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To provide targeted-assisted instruction.
C OLLEGE R EADINESS : D EPARTMENT OF D EVELOPMENTAL E DUCATION
• To track student progress in order to guide instruction and improve the overall developmental program. • To provide students with the technological skills necessary to perform on college-level and within the world around them. • To provide students with intensive laboratory instruction in order to improve overall understanding of subject matter. • To foster critical-thinking skills. • To promote study skills throughout each course in an effort to increase academic discipline and overall subject-matter competency.
D R . S HERRI D AVIS , A CADEMIC D EAN & D IRECTOR OF D EVELOPMENTAL E DUCATION
sdavis@lawsonstate.edu Phone: 205-929-6357
D EVELOPMENTAL C OURSE S EQUENCE
Students are placed in specific levels of developmental studies.
MISSION: The Department of Developmental Education is an intensive and technologically advanced instructional program designed to equip students with the academic skills necessary to perform on a college-level. In addition, the department supports the personal growth of its students through advising, tutoring, counseling, and tracking of academic progress. PLACEMENT: Students are placed in the developmental program based on ACT scores (if available), high school GPA combined with performance in English IV and Algebra II (in high school) and/or individual placement test scores (if neither and ACT score or final high school transcripts are provided). NOTE: ACT scores and high school records must not be greater than 5 years old. If older, the student must take the Accuplacer exam. Students with less than a 17 on the ACT or less than a 2.75 high school GPA combined with a passing grade of “C” (or higher) in English IV or Algebra II will be required to take the Accuplacer Placement test. If scored below norms, the student is then placed in one or more developmental classes (English or math). There are three academic areas tested: English, reading, and mathematics. Testing outcomes determine how many developmental courses individual students will have to take in order to reach college-level. Low reading levels are tied to a student’s ability to qualify to take distance education (online) courses. Students scoring below the 9 th grade equivalent reading score, cannot enroll in online classes until he or she can demonstrate reading proficiency. TRACKING: Student academic performance is tracked in each developmental course. Students are given a pre-test at the beginning of each semester to gauge their proficiency level and are post-tested upon completion of the course. To equip students with the academic skills in reading, mathematics, and English to perform on college-level. • To provide students with various types of support (advisement, counseling, tutoring) to ensure academic and personal success. • To assist students individually with academic problems. Program Outcomes: •
ENGLISH TRACK:
ENR 098 Developmental English and Reading (4 credits) . This course has a built-in lab component.
ENG101 English Comp. (3 credits) — College Level Course ENG099 English Composition Learning Support Lab (1 credit) Students who originally placed into ENR098 will take ENG099 (which is a Learning Support Tutoring Lab) when they enroll in their first gateway college-level English class, ENG101.
MATHEMATICS: MTH 098 Developmental Algebra (4 credits). This course has a built-in lab component.
Students who originally placed into MTH098 will take MTH099 (which is a Learning Support Tutoring Lab) when they enroll in their first gateway college-level mathematics class, MTH100.
MTH100 Intermediate Algebra. (3 credits) — College Level Course
MTH099 Intermediate Algebra Learning Support Lab (1 credit)
Testing Out Policy:
Once a student has placed (via their ACT score, AccuPlacer results high school transcripts) into a developmental course, he or she is given an Entrance Exam (for the course they have tested in) within the first week of the course. If the student masters the Entrance Exam by scoring 80% or better, then he or she will be given the Exit Exam (for the course). If passed with a “C”/70% or higher, the student will advance to the next level. In addition, students are eligible to retest (via Accuplacer) as long as the semester has not started. Students must incur the expense of this retest. After re-testing, the student will be eligible to place in the proper college level course — depending on the placement results.
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