
Reflections and Observations from Talking about Leaving Revisited
By: David Bressoud @dbressoudDavid Bressoud (MATH VALUES)