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The Math Anxiety Reduction/Retention Student Success (MARS) Program: A Collaborative and Innovative Effort Between CGCC’s Counseling and Math Faculty |
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Wayne Gautreau (Chandler-Gilbert Community College) wayne.gautreau@cgcmail.maricopa.edu |
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Dr. Wayne Gautreau, Math Faculty Dr. Rene Barrios, Counseling Faculty Susan Gaumont, nutrition instructor and Registered Dietician Roy Pope and Michael Lucas, Audiovisual Mary Frederick |
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Chandler-Gilbert Community College |
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Mathematics |
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The MARS program was designed to improve retention rates and promote student success for developmental math students. It was a collaborative effort by Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s Counseling and Mathematics faculty to develop an effective and efficient method to help developmental math students over come math anxiety, develop successful study habits, set academic and career goals, as well as develop and employ effective test taking skills. It employs assessment tools that are used to assess student learning and to continuously improve the program. |
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(This initiative is Chandler-Gilbert's 2005 Innovation of the Year.) The objectives of the program are to reduce students’ math and test anxiety, provide each student successful study habits and test preparation techniques, test-taking skills, develop student academic/career goals to improve MAT091 student retention, and to enhance student success rates in mathematics, as well as other academic areas. Brief Overview of the Five Presentation Objectives 1. To identify past behaviors, obstacles and personal attitudes about math that hinder academic persistence, and to understand the importance of goal setting. 2. To identify and recognize causes and the disabling effects of math anxiety. 3. To understand academic success as it pertains to self-responsibility, and to identify and enhance individual study skills strategies for overcoming math anxiety. 4. To identify and understand individual learning styles and its relationship to the improved comprehension of math, and to learn how the brain stores information and how it is retrieved. 5. To learn some of the primary causes of poor math preparation and test anxiety, and to become aware of effective test preparation and test-taking strategies. The quality of the MAT091 courses at CGCC is enhanced tremendously by the collaboration and utilization of counselors to introduce math anxiety reducing strategies. The counseling faculty bring their teaching experience and knowledge of topics such as test preparation, test taking techniques, study skills, stress and/or anxiety reducing strategies, as well as career decision making exercises, into the MAT091 classroom. This expertise helps to strengthen the quantity and quality of topics, strategies and understanding of math anxiety and the means by which to deal with and overcome it. The career component clarifies or strengthens student academic/career goals which is known to strengthen student persistence. Evidence collected continues to show that the material, information and exercises are being clearly presented and understood and that MARS is an effective intervention tool. To measure student learning and understanding, and to continuously improve the presentations and overall program, assessment surveys are given to the students at the end of each of the five presentations and at the completion of the program. The surveys ask students to provide feedback about their understanding of the material and the possible future use of the material learned. We are feeling confident that many of these students will utilize the stress reducing and test preparation strategies they are being introduced to. Another effect of this program is that additional future educational costs to students will be reduced if they don’t have to repeat their math course as a result of overcoming their math anxiety. Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback via the comments form below. |
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http://www.cgc.maricopa.edu/math/index.shtml http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/innovate/ |
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Download the complete description in PDF format (document) Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback below. |
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On Tue Nov 15, 2005 at 1:45AM Lilian L. Legson <lll_luces@yahoo.com> said: |
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Last modified: Mar-03-2005 Date created: Mar-02-2005 Visitor count: 5177 Dublin Core Metadata record  This package is included in the Innovation of the Year Awards 2005 special collection. |
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