An Overview of the Pedagogical Approach

NROC Developmental Math

Standard and Pre-Assessment Versions

Adaptable in Your Learning Management System

Unit + Summative Activities

Topic + Activities

Self-Paced Version with Unit Map & Pre-Assessment

Instructor-Paced Version without Pre-Assessment

Pre-Assessment Version: Unit Home

Students click on the Unit Map & Pre-Assessment link from the Learning Management System to arrive at the Unit Home, with instructions for taking the Pre-Assessment, which will determine “My Learning Path.”

Pre-Assessment Version: My Learning Path

Based on performance on the Pre-Assessment, a personalized learning path is created. My Learning Path shows only those Topics that require additional study for mastery.

The topic home page orients learners to the objectives and different learning modalities they may use to master the concepts and procedures within the topic.

Topic Level Study

Presentations offer a media-rich conceptual introduction to each topic with illustrated examples, and real-world applications. Closed captions in English and Spanish are available.

Worked examples, created by Sal Khan of Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org), walk students through step-by-step examples (one for each objective) pointing out recommended strategies and procedures through the use of a virtual blackboard.

Practice problems - symbolic and word - are designed in adaptive sets tied to learning objectives, and offer students immediate feedback. Problems may be one of nine different types.

Reviews test students mastery of a topic and the summary points students to the Topic Text for further review as needed.

An integrated, open textbook (Topic Text) provides comprehensive coverage of topics with additional explanations, manipulatives and examples. These pages may be printed by topic, or as a complete textbook for off-line studying and note-taking. Available in both Spanish and English.

Pre-Assessment version: Unit Map - Updated

The Unit Map shows student performance on each topic – those assigned, those they passed out of, and those they mastered through study.

Unit Concluding Integrative Activites

Collaborative Projects

Tutor Simulations

Simple PuzzlesUnit-level Assessments

Pre-Assessment Version: Cloud-based Gradebook

The cloud-based grade service allows the instructor to edit Pre-Assessment settings and to view progress by student or class.