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American Education Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK

Presented by:Yianni (John) Vassiliou

Director, Computer CourtyardLearning Resources Division

Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus

Prepared for:2010 FACTA Conference

Lakeland, FLFebruary 5th, 2010

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Yianni (John) Vassiliou Fifteen years experience in Student & Academic Affairs – Higher Education Eight years as an Adjunct Professor (College Success Skills) at Miami Dade College

Five years as the Director of the Testing Department at MDC’s InterAmerican Campus

Director ,Computer Courtyard - Learning Resources Division at MDC’s Kendall Campus (S.O.C.R.A.T.E.S. Tutoring Services & NSSM Lab)

Coordinator of Title III Grant – “Strengthening Institution’s Program”

Member of MDC’s College Academic & Student Support Council (CASSC) Research & Testing Committee for five years.

Ph.D in Higher Education Leadership at Florida Atlantic University (currently pursuing)

Member of :

Association of the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) American Educational Research Association (AERA) Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Association of Colleges for Tutoring and Learning Assistance (ACTLA) National College Testing Association (NCTA) Florida Association of College Test Administrators (FACTA)

Native of Greece

Why A+dvancer ?No need to take a College Placement Test in order to

identify strengths and weaknesses and refresh skillssystem assigns automatically individualized lesson

plan

Online software provides 24/7 access anytime, anywhere learning

Prescriptive Skills Diagnostic Assessmentaligned with college-readiness proficiencies

Individually Prescribed Refresher Instructiondesigned to meet student specific learning

needsrefreshes essential skills for college successensures student’s engagement with

assigned lessonsprovides lessons for study within a content

area with post-test & mastery test in each lesson to ensure mastery of skills

Remote Tutoringprovides the ultimate in

convenience!

S.O.C.R.A.T.E.S. Tutoring Services

For more information, call (305) 237-0851 or visit the MDC, Kendall Campus, Computer Courtyard, Room 2141

Receive tutoring and never leave the comforts of your own home or office.

Remote tutoring assistance is available from any computer with

internet access.

Remote Tutoring

Remote Tutoring Additional Tools

Working the Problem Out

S.O.C.R.A.T.E.S. Arithmetic Workshops

Study Findings – ESL Students 36 Participants

20 of 36 improved REA score 56.0 %

26 of 36 improved Sentence Skills Score 72.5 %

30 of 36 improved scores 83.5 %

0 of 36 into College Level – Pre-test 0.0 %

16 of 36 into College Level – Post-test 44.5 %

21 of 36 into higher level – Post-test 58.5 %

Pre-test Reading Avg Score 63

Post-test Reading Avg Score 71

Net Gain Reading Score + 8 or 13 %

Pre-test Sentence Skills Avg Score 71

Post-test Sentence Skills Avg Score 80

Net Gain Sentence Skills Score + 9 or 13 %

Post-Assessment Findings / 90 min or more in A+

180 of 222 improved placement test scores 81 %

0 of 222 placed into College Level - Pre-test 0 %

119 of 222 place into the higher level - Post-test 54 %

Post-Assesement Placement62 of 119 placed into College Level 52 %57 of 119 placed into higher College Prep Level

48 %

Post-Assistance Course Enrollment & Progression 162 of 222 (73 %) enrolled 14 of 222 (6 %) enrolled in 2009-2 / current

semester 145 of 162 (90 %) passed course 9 of 162 (6 %) did not pass course 8 of 162 (5 %) withdrew from course 46 of 222 (21 %) did not enroll in any course at MDC 97 of 133 (73 %) completed highest level of college-prep

MAT 44 of 57 (77 %) completed highest level of college-prep

REA 19 of 27 (71 %) completed highest level of college-prep

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PERCENTAGE COMPLETED HIGHEST LEVEL OF COLLEGE - PREP SUBJECTSWITHIN 2 YEARS AT MDC vs S.O.C.R.A.T.E.S. ASSISTED

Group Demographics

Total Participants/Completers 180 students

Total Subject Areas of Assistance 222 subject areas

Gender Distribution Females: 99 55 % Males: 81 45 %

Age Range: 17 – 53 years old 17 – 18 : 29 16 % 19 – 25 : 105 58 % 26 – 40 : 33 19 % 41 – 53 : 13 7 %

Ethnic Background Hispanic: 138 77 % Non-Hispanic: 41 23 % No Response: 1 0 %

Citizenship Status US Citizens: 126

70 % Non-US Citizens: 54

30 %

Time Spend per Subject Area Arithmetic: 9 hrs and 38

min Algebra: 9 hrs and 10

min College Math: 42 hrs Sentence Skills: 13 hrs Reading: 5 hrs and 34

min

Average studying time per student: 12 hrs

Contact:

Yianni (John) VassiliouDirector, Computer CourtyardLearning Resources Division

Miami Dade College Kendall Campus

Phone: (305) 237-2101Email: jvassili@mdc.edu