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George Woodbury College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA georgew@cos.edu Using Student Contracts And MyMathLab To Motivate Students Pioneer VI – October 2009 George Woodbury College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA georgew@cos.edu

Origins Of The Contract Developmental math students are short on confidence and motivation. A colleague and myself were wondering what incentives would work. Our campus president told us about a contract he used with students.

My First Contract With My Students (Fall 2007) Any student who meets the following criteria will have the option of completing a final cumulative assignment instead of taking the final exam. In such a situation, the student will keep the grade that they had before the final.

Criteria for Contract Perfect scores on all MyMathLab homework assignments MyMathLab quiz average of at least 80% No more than 2 absences Exam average of at least 70%

Grading No Contract With Contract MML HW 8.3% 12.5% MML Quizzes Exams 50% 75% Final Exam 33.3% X

MyMathLab Homework Homework is assigned for each section we cover. Students are allowed to work each problem until they get it correct. There is a deadline for each assignment. 6

MyMathLab Quizzes There are two quizzes – one for the first half of the chapter and a second for the entire chapter. Students get infinitely many attempts at each quiz. Highest score counts. 7

Pencil & Paper Exams Students take an exam at the end of each chapter that we cover. 8

So, How’d It Go? Starting Population: 54 Students Retention: 49 Students (90.7%) Success (A - C) : 37 Students (68.5%)

A Little Perspective Fall 2007 My Class With Contract Spring 2007 My Classes No Contract Campus Wide Pass 68.5% 49.4% 48.3% Fail 22.2% 36.5% 33.8% Drop 9.3% 14.1% 17.9% Retention 90.7% 85.9% 82.1%

Comparison To Prior Semester Test Averages Fall ’07 With Contract Spring ’07 No Contract A 35% 12% B 39% 21% C 36% D 8% 9% F 6% 22%

Comparison To Prior Semester Success Rate, by Exam Fall 2007 With Contract Spring 2007 No Contract Test 1 – Transition 83% 74% Test 2 – Radicals 79% 55% Test 3 – Quadratic 80% 62% Test 4 – Functions 76% 61% Test 5 – Exp./Logs 71% 36% Test 6 – Conics 94% 92%

Comparison To Prior Semester Percentage of A’s, by Exam Fall 2007 With Contract Spring 2007 No Contract Test 1 – Transition 44% 30% Test 2 – Radicals 42% 20% Test 3 – Quadratic 35% 24% Test 4 – Functions 41% 21% Test 5 – Exp./Logs 33% 12% Test 6 – Conics 92% 76%

Comparison To Prior Semester Mean Score, by Exam Fall 2007 With Contract Spring 2007 No Contract Test 1 – Transition 83.0 77.6 Test 2 – Radicals 79.6 67.6 Test 3 – Quadratic 79.7 73.8 Test 4 – Functions 81.0 71.8 Test 5 – Exp./Logs 75.0 58.3 Test 6 – Conics 93.1 88.5

Comparison To Prior Semester Homework Average (Semester) Fall 2007 With Contract Spring 2007 No Contract 93.5% 80.7%

Benefits Students remediate themselves. Students learn proper notation. Students form bonds with classmates. Students work ahead. 16

Benefits Students put in an enormous amount of time and effort. The average time spent on homework and quizzes per student: Test 1: 6 hours, 46 minutes Test 2: 8 hours, 20 minutes Test 3: 10 hours, 40 minutes Test 4: 12 hours, 37 minutes 17

Benefits Students put in an enormous amount of time and effort. Students learn where their “issues” are and ask for help. Students do their homework the way we want them to – they want to make sure they understand before it’s time for the quiz. 18

So, How Do Students Feel About This Approach? I gave a survey to 50 students in attendance late in the semester.

How Much Time/Effort Compared To Last Math Class? Much Less 1 Slightly Less 2 Same 9 Slightly More 15 Much More 23

How Much Has Using MyMathLab Increased Your Understanding? Not At All 1 Somewhat 16 8 A Lot 25

How Has Your Performance On Exams Been As You Expected? Much Worse 4 Slightly Lower 6 Same 13 Slightly Higher 15 Much Higher 12

Changes In Semester 2 (Spring 2008) 2 Intermediate Algebra Classes Minimum Test Average: 80% SLO Checkpoint Quizzes: 90% Average SLO End-of-Course Assessment: 75%

Student Learning Outcome (SLO) Quizzes There is a quiz for each of the SLO’s in our course outline. I open 2 or 3 quizzes per week for the last 4 weeks of the semester. Students can take each quiz as many times as they’d like, and the highest score counts. This serves as a early review for the final exam. 24

Changes In Semester 3 (Fall 2009) 1 Intermediate Algebra Class Minimum Score on Final Exam to Pass Course: 70% Minimum Score Drops by 2% For the Following: MML HW: 100% MML Quizzes: 85% SLO Checkpoint Quizzes: 85% Minimum Test Average: 80% (* 2% bonus for all 4 – Minimum Score 60%)

Changes in Semester 4 (Spring 2009) 1 Prealgebra Class Student Test Contract 10 Point Bonus Available On Each Test MML HW: 100% Each MML Quizzes: At Least 85% On Each No More Than 1 Absence 4 Hours In Tutorial Lab/Computer Center Completion Of All Study Skills Activities

Semester 1, 2, 3, & 4 Fall ‘07 (Sem. 1) Spr. ‘08 (Sem. 2) Fall ‘09 Pass 68.5% 56.9% 54.5% 57.1% Fail 22.2% 30.2% 40% 23.8% Drop 9.3% 12.9% 5.5% 19.1% Retention 90.7% 87.1% 94.5% 80.9%

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