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Students give math class redesign thumbs up
From the student newspaper The Broadside at Central Oregon Community College

If you are planning on taking a pre-algebra course, chances are you will be signing up for one of Central Oregon Community College’s recently redesigned courses. Beginning this term, COCC’s Math 60 course made a full conversion to the new program now being called Math 60 Redesign, which uses Hawkes Learning Systems’ software. The redesign of the Math 65 course is set to start spring term. After being in effect for nearly a full term, the course has received positive feedback from students taking it. “So far it’s been pretty good,” said Jeremiah Jones, a COCC student taking Math 60 Redesign. With the positive feedback, faculty from the mathematics department are looking forward to expanding the redesign to other math courses. “We’re planning to redesign [Math] 65,” said Doug Nelson, head of the mathematics department. “We have hopes and plans for redesigning [Math] 95 by fall.” A difference between this course and the previous traditional course is with the Students Mastering Algebra through Revolutionary Techniques lab (SMART), students are only required to check in a required minimum of two hours per week.
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Two Members of Holmes Community College PreCore Studies
Receive Awards
On Friday, Oct. 22, during the Mississippi Association for Developmental Educators Conference at the Eagle Ridge Conference Center at Hinds Community College in Raymond, two members of the Holmes Community College PreCore Studies Department received awards from the association. PreCore Studies chair Stephanie Burton of the Goodman Campus was elected president-elect while PreCore Studies instructor Margaret Bailey of the Grenada Center was named the Vashti Muse Developmental Educator of the Year and was also re-elected secretary for MADE.
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