Numerical Foundations

Math 450 Pasadena City College

Success Rates
Math 402 PreAlgebra (Fall 2006)

Overall

Enrolled: 851 Passed: 443 Success rate: 52.1%

Success Rates by the Placement

Math 402 (Fall 2006): Breakdown by placement

test score (Arithmetic score)

42 to 69 (honest to goodness PreAlgebra)

Enrolled: 262 Passed: 183 Success rate: 69.8% Enrolled: 477 Passed: 207 Success rate: 43.4%

41 or lower (should be in arithmetic)

Success Rates by the Placement

Math 402 (Fall 2006): Breakdown by placement

test score (Arithmetic score)

No placement test

Enrolled: 112 Passed: 53 Success rate: 47.3%

Success Rates by the Placement

Success Rate Comparison 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00% 42 or up 41 or less

Success Rate

Target students for Math 450 Numerical Foundations

No placement

Overall

Placement Test

Purpose of Numerical Foundations

To better prepare students for PreAlgebra To develop mathematical thinking skills To develop school success skills To allow students to have a positive experience in a math class To foster understanding not memorization To have fun teaching and learning Math!!!

About the class

More hands on approach

Very coordinated same schedule, tests,

syllabi, shared office hours Smaller class size 25 students Lots of teacher training We easily fill 10 sections every semester We assign a ton of homework and they do it! Base Five is the key to our success

The Magic of Base Five

It is the great equalizer new to everyone

It is new and different not the same old stuff

theyve already seen. It sets the tone. It slows them down they really have to stop and think about math EVERYTHING relates back to base five and the students make the connections!

Success Rates
Students who place directly into PreAlgebra

have a success rate of 66% Students who take Math 450 have the same success rate in PreAlgebra, 66% Actually they are slightly more successful in our lecture-lab version of PreAlgebra, 75% vs 71%

SLOs
Perform operations on whole numbers

without the use of a calculator Apply academic strategies that improve the likelihood of success in math courses Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents

SPOs

Apply the order of operations to simplify expressions involving whole numbers without the use of a calculator. Analyze various numeration systems. Categorize whole numbers as prime or composite using the characteristics of factors and multiples. Order rational numbers. Understand the connection between fractions, decimals, and percents. Solve application problems at the appropriate level for this course. Apply study skills to improve their learning of mathematics.

Questions/ Comments
Any questions or comments?

Linda Hintzman 626-585-7457 Lbhintzman@pasadena.edu