ERIC Number: ED533871
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Sep
Pages: 39
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Improving Developmental Mathematics Education in Community Colleges: A Prospectus and Early Progress Report on the Statway Initiative. An NCPR Working Paper
Cullinane, Jenna; Treisman, Philip Uri
National Center for Postsecondary Research, Paper prepared for the NCPR Developmental Education Conference (New York, NY, Sep 23-24, 2010)
Developmental education has the mission of enabling underprepared students to acquire the capabilities necessary for college success. A growing number of research studies document its failure, however; specifically, approximately two thirds of community college students referred to a remedial mathematics sequence do not complete it. In response to these findings, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, with the Charles A. Dana Center as a principal design partner, is launching a comprehensive initiative to create two new pathways, the Statway and the Mathway, to enable developmental mathematics students to complete a credit-bearing, transferable mathematics course in one academic year while simultaneously building skills for long-term college success. The primary curricular goal of the Statway course sequence is to develop the mathematical proficiency of students pursuing non-STEM academic and occupational programs, with a special focus on statistical literacy. This paper describes the research-based Statway design and its intended learning outcomes, the processes and participants involved in its development, and the challenges of implementation. Appended are: (1) Statway Collaboratory Colleges; (2) Mathway Collaboratory Colleges; and (3) Members of the Carnegie Committee for Statistics Learning Outcomes (CCSLO). (Contains 4 figures and 3 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Mathematics Education, Community Colleges, Remedial Mathematics, Developmental Programs, College Preparation, Mathematics Skills, Statistics, College Students, College Mathematics
National Center for Postsecondary Research. Teachers College, Columbia University, Box 174, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. Tel: 212-678-3091; Fax: 212-678-3699; e-mail: ncpr@columbia.edu; Web site: http://www.postsecondaryresearch.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: National Center for Postsecondary Research (ED)
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