1. LSU Course Redesign Phoebe Rouse Louisiana State University DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS Baton Rouge, LA

2. Redesign Program Goals and Keys
R2R: Roadmap to Redesign (Sept 2004-Aug 2007)
Goals of Redesign:
To use technology (MyMathLab)
To reduce personnel costs (down 44%)
To continue/improve current success rates (√)
Pedagogical Keys of Redesign:
Active Student Learning Experience
Personalized, Individualized Instruction 
Immediate Feedback 
Repetition to Mastery

3. Courses and Enrollment
College Algebra (3 credit hours)
1800 Fall
400 Spring
200 Summer
Trigonometry (3 credit hours)
1000 Fall
1000 Spring
Precalculus (College Algebra and Trig, 5 credit hours)
400 Fall
50 Spring

4. A. Flexible Lab Model (Fall and Spring only)
Class at fixed time
CA – 1 hour per week – 40 students
Trig – 1 hour per week – 200 students
Precalculus – 2 hours per week – 40 students
Review and connecting of concepts, working examples with most difficult skills
Lab at flexible times (open 60 hours each week)
CA – 3 hours minimum each week
Trig – 3 hours minimum each week
Precalculus – 5 hours minimum each week
Do homework, do quizzes, read ebook, watch videos

5. B. Early Completion Model (Fall and Spring only)
1 section each of College Algebra and Trig
Sections capped at 200 students each
No class meetings
Optional lab hours – flexible times
Rigid due dates
Option to work ahead

6. C. Fixed Lab Model (Summer only)
2 sections of College Algebra and 2 sections of Trig
Enrollment per section capped at 100
8 class days and 16 lab days cycling in order of class, lab, lab, and then repeating
3 fixed hours in lab required per cycle
Lab open 8 hours each cycle

7. Pleasant Hall Math Lab Fall 2005

8. Assessments
All homework, quizzes, tests, and final exam using MyMathLab
Test in university testing center
Grade Distribution(modified for EC and Su)
10% Participation (5% class and 5% lab)
10% Homework (drop lowest 2/3)
10% Quizzes (drop the lowest 2)
45% Tests (4/5)
25% Final (can replace lowest test score)

9. College Algebra Fall Results
Semester and Delivery Model(s)
# of
students enrolled
ABC
Rate
Fall 2001 Traditional Sections
3115
66%
Fall 2002 Traditional Sections
3188
64%
Fall 2003 Traditional Sections
3211
68%
Fall 2004 Traditional & Large Sections with MML
3347
71%
Fall 2005 Trad, Large w/ MML, & R2R with MML #
2506
54%
Fall R2R Sections w/ MML ^
1724
75%
Fall R2R Sections w/ MML *
1739
67%
Fall R2R Sections w/ MML ~
1772
Fall R2R Sections w/ MML
1556
72%
Fall R2R Sections w/ MML
1744
Permanent Changes: # MACT >24 given credit, Katrina/Rita
^ No partial credit on any assessments
* Course rigor increased
~ Gustav/Ike

10. College Algebra Spring Results
Exam Median
# of Students enrolled
ABC
Rate
Spring Traditional Sections
68%
1223
50%
Spring Traditional Sections
69%
1191
54%
Spring Traditional Sections
1066
53%
Spring Traditional Sections
1025
64%
Spring Traditional Sections
71%
610
66%
Spring R2R Pilot with MML
61%
196
47%
Spring R2R Sections with MML
67%
567
59%
Spring R2R Sections with MML
384
55%
Spring R2R Sections with MML
418

11. “Must Haves” for Redesign
The support of both the department administration and the upper administration
A strong-willed, thick-skinned program director
A core group of instructors and professors dedicated to working hard to make the redesign succeed
Space and computers for a learning lab
A willingness on the part of everyone involved to be flexible and CHANGE
6. A purpose and an overall plan for redesign

12. Do’s and Don’ts
Do stagger student assignment deadlines to avoid an overloaded lab
Do set up homework and quizzes to be due before the new material is taught.
Do establish credit hour equivalencies prior to assigning teacher’s schedules.
Do increase administrator/coordinator release time to run program.
Do designate a person to manage data, a person to prepare the lab schedule for tutors and train them, and a person to become expert at using the time clock.
Do prepare for the unexpected.
Don’t give up!

13. MyMathLab Faculty Advocate
Contact Info
Phoebe Rouse
LSU
NCAT Redesign Scholar
MyMathLab Faculty Advocate

14. Redesign Personnel Program Management Overall program administrator
Course coordinators for each course
Tutor supervisor
Time clock manager
Teaching
Instructors
Upper level math graduate students
Lab Tutoring
First-year math graduate students
Ugrad math majors
Tech support
Ugrad students from LSU ITS

15. Tutor and Teacher Training
Ugrad Tutor Training Program
a. Hiring and screening
b. Pre-semester workshop
First-Year-TA Tutor Training Program
a. Pre-semester workshop
b. Fall semester Comm Math course
c. Spring semester Comm Math course
First-Time-Teaching-Redesign Teacher
Workshop (R2R Manual)
4. Pre-semester Meeting for All Teaching

16. Elements of a Sustained Redesign
Detailed course syllabus and individual daily schedules
Online assessments and carefully chosen assignment settings
Settings for individual students
Process for importing into and exporting from the gradebook
Precise password management
Allowance for open homework
Rotating lab and efficient time clock management
Well-trained teachers and tutors and constant tutor supervising
Attention to DETAILS

17. PH Basement Math Lab Fall 2006

18. PH Basement Side Room Fall 2007

19. Trig Fall Results Semester and Delivery Model(s)
# of students enrolled
ABC Rate
Fall Traditional Sections
1277
59%
Fall Traditional Sections
1150
56%
Fall Traditional Sections
1015
62%
Fall XLarge Lecture w/ MapleTA ^
892
61%
Fall XLarge Lecture w/ MML #
1350
55%
Fall XLarge Lecture w/ MML
1234
63%
Fall R2R Sections with MML
1168
64%
Fall R2R Sections with MML ~
1231
66%
Fall R2R Sections with MML
1209
76%
Fall R2R Sections with MML
1095
79%
Permanent Changes: ^ No partial credit on any assessments
# Katrina/Rita
~ Gustav/Ike

20. Trig Spring Results Exam Median # of Students enrolled ABC Rate
Spring Traditional Sections
69%
1304
65%
Spring Traditional Sections *
1451
63%
Spring Traditional Sections
64%
1490
Spring Traditional Sections
1477
Spring XLg Lecture w/ MapleTA
1252
Spring XLg Lecture w/ MML
1030
57%
Spring R2R Sections with MML
60%
967
62%
Spring R2R Sections with MML
67%
791
*No exam median recorded.