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An Overview of the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP)
Peter AdamsSusan Gabriel
The Community College of Baltimore County
The goal of the project is for at least four Michigan community colleges to pilot sections of ALP by fall 2013.
The grant funds will allow MSSC to provide resources and assistance to those schools that decide to participate.
This webinar and our participation at the Summit next week are the first steps in the process.
The Kresge ALP grant project runs until December 31, 2013.
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What is the problem? What is ALP?
What are the results?
What about costs?
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Outline of the Presentation
Data showing disappointing results
developmentaleducation
The Gates Foundation reports three quarters of developmental students do not receive a degree or certificate within four years.
Data from Recent Studies
placed indev ed
graduated
in 4 years
25%
did notgraduatein 4 years
75%
The Community College Research Center at Columbia (CCRC) has found that “that few students referred to developmental education progress through their developmental education sequence of courses to succeed in college-level courses: within four years, only . . . 45 percent of students in the study successfully completed a course in college-level . . . English.”
Data from Recent Studies
placed indev ed
did not pass ENG101
in 4 years55%
passed ENG101
in 4 years45%
100%
75%
50%
25%
0%
Success rates for studentswho took ENGL 052 in 88-89
How We First Measured Success in Our Developmental Courses
100%
75%
50%
25%
0%
S in ENGL 052
49057%
U or WENGL 052
37343%
Success rates for studentswho passed ENGL 052 in 88-89and then took ENGL 101 by sp 92
ABC in ENGL 101
28781%
DFW inENGL 101
6819%
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took 0521988/1989
863100%
Students who took ENG 052 for the first time in 1988/1989
took 10135541%
took nomore writing
courses13516%
S in 05249057%
neverpassed 052
37343%
A, B, or Cin 101
28733%
D, F, or Win 101
688%
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Financial crisisData showing
disappointing results
developmentaleducation
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Why Do Students Drop Out?
can’t w
rite a th
esisno concrete examples
sentence fragments
confusing words
subject-verb agreement
mla formatnone of the above
financia
l pro
blems changes at work
legal problems
car trouble
abusive situation at home
medical problems
eviction
problems with children
laid off
life happens
student becomes discouraged
student becomes depressed
student feels isolated
student loses confidence
stress becomes too great
student wasn’t prepared for college-level work
affective issues
lifeissues
affectiveissues
non-cognitive
issueswhat is the solution?
What is the problem? What is ALP?
What are the results?
What about costs?
Outline of the Presentation
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The Accelerated Learning Project
Essex
DundalkCatonsville
Hunt Valley
Owings Mills
Randallstown
A
CCBC Students
average age 29
female/male 58/42%
students of color 50%
full/part-time 34/66 %
Community College Baltimore County
credit students 33,817
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50%
Placement into Dev ED
75%
25%
100%
81%
Englishall students math reading
77%
65%58%
RDG051
RDG052
MATH081
MATH082
MATH083
ENGL051
ENGL052
ENGL101
ENGL102
CCBC’s Developmental Education Courses:
ENG 101 ENG 052
ALP
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What do we do in the ALP 052 class?
Conducting class as a writing workshop, an extension/supplement to the 101 class
Answering questions left over from the 101 class
Providing opportunities for more writing practice, short papers to reinforce concepts from the 101 class or prepare for upcoming assignments in the 101 class
Discussing/brainstorming ideas for the next essay in 101
Reviewing drafts of essays the students are working on for 101
Working on reducing the frequency and severity of error in the students’ writing
Addressing non-cognitive issues (life issues, affective issues)
The goal for ALP 052 instructors: Maximize the ALP students’ probability of success in the ENGL 101 class. Strategies include:
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ENG 101 ENG 052
ALP
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ENG 101 ENG 052
ALP
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ENG 052
ALP
ENG 101 ENG 101
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ENG 052
ALP
ENG 101 ENG 101
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What is the problem? What is ALP?
What are the results?
What about costs?
Outline of the Presentation
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passedENG 052
360465%
did not pass
ENG 052194135%
tookENG 052
Fa07-Fa105545 100%
tookENG 101
266148%
took nomore writing
courses94317%
passedENG 052
48582%
didn’tpass
ENG 05210718%
took ENG 052
Fa07-Fa10592
100%
took ENG 101
592100%
took nomore writing
courses0
0%
traditional developmental
students: fall 2007 –fall 2010
ALP students: fall 2007 –fall 2010
data from Cho, Kopko, & Jenkins, 2012 (CCRC)
passedENG 052
360465%
did not pass
ENG 052194135%
tookENG 052
Fa07-Fa105545 100%
tookENG 101
266148%
took nomore writing
courses94317%
traditional developmental
students: fall 2007 –fall 2010
passedENG 052
48582%
didn’tpass
ENG 05210718%
took ENG 052
Fa07-Fa10592
100%
took ENG 101
592100%
took nomore writing
courses0
0%
ALP students: fall 2007 –fall 2010
passedENG 101
182933%
didn’tpass
ENG 10183215%
passedENG 101
43874%
didn’tpass
ENG 10115426%
data from Cho, Kopko, & Jenkins, 2012 (CCRC)
ALP Success Rates, 2007-10(data from CCBC Institutional Research)
75%
50%
25%
052fall 07
24%passENGL
101
69%passENGL
101
ALPfall 07
69%passENGL
101
29%passENGL
101
052fall 08
ALPfall 08
73%passENGL
101
31%passENGL
101
052fall 09
ALPfall 09
74%passENGL
101
31%passENGL
101
052fall 10
ALPfall 10
data from CCBC Institutional Research and Evaluation
passedENG 052
360465%
did not pass
ENG 052194135%
tookENG 052
Fa07-Fa105545 100%
tookENG 101
266148%
took nomore writing
courses94317%
passedENG 052
48582%
didn’tpass
ENG 05210718%
took ENG 052
Fa07-Fa10592
100%
took ENG 101
592100%
took nomore writing
courses0
0%
passedENG 101
182933%
didn’tpass
ENG 10183215%
passedENG 101
43874%
didn’tpass
ENG 10115426%
tookENG 102
29650%
haven’t taken
ENG 10214224%
tookENG 102
72113%
haven’ttaken
ENG 102110920%
passedENG 102
55410%
F, I, or Win
ENG1021673%
passedENG 102
19533%
haven’t passed
ENG102 10117%
traditional developmental
students: fall 2007 –fall 2010
ALP students: fall 2007 –fall 2010
data from Cho, Kopko, & Jenkins, 2012 (CCRC)
80%
20%
60%
Longitudinal Studies: Persisted to Next Year after Developmental Course
40%
traditional dev writing (N = 5545)
ALP (N = 592)
cohorts from fall 07 to fall 2010
64%379
48%2662
Two-tailed statistical significance test: significant at 1%
Data from Cho, Kopko, & Jenkins, 2012 (CCRC)
1
3
Longitudinal Studies: Courses Completed One Year after ENG 052
2
traditional dev writing (N = 5545)
ALP (N = 592)
cohorts from fall 07 to fall 2010
2.87
1.87
Two-tailed statistical significance test: significant at 1%
Data from Cho, Kopko, & Jenkins, 2012 (CCRC)
8
2
6
Longitudinal Studies: Credits Completed One Year after ENG 052
4
traditional dev writing (N = 5545)
ALP (N = 592)
cohorts from fall 07 to fall 20108.54
5.51
Two-tailed statistical significance test: significant at 1%
Data from Cho, Kopko, & Jenkins, 2012 (CCRC)
Students take their developmental writing course concurrently with the credit-level writing course, rather than as a pre-requisite.
The same instructor teaches the ALP course and the credit course.
At least half the students in the credit English course are students who placed into credit-level writing.
The ALP cohort is no more than 12 students.
ALP instructors recognize the importance of paying attention to the non-cognitive issues affecting their students.
The pedagogy in the ALP course is based on “backward design” from the credit course and emphasizes active learning, improved reasoning skills, engaged reading, and more effective editing skills.
Critical Features of ALP
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2009-102007-08 2008-09
160 student
s20 sections
640student
s80
sections
2010-11
320student
s40
sections
80students
2011-12
1280student
s
160 sections
Allegeny College (MD)Atlantic Cape Com Col (NJ)Bellevue College (WA)Bergen Com Col (NJ)Bloomfield College (NJ)Blue Ridge Tech and Com Col (WV)Brookdale Com Col (NJ)Cayuhoga Com Col (OH)Century College (MN)College of Coastal Georgia (GA)Com Col of DC (DC)Com Col of Vermont (VT)El Paso Com Col (TX) Gateway Tech and Com Col (KY)Georgia Gwinnett College (GA)The Graduate School (DC)Greenville Tech College (SC)Gwinnett Technical College (GA)Heartland Com Col (IL)
North Hennepin Com Col (MN)Northeast Lakeview College (TX)Northampton Com Col (PA)Patrick Henry Com Col (VA)Phillips Com Col (AR)Phoenix Com Col (AZ)Prairie State College (IL)Salt Lake Com Col (UT)Santa Barbara Com Col (CA)Springfield Tech and Com Col (MA)St. Louis Com Col (MO)SUNY Adirondack (NY)Tulsa Com Col (OK)University of Alaska, Anchorage (AK)Valley Forge Military College (PA)West Kentucky Tech &Com Col (KY)West Virginia North Com Col (WV) Windward Com Col (HI) York Technical College (SC)
Highline Com Col (WA)Ivy Tech Com Col (IN)Jackson Com Col (MI)Kanawha Valley Techl & Com Col (WV)Kapiolani Com Col (HI)Lansing Com Col (MI)LaGuardia Com Col (NY)Leeward Com Col (HI)Lone Star College Tomball (TX)Long Island University (NY)Mesa Community College (AZ)Metropolitan Com Col (MO)Middlesex Com Col (MA)Missouri State U-West Plains (MO)Mott Community College (MI)New Mexico State U, Alamogordo(NM)Northampton Community College (PANorth Central State College (OH)North Central Michigan College (MI)
Schools Currently Offering ALP
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What is the problem? What is ALP?
What are the results?
What about costs?
Outline of the Presentation
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1000 students
Costs Under Traditional Model
20 students per section
Costs Under Traditional Model
50 sections of Dev Eng
X 3 faculty credit hours/section
= 150 faculty credit hours
Costs Under Traditional Model
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54% of traditional developmentalstudents take 101
540 students ÷ 20 students/section= 27 sections
.54 X 1000 = 540 students
27 sections X 3 faculty credit hours/section = 81 faculty credit hours
Costs Under Traditional Model
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total for developmental course =
total for 101=
81 faculty credit hours
150 faculty credit hours
total =231 faculty credit hours
Costs Under Traditional Model
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1000 students
Costs Under ALP
10 students per section
Costs Under ALP
100 sections of ALP Dev Eng
X 3 faculty credit hours/section
= 300 faculty credit hours
Costs Under ALP
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100% of ALP developmentalstudents take ENG 101
1000 students ÷ 20 students/section= 50 sections
1.00 X 1000 = 1000 students
50 sections X 3 faculty credit hours/section = 150 faculty credit hours
Costs Under ALP
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Comparison of Costs for 500 Students
Traditional ALP
DEV: 50 sect X 3 cr/sect = 150 fch
101: 18.5 sect X 3 cr/sect = 81 fch
TOTAL: 231 fch
DEV: 100 sect X 3 cr/sect = 300 fch
101: 50 sect X 3 cr/sect = 150 fch
TOTAL: 450 fch
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traditional factory
widgetsper year
cost perwidget
cost/yearto operate
$231,000
$450,000
33,000
74,000
$7.00
$6.08
ALP factory
An Analogy
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traditional factory
231 fch
450 fch
students per year
cost per studentcost per year
students per year cost per studentcost per year
330 (33%) of 1000 students
pass FYC
740 (74%)of 1000 students
pass FYC
.700 fch perpassing student
.608 fch perpassing student
ALP factory
An Analogy
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traditional factory
231 fch
450 fch
students per year
cost per studentcost per year
students per semester cost per studentcost per year
330 (33%) of 1000 students
pass FYC
740 (74%)of 1000 students
pass FYC
.700 fch perpassing student
.608 fch perpassing student
ALP factory
An Analogy
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Summing It All Up
doubles the success rate,
cuts the attrition rate in half,
does it in half the time,
at slightly less cost per successful
student.
Compared to traditional developmental writing approaches, ALP
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Peter Adams [email protected]
Susan Gabriel [email protected]