Just-in-Time Tutoring

The Math Emporium is a hybrid course that connects lecture, technology, and just-in-time tutoring to enhance student success in Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra and Trigonometry.

How it works at NDSU

  • The NDSU Math Emporium focuses on active learning and is used for Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, and Trigonometry (Math 98, Math 103, Math 105).
  • Each week, students spend two 50-minute lecture periods in Math 98 and 1 hour and 15 minutes in a large lecture for Math 103 and 105, where material is presented or reviewed and they turn in sheets from their guided notebooks.
  • Students also spend 2 hours in the computer lab working on their guided notebook, homework, quizzes, and getting assistance from experienced tutors and TA’s.
  • Students take their online part of the exams in the computer lab once they have demonstrated partial mastery of the subject matter (based on practiced test scores).
  • All Emporium time is monitored by instructors, graduate TAs, and undergraduate tutors who help students as needed.
  • The Emporium lab, in the basement of the NDSU Library, is open 49 hours a week for students to drop in as their schedule permits.

  • In 2017-2018 these two courses accounted for 23% of enrollments in Math courses.
  • We have seen reductions of nearly 20% in DFW rates in Math 103 and Math 105 since the implementation of the Math Emporium.
  • For the Emporium courses comparing success in subsequent courses we see an approximate 10% reduction of DFW rates in the subsequent course from pre-Emporium results in the same courses.

For more information please contact Mohamed Baghzali, Math Emporium Director

College of Arts and Sciences

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