Webinar: Tips for Maintaining a High Challenge, High Support Math Pedagogy in Online Corequisite Courses

April 1, 2020

The Citrus College Math Department implemented interactive, high-challenge, high-support pedagogy in all of their open-access corequisites for transfer-level math.  Professors Tracy Nguyen and Victoria Dominguez are both experienced online instructors who were instrumental in helping to quickly move this innovative pedagogy into online classes during the current crisis. They share tips and strategies used in Statistics and

Webinar: Tips and Tricks for Taking English Corequisites Online

March 1, 2020

This is the recorded version of CAP’s webinar featuring Jamie Dingman, a Citrus College English instructor who has been teaching corequisite-supported English composition since spring 2018. The webinar focuses on addressing questions and concerns of faculty who had to make the sudden shift to online instruction because of the Covid-19 pandemic, with an emphasis on how to

Getting There II

December 1, 2019

A Statewide Progress Report on Implementation of AB 705 A new law, Assembly Bill 705 (Irwin), is driving dramatic changes to how the California Community Colleges place students into English and math courses. In fall 2019, AB 705 began requiring the colleges to use students’ high school grades as the primary means of placement; restricting

High Challenge, High Support Statistics Course Available Free through Canvas

October 1, 2019

In the California community colleges, the majority of students take statistics to satisfy requirements for general education or their major, and almost all of these students are taking statistics as their first math or quantitative reasoning course at the college.

This open source online statistics course in Canvas was developed and class-tested by California community college faculty. Materials include a student activity packet and instructor’s facilitation guide. These materials promote productive interaction with, and conceptual understanding of, core statistical concepts, and help instructors recognize and address common issues that arise when students with weaker math backgrounds are learning college-level statistics.

Getting There

September 1, 2019

Are California Community Colleges Maximizing Student Completion of Transfer-Level Math and English? A new law, Assembly Bill 705 (Irwin), is driving dramatic changes in how California Community Colleges place students into English and math courses. Beginning in fall 2019, AB 705 requires the colleges to use students’ high school grades as the primary means of

Instructional Cycle for Integrated Reading and Writing

June 1, 2019

This framework for teaching in an integrated reading and writing context was first developed by Katie Hern in 2011 for use in CAP professional development programs, and later updated with input from faculty at Irvine Valley and Solano colleges.

AB 705 Implementation Toolkit for Colleges

April 1, 2019

We have compiled here a set of resources to support colleges to implement AB 705 in ways that produce the greatest gains in student completion and equity.  General English Writing/Reading and ESL Math CAP Recommendations and FAQ — Math Implementation Checklist — Math National Exemplars of Corequisite Math Remediation, with Lessons Learned Corequisite Information Sheet –