SCOLT 2013

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Selected Results

 

Completion Rate Data

   
graph
graph
Semester
Census
Completed
%
Fall 2007
350
329
94.00%
Spring 2008
211
186
88.15%
Fall 2008
399
350
87.72%
Spring 2009
327
282
86.24%
Fall 2009
406
378
93.10%
Spring 2010
301
269
89.37%
Fall 2010
386
363
94.04%
Spring 2011
316
291
92.09%
Fall 2011
400
370
92.50%
Spring 2012
297
265
89.23%
Fall 2012
344
323
93.90%

Completion Rate Graph

Completion

 

Achievement

Semester
A
F
% score
N
Fall 2009a
54
19
79.4
200
Fall 2009b
47
18
79.7
206
Spring 2010a
19
16
74.5
138
Spring 2010b
28
24
74.3
163
Fall 2010a
53
13
80.7
194
Fall 2010b
51
15
80.5
192

 

 

Student Satisfaction

satisfaction

 

 

 

 

 

Student Model Preference

preference

 

 

 

Departmental Savings (2010)

savings

 

 

 

Keys to Sucess ...

  • Switch seats/rows after each hourly test (limit honor code issues)
  • Separate instructor for fall and spring
  • Talented and dedicated graduate teaching assistants
  • Daily resource pages full of multimedia to use as needed
  • Dynamic instructors with a sense of humor, and high expectations
  • 5-7 activities in groups of two each day
  • Groups-of-two “pop discussions” of difficult lecture points
  • Weekly training sessions with the graduate teaching assistants
  • TA ownership
  • Limit effects of affective filter (feelings of learner anxiety)