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Minority Education Innovation

Minority Education Innovation. Dr. Selina V. Mireles Texas State University. Minority Education.

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Minority Education Innovation

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  1. Minority Education Innovation Dr. Selina V. Mireles Texas State University

  2. Minority Education 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).

  3. 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)

  4. What’s Working? How and Why

  5. FOCUS Model Credit-Bearing Course research-based best practices Learning Support Academic Support Services Developmental Mathematics

  6. THE focus Student

  7. THE focus Student

  8. FOCUS Model • 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

  9. FOCUS Student Status

  10. Math Readiness Indicators • TSI / THEA Scores • LASSI Scores • MARS Scores • SAT / ACT Scores • CMR College Exam • Grade Point Average • Mathematics History • TSI Status Read / Write • Personal Interviews

  11. 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.

  12. Contact information Dr. Selina V. Mireles Professor, Department of Mathematics Founder & Director, Center for Mathematics Readiness Texas State University svmireles@txstate.edu (512) 245-2338

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