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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)
#InclusiveAccess involves automatically billing students for textbooks, even if the course has no textbooks ("Equitable Access"). This doesn't really always save money for students, plus the college gets kickbacks: https://pirg.org/massachusetts/edfund/media-center/new-report-automatic-textbook-billing-limited-choice-uncertain-savings/
The Dept. of #Education is proposing to change it from opt-out to opt-in next year https://sparcopen.org/our-work/2024-u-s-department-of-education-negotiated-rulemaking/
but what surprised me is that two #CommunityCollege associations & Educause argued against the change https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2023/memo-regarding-cash-management-books-and-supplies-submitted-by-lorgan-dobson-cioce.pdf #OER #HigherEd #EdTech
The Dept. of #Education is proposing to change it from opt-out to opt-in next year https://sparcopen.org/our-work/2024-u-s-department-of-education-negotiated-rulemaking/
but what surprised me is that two #CommunityCollege associations & Educause argued against the change https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2023/memo-regarding-cash-management-books-and-supplies-submitted-by-lorgan-dobson-cioce.pdf #OER #HigherEd #EdTech