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Intentional
Engagement Strategies -CCSSE
To increase success rates in selected gatekeeper courses
(typically, courses that students must complete successfully to achieve their
goals),
The ARC, which includes a computer laboratory, tutoring
rooms, a library, and rooms for socializing, is designed to be a “belonging”
place. Outcomes for the 383 students in the targeted gatekeeper classes —
two-course sequences in biology, organic chemistry, and calculus — show
dramatic increases in student success and retention. In biology, for example,
87% of students received a final grade of A, B, or C, more than double the
student success rate of 38% using a traditional approach. Withdrawals from the
same class declined from 44% in the traditional course to just 3% in ARC. Outcomes
for the other courses showed similar success rates.
Supplemental
Instruction – Gatekeeping Courses
Supplemental
Instruction - USC
Supplemental
Instruction – Marymount College
SI has has been successfully
offered in a wide range of courses at Marymount: Anatomy and Physiology
I, Calculus, Civilization I, College Algebra, General Biology, International
Relations, Programming I, and Statistics.
Supplemental
Instruction Training Manual
Gatekeeper
Courses – Low-Income and Minorities
Faculty members who teach
entry-level, gatekeeper courses will examine the curriculum for those courses
as well as the developmental courses to ensure students learn the skills they
need to be successful in those courses. They also will consider what students
need in the way of support and examine whether their teaching methods provide
that support,
Applications
and Misapplications of Cognitive Psychology to Mathematics Education