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Dr. Selina V. MirelesTexas State University
MINORITY EDUCATION
INNOVATION
Hispanics have accounted for more than half (50.5%) of the overall population growth in the United States in this decade, a significant new demographic milestone for the nation's largest minority group.
A new Pew Hispanic Center report analyzes Latino growth and settlement patterns over the past three decades (Pew Hispanic Center, 2008).
MINORITY EDUCATION
Minority students still have large gender gaps.
Minority males are falling further behind than females
African American and Hispanics take more remedial math courses as compared to white counterparts.
Latino/as and African Americans have greater dropout rates when compared to whites
Students who attend schools in low SES areas are not challenged as much as those students in high SES areas(Hambrick, 2008)
MINORITY EDUCATION
How and
Why WHAT’S WORKING?
FOCUS MODEL
Lear
ning
Sup
port
Dev
elop
men
tal M
athe
mati
cs
Academic Support ServicesCredit-Bearing
Course
25%
14%46%
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic
African-American
White
56%44%
Gender
Female
Male
THE FOCUS STUDENT
State DE Cut-off Program Entry200
210
220
230
240230
211
Average TSI ScoreNever At Least
Once
0%
40%
80%
15%
85%
Repeated DE Math
THE FOCUS STUDENT
Credit-bearing Course Backwards Design
Developmental Mathematics Course Just-In-Time
Learning Support Contextualized Real-World Problems
Correlation Numeracy/Literacy Cultural Relevance Technology
Hot Topics
FOCUS MODEL
31%
60%
9%
GraduatedEnrolledNot Enrolled
FOCUS STUDENT STATUS
TSI / THEA ScoresLASSI ScoresMARS ScoresSAT / ACT ScoresCMR College ExamGrade Point AverageMathematics HistoryTSI Status Read / WritePersonal Interviews
MATH READINESS INDICATORS
The position of the Center for Mathematics is that
several indicators should be used to determine a student’s mathematics coursework entry point.
MATH READINESS INDICATORS
Dr. Selina V. MirelesProfessor, Department of MathematicsFounder & Director, Center for Mathematics Readiness Texas State [email protected](512) 245-2338
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