Corequisite Math Courses: The Ins & Outs and What We've Learned
Join Trisha Sholar and Randy Gallaher for a discussion on their experiences with corequisite courses, and how you can improve the experience.
Professor Trisha Sholar, Tulsa Community College
Professor Randy Gallaher, Lewis & Clark Community College
In this session, we’ll hear from two different institutions about their experiences implementing corequisite courses to support their gateway level math courses. We’ll explore real-world examples of how their corequisite courses are set up, lessons learned, and plans for an even better experience next time around.
About our speakers
Trisha Sholar
Trisha Sholar is an Assistant Professor of Developmental Mathematics at Tulsa Community College, where she has taught since 2008. Prior to this position, she was a high school math teacher for five years in Florida. From Fall 2014–Fall 2016 she served on a college-wide developmental mathematics redesign committee with three other faculty members. In the Fall 2016, she became the lead faculty for the Precalculus math pathway committee, where she led 10 faculty members through a pilot Precalculus corequisite course in the Spring 2017. The pilot is now being fully implemented. Trisha also served on a mathpath committee for three years. This committee worked to create a fast path for students to advance through their developmental mathematics. This started out as a two week optional summer class for students, but has been fully implemented as of Spring 2017. She received a BS in Mathematics Education from Northeastern State University in 2003. She went on to receive her MS in Applied Mathematics from the University of Tulsa in 2013. She teaches students from Basic Math through Calculus II.
Randy Gallaher
Randy Gallaher is a professor of mathematics at Lewis & Clark Community College, where he has taught since 1997. He holds a master’s degree in mathematics from Southeast Missouri State University. In 2009 he partnered with Kirk Trigsted on Kirk’s interactive, completely clickable series built from the ground up within MyLab Math. He and co-author Kevin Bodden created the developmental math content in the programs, which offer material spanning from Basic Math-Precalculus and Trigonometry.
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