Increasing MATH 123 Success through Online Homework and Coordinated Remediation

This course, like its prerequisite MATH 122 (Calculus I), traditionally has a very low success rate; the two act as a severe bottleneck for the academic programs of students in STEM fields. MATH 123 is taught each semester in 10 or so small sections, and we do not have a departmental mandate to impose pedagogical changes within the classroom. We do have historical data that identify students as "at risk" based on past courses and exam scores. Based on initial success with the analogous MATH 122 redesign (http://contentbuilder.merlot.org/toolkit/html/index.php#snapshot=829571… This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.), we aim to increase student success through a coordinated combination of online homework sets, weekly remediation for the at-risk students, and milestone examinations.