The transition to college can be stressful at any time, let alone during the COVID-19 disruption. For some, math can be especially stressful, especially 2020 high school seniors who may have missed mathematics instruction due to the COVID-19 crisis. Grand Valley State University is offering an online summer math program to help.
“We know, especially for high school students, going to remote learning has been very difficult and one of the courses that can be a barrier for students, is mathematics.”
That’s Maria Cimitile, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs. She say Grand Valley State University is offering an online summer math program. It’s an effort to make the transition to college level math easier for students in West Michigan, namely for those Class of 2020 seniors who have lost instructional time. The program is part of Grand Valley's Next Gateway: The Digital & Math Advantage initiative.
“We have our college course, algebra course, math 110. And we were thinking about, how could we really prepare students, not just for their math course, but also for university life. And the reason it’s not just a math course, is because we’ll be providing online tutoring, online success coaching.”
Cimitile says COVID 19 threatens to add several months to the summer learning loss. She says this class can help bridge the gap.
“In some sense, this math advantage program is what I think of as a reaching back and a reaching forward. And that way it is a bridge program, to help students who need a little reminding of what they learned in that last math class in high school and bring in to what they’re learning in college.
The four-credit course is open to college bound 2020 graduates. It lasts six weeks and starts June 22nd. Deadline to register is June 15th. Technology and tuition help are available. Information can be found at GVSU.EDU/mathadvantage.
