Opening Developmental Math:
New Resources for New Approaches
Gary Lopez, Executive Director
Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
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Mathematics: A National Challenge
Source: Final report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel
NROC Developmental Math―An Open Program
Project Goal: Double the number of financially-disadvantaged students that
pass developmental math and earn a college degree that has market value.
Funding: $5M from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
$1M from The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Project Audience:
 Ages 18-80 (average age = 28)
 Students have failed math at least once
Objectives:
 Provide learning activities to support an efficient path to credit-bearing
courses
 Offer multiple modes of instruction

Support multiple curricular standards

Allow for flexible course configurations with a collection of learning objects

Leverage the power of digital media
NROC Development Approach
Research
Focus Groups/Pilots
Technology &
Engineering
Product
Design
Professional
Development
Curriculum
NROC Developmental Math
Focus Groups
Goals of the Focus Groups
Administrator and Faculty
• determine shortcomings of existing teaching materials
• better understand administrator and faculty use cases
• feedback for product in development
• develop pilot sites and adoption interest
Students
• determine what digital learning materials students are using
• better understand student use cases
• feedback for product in development
NROC Developmental Math
Focus Groups
Scope of the Effort
• Conducted 57 roundtable discussions
• More than 550 students, instructors, and
administrators
• Representatives from 146 academic institutions
in 28 states
NROC Developmental Math Focus Groups
Focus Groups
Albuquerque Public Schools
Anne Arundel Community College
Antioch High School
Arapahoe Community College
Arizona Western College
Atlantic Cape Community College
Baltimore City Community College
Baltimore County School District
Bates Technical College
Bellevue Community College
Black Hawk College (IA)
Borough of Manhattan Comm. College
Bronx Community College (NY)
Brookdale Community College
Brookhaven College
Broward Community College
Bucks County Community College
Community College of Aurora
CCCOnline
Cecil County School District
Cedar Valley College
Cerro Coso Community College
Charlotte Public Schools
Chattanooga State TCC
City Colleges of Chicago District
City of Angels Schools
Cleveland State Community College
College of Southern Idaho
Columbia County Schools
Columbia State Community College
Columbus State Community College
Community College of Baltimore County
Community College of Philadelphia
Contra Costa College (CA)
Cornish College
Cuyahoga Community College
Daley College
De Anza College
DeAnza Community College
Delta College
Denver School of Science and Technology
Denver West Prep
Des Moines Area Community College
Diablo Valley College
Digital Harbor High School
Durham Technical Community College
Eastfield College (Dallas CCCD)
Edmonds Community College
El Centro College (Dallas CCCD)
Front Range Community College
Green River Community College
Grosse Pointe
Grossmont College
Harold Washington College
Highline Community College
Hillsborough Community College
Holyoke Community College
Howard Community College
Hudson Valley Community College
Indian Hills Community College
Iowa Community College Online Consortium
Iowa Department of Education
Iowa Lakes Community College
Iowa Western Community College
Jemez Valley School District
John A Logan College
Johnson County Community College
Kennedy-King College
Kirkwood Community College
Lakeshore College
Landmark College
Lansing Community College
Lansing Public Schools
Leech Lake Tribal College
Los Angeles Harbor College
Los Medanos Community College
Lowell High School
Luzerne County Community College
Malcolm X College
Maple Valley
Maricopa Community Colleges
Maryland Virtual School
McLennan Community College
Mesa Community College (Phoenix)
Mesa Middle School
Michigan Virtual School
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Montgomery College-Germantown
Montgomery College-Rockville
Moraine Valley Community College
Motlow State Community College
Mountain View College
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West Shore Community College
Whatcom Community College, WA
Williamston High School
Wright College
WV CT College
*Financially Disadvantaged Target Institutions
Focus Group Key Findings
Administrators and Faculty
 Professional development is essential
for supporting teacher success
 Few instructors and institutions are
satisfied with existing methods or digital
options
 Existing digital products:
 too expensive,
 inflexible curricula
 proprietary management system
 High value placed on flexibility,
affordability, multiple pathways for
learners
Focus Group Key Findings
Students
 Keep it simple: struggling students
and English language learners value
simplicity
 Real-world examples and application
are a key to engagement
 Puzzles, animations, simple
illustrations, and problem sets are
important
 Humor, esoteric example, and idioms
trip-up or confuse struggling students
especially English language learners
 Students appreciate and identify with
the presenters and real work
examples
Review the Details in the Report
Focus Group Report
Download it under Project News at:
NROC Developmental Math―An Open Program
Developmental Math Curriculum
Topic areas: arithmetic, beginning algebra, intermediate algebra, including geometry
and statistics topics per AMATYC recommendations
Instructional elements:
At the topic level (116 Topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation, and graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (18 Units):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics, text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive animation, graphics)
346 explicit learning objectives to allow fine-grained assessment.
NROC Developmental Math
Instructional Elements
At the topic level (116 topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation, and
graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (17 units ):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics,
text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive
animation, graphics)
NROC Developmental Math
Instructional Elements
At the topic level (116 topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation, and
graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (17 units ):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics,
text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive
animation, graphics)
NROC Developmental Math
Instructional Elements
At the topic level (116 topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation,
and graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (17 units ):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics,
text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive
animation, graphics)
NROC Developmental Math
Instructional Elements
At the topic level (116 topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation, and
graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (17 units ):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics,
text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive
animation, graphics)
NROC Developmental Math
Instructional Elements
At the topic level (116 topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation, and
graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (17 units ):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics,
text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive
animation, graphics)
NROC Developmental Math
Instructional Elements
At the topic level (116 topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation, and
graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (17 units ):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics,
text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive
animation, graphics)
NROC Developmental Math
Instructional Elements
At the topic level (116 topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation, and
graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (17 units ):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics,
text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive
animation, graphics)
NROC Developmental Math
Instructional Elements
At the topic level (116 topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation, and
graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (17 units ):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics,
text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive
animation, graphics)
NROC Developmental Math
Instructional Elements
At the topic level (Algebra 68 topics,
Dev Math 116 topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation, and
graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (17 units ):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics,
text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive
animation, graphics)
NROC Developmental Math
Instructional Elements
At the topic level (Algebra 68 topics,
Dev Math 116 topics):
• warm-up (text)
• presentation (video, audio, animation, and
graphics)
• worked examples (audio and graphics)
• problems (interactive text)
• review (text)
• text tab (online textbook)
At the unit level (17 units ):
• virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics,
text)
• project (text and graphics)
• puzzles (game-based, interactive
animation, graphics)
Beta preview available!
Pre-Assessments with Custom Learning Paths
Coming in 2012
Release Schedule
Release Dates
Developmental Math – An Open Program
Arithmetic – Beta Available NOW
Beginning Algebra – Summer 2011
Intermediate Algebra – Winter 2011-12
Statistics and Geometry Topics – Summer 2012
Spanish closed captions coming in 2012 in cooperation with the
University of Guadalajara
Next Steps:
Fall 2011 Pilot Diverse Use Cases with Select Group
NROC Research Pilot Program
Administrators, Instructors, Students
1.Questionnaires
2.Interviews in use – on-site and online
3.Performance Data
Pilots: Case Study Approach
Goals:
 To gather data on course completion and competence by class,
compared to traditional models, in order to evaluative the relative efficacy
of the materials
 To outline the details of diverse use cases as models to be shared with
others implementing new approaches.
Case study approach evaluates student

Attitude

Persistence

Competence
Finalizing Fall 2011 Research Pilot Sites
Colleges
And Others
California Community Colleges Economic &
Workforce Development
Bethel School District /Frontier Jr. High
Central Piedmont Community College
Montana Digital Academy (Online K12)
Community College of Denver
Poway Unified School District
Iowa Community College Online
Consortium
Santa Cruz City Schools (Credit Recovery)
Middle Georgia College
Culver City Adult School
SIATech (Adult Ed programs)
Pierce College
Sinclair Community College
St. Louis Community College
University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Still limited space for others, contact us for
more information.
Pilot program will expand for January 2012.
West Virginia Univ. at Parkersburg
And informal trials by other NROC Network Members…
Participate!