Giving students choices increases equity in education

2. Constant
• Content
• Learning Objectives
• Assessment of Learning
• Rigor
Choices
• Textbooks
• Learning Strategies /
Assignments
• Form of Assessment
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3. Textbook
Choices

4. Textbook Costs Rise 6% Annually
http://www.slideshare.net/UnaDaly/reducing-costs-for-ict-majors-with-
the-california-affordability-textbook-act-2015-56835222
http://mfeldstein.com/data-to-back-up-concerns-of-textbook-
expenditures-by-first-generation-students/
Course Materials
Fall 2014
Average Cost of
Materials per Unit
1st Gen Students $ 64.39
Other Students $ 55.25

5. Textbook Costs vs Student Success
Source: 2012 student survey by Florida Virtual Campus
Slide: CC-BY Cable Green, Creative Commons via http://www.project-kaleidoscope.org/
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60%+ do not purchase books at some point due to book cost
35% take fewer courses due to book cost
31% choose not to register for a course due to book cost
23% regularly go without textbooks due to book cost
14% have dropped a course due to book cost
10% have withdrawn from a course due to book cost

6. Solution: Open Educational Resources
Free online, low-cost print option
Online access to textbook on first day of class
Faculty can adapt for students
Licensed for re-use by OpenSourceWay
http://www.slideshare.net/UnaDaly/reducing-costs-for-ict-majors-with-the-california-affordability-textbook-act-2015-56835222

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8. Step 1: Graphic Organizers
https://www.text2mindmap.com/

9. http://roola.weebly.com/

10. Study Skills
http://www.purposegames.com/

11. Choices in Assessment
What do I want students to know/do?
Are there different ways to measure that?

12. What are each of these testing?
What do I want students to know / be able to do?
1. Which relationship is different?
A. Monosaccharide / Polysaccharide
B. Monosaccharide / Disaccharide
C. Phospholipid / Lipid
D. Amino Acid / Protein