Corequisite Courses: Integrating Developmental Math Support in a Corequisite
Join Mari Menard from Lone Star College-Kingwood and George Woodbury from College of the Sequoias as they share personal experiences of planning for and implementing corequisite courses.
Professor Mari Menard, Lone Star College
Professor George Woodbury, College of the Sequoias
In this session, we share personal experiences of planning for and implementing corequisite courses. We also discuss lessons learned thus far, and preview materials that can be easily used for the remediation portion of a corequisite course.
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Mari Menard
Mari Menard earned bachelor’s and master of science degrees in mathematics from Lamar University – Beaumont, in Beaumont, TX. She is a professor of mathematics at Lone Star College – Kingwood, in Kingwood, Texas. Mari is the math lab faculty liaison for the Math Learning Support Lab at her campus, affording her the opportunity to work with tutors and students alike enrolled in college math courses. She is an active member of AMATYC, currently the AMATYC traveling workshop coordinator.
Her own experiences in college allowed her to find her love of mathematics and a knack for helping her fellow students. She believes that students must build and nurture their math skills, what she terms their “math ego”, stay positive, work hard, and success follows. She works with other math faculty at her college to determine content and implementation strategies for corequisite courses and is currently teaching her second semester of corequisite courses. She believes in learning from all experiences, enjoys time with her husband, and playing golf.
Professor George Woodbury, College of the Sequoias
George Woodbury earned a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of California–Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in Mathematics from California State University–Northridge. He currently teaches at College of the Sequoias in Visalia, CA, just outside of Fresno. George has been honored as an instructor by both his students and his colleagues. Aside from teaching and writing, he served as the department chair of the math/engineering division from 1999 through 2004. George has been a user of MyLab™ Math and Statistics since their inception, continually coming up with creative ways to integrate his teaching methods with technology. He actively blogs on georgewoodbury.com about thoughts on math, statistics, teaching, and study skills.