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[|Highline Community College] redesigned its precollege curriculum during 2007-2009 to accomplish three things: (1) reduce the number of pre-college courses needed by most students from three courses to two courses (2) ensure the mathematical content is truly relevant to student's career, academic and life goals (3) actively help students develop college-readiness skills, including successful learning habits and attitudes.

We piloted the redesigned curriculum in spring and summer of 2010. The grant will fund a lead-instructor model of instruction and faculty inquiry groups to institutionalize data-driven, evidence-based decision making about teaching practices that lead to high student achievement.

[Updated 4/6/2011] Quick summary of the course sequence, including flowchart of sequence, content, and learning outcomes:



Instructors who are teaching one of the courses in our sequence receive an "instructor guide." Copies are provided below. For Math 81 and 91 (Introduction to Algebra and Essentials of Intermediate Algebra):

For Math 98 (Intermediate Algebra for Calculus):

Older materials: The following documents provide additional insight into our development process for the Math 81 and 91 courses, including the guiding philosophy and questions we considered. The document also includes information about our arithmetic course (Math 71) for completeness, though most students only take Math 81 and 91.

**Key Personnel**

 * Jeff Wagnitz || VP Academic Affairs || jwagnitz@highline.edu ||
 * Helen Burn || Department of Mathematics || hburn@highline.edu ||
 * Diana Lee || Department of Mathematics || dlee@highline.edu ||
 * Erik Scott || Department of Mathematics || escott@highline.edu ||
 * Aaron Warnock || Department of Mathematics || awarnock@highline.edu ||

Faculty Assigned to Cross-Cutting Project Work
Overall Project - Helen Burn Data Analysis Regarding Student Progress and Achievement- Helen Burn Faculty Inquiry Efforts- Erik Scott Classroom/Formative Assessment - Razmehr Fardad Classroom Exchange and Observations - Diana Lee

**Summer Retreat 2010 Year One Action Plans**

 * [|HCC_Making Teaching Visible.doc]**
 * [|HCC_Structuring Faculty Inquiry.doc]**
 * [|HCC_CATs_Strategies.doc]**
 * [|HCC_Pedagogic Strategies.doc]**

**Useful Resources**
[|**Video Tutorial for Teaching Student Attributes in Developmental Math--45 minutes**] [|Growth Mindset Video (Carol Dweck--4 minutes)] [|Useful Sources for Findings Data] [|MyMathLab FAQ] [|CATs.ppt]