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Developmental Mathematics at BHCC


The following 11-minute video briefly outlines the changes to the developmental math sequence being implemented for the fall 2012 semester.

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Bunker Hill Community College has fundamentally reformed its developmental mathematics education program. The guiding principle of this reform has been “the completion agenda” of increasing the students’ retention and success rates consistently while addressing students’ Habits of Mind. Elements critical to the reform include an acceleration option, contextualization, a learner-centered teaching approach using project-based and service learning, reflective writing, and technology like ePortfolios and MyMathLab.

 

The research, design, and implementation of the new program directly resulted from strong collaboration between the faculty, staff, and administrators while being entirely faculty-driven. Both full-time and part-time faculty designed pathways that increase completion rates, instituted an acceleration policy, and designed effective learning environments through targeted classroom interventions.

 

The new sequence constitutes a 2-course pathway for non-STEM degrees and a 3-course pathway for STEM-degrees, much in line with the Carnegie Foundation’s Statway™ and Quantway ™ models.

 

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