Susan L. Smith, Director

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Supporting Indiana Math and Science Education
Susan L. Smith, Director Rose-Hulman Homework
Hotline
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Homework Hotline Staff

• Susan L. Smith, Director
• Chesley Cuicchi, Assistant Director
• Kathryn Rademacher, Assistant Director
• Jodi Daughtery, Administrative Assistant
• Stacey Danhour, Secretary

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Homework Hotline

• Free Math and Science Tutoring
• for grades 6-12
• funding provided by
• Lilly Endowment, Inc.
• 3M Corporation
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

• Located in Terre Haute, IN
• Consistently ranked among the nations top math,
  science and engineering colleges
• 1,700 undergraduate students
• Majors engineering, math, applied biology,
  chemistry, physics, computer science and
  economics
• 1300 Freshman Median SAT

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Homework Hotline Program Rationale

• Challenge Higher education institutions need to
  recruit and retain students with an aptitude and
  interest in math and science.
• Possible Solution Build on our success in using
  students as peer tutors in the Rose-Hulman
  Learning Center to develop the Homework Hotline
  to assist younger students.

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Homework Hotline Program Philosophy

• Provide free tutoring in math and science
• most difficult subjects for students
• parents are often unable to assist with homework
• RHIT students areas of expertise
• Resource for students, parents, and teachers
• Support classroom practices and pedagogy and
  parallel current math and science curricular
  trends

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Homework Hotline Timeline

• 1991 Vigo County
• 1995 Blackford and Clay Counties
• 1999 Indianapolis area
• 2001 Monroe, Parke, Sullivan, Putnam, and
  Vermillion Counties
• 2002 Begin state-wide expansion
• 2003 Southern Indiana

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Statewide Expansion Plan

• 1991-1999 Service Regions 3 and 9
• 2002-2003 Service Regions 4 and 8
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• 2003-2004 Service Regions 1 and 2
• Evansville and Vanderburgh County
• Jeffersonville and Clark County
• New Albany and Floyd County
• Vincennes and Knox County
• 2004-2005 Service Regions 5, 6, 7

Indiana Educational Regions
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Facts at a Glance

• Tutors 30 tutors each evening
• Total of 70 tutors
• 56 of tutors from Indiana
• Hours SundayThursday evenings
• 7 p.m.10 p.m. (EST) (Sept.May)
• Schools 58 corporations
• Population 179,000 students (grades 6 through 12)

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Tutor Selection

• Recommended by Rose-Hulman
• faculty
• Application interview process
• Qualities
• Technically qualified
• Ability to communicate clearly
• Empathic to students learning needs
• Paid position

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Tutor Training

• Three Primary Goals of Training
• How to best answer questions via phone
• and Internet
• How to use tutors expertise to help younger
  students
• How to work through problems with the students,
  as opposed to giving them the answers

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Resources and Facilities

• Math and science textbooks
• Toll-free calling with sponsorship from 3M
• Call Center
• transfer/conference features
• electronically collected data
• Web site
• www.AskRose.org

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Statistical Information

• Information collected
• Type of call math, science, misc.
• School corporation
• Name of school
• Callers first name
• Average length of call
• Summary reports sent electronically each month to
  schools

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Homework Hotline Statistics 91-92 through 02-03

• Number of Calls

91-92 92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03
Math 276 399 755 465 329 455 474 641 4,120 5,810 8,026 17,090
Sci. 50 66 134 101 75 105 123 130 880 1,557 1,546 3,799
Misc. 2 11 22 14 14 18 7 16 563 563 733 1,765
Total 328 476 911 580 418 578 604 787 5,563 8,080 10,305 22,654
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Call Data at a Glance

• Average length of call 14 minutes
• Busiest time 7729 p.m. (23 of calls)
• Busiest evening Tuesday
• Busiest month in 02-03 October (3,478 calls)
• Most frequent questions Math (approx. 75)
• Number of repeat calls 53

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Program Assessment

• Survey callers (set of 10 questions)
• Program effectiveness
• How students learned about the Homework Hotline
• Educator and Student Surveys (middle and high
  schools)
• Tutor Focus Groups

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Assessment Results2002-2003 Caller Survey Data

• 97 of students reported they were satisfied with
  the tutors help
• 84 felt confident in working similar problems on
  their own
• 99 indicated they would call the Homework
  Hotline again

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Promotions during the Year

• In-school promotional items
• Visits to schools
• PTO meetings/School fairs/Open houses
• Faculty in-service/information sessions
• Networking with community leaders
• Partnering with youth organizations
• News media

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www.AskRose.org

• Math and science resources
• Students
• Parents
• Teachers
• Monthly statistical reports
• Promotional materials for educators
• Students may e-mail questions

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Launching - Sept. 7, 2003
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• What are we asking you to do?

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Encourage students

• by reminding them that math and science are
• interesting, fun subjects.
• ...to pursue interests in math and science.
• ...who may be having difficulty
• with even one homework problem
• to contact the Homework Hotline.

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Homework Hotline

• Sunday Thursday
• 700 p.m. 1000 p.m. EST
• 1-877-ASK-ROSE (toll free)
• www.AskRose.org
• Opening Sept. 7th

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