Transcript .

Carnegie’s Statway and Quantway:
alternative pathways to and through
college level mathematics
October 28, 2013
Mary Parker, Austin Community College
[email protected]
Carnegie Pathways
 The current system: 60-70% of cc students need at least 1
developmental math course. Only 20% of them will complete
that requirement within 3 years.

An alternative: Carnegie’s Statway and Quantway
– A different structure – to-and-through college math in 1 year
– Curriculum with relevant, authentic contexts
– Unique research-based pedagogy
– Embedded attention to non-cognitive factors
Research-practice partnership within a networked improvement
community, supported by rapid hub analytics
2
A New Way: Coherent, Intensive Learning
Statway
Quantway
Semester
1
Elem.
Algebra
Semester
2
Int.
Algebra
College
Math
Credit
Semester
3 or more
College
Math
College
Math
Credit
What Colleges Traditionally Have Done
3
The Results
 The traditional sequence:
– 6% of dev math students complete college credit within 1 year
– 15% of dev math students complete college credit within 2 years
 Statway 2011-12 and 2012-13:
–50% of dev math students received college credit within 1year
 The traditional sequence:
– 21% of students complete dev math requirement in 1 year
 Quantway 2012-2013
–60% of students complete dev math requirement in 1 term
4
Pathways schools, Fall 2013
43 Community
Colleges
7 State
Universities
14 States
5
Student voices
 “It’s very refreshing to be not only grasping it, but actually
interested in math…. It’s nice to wake up and be excited for
my first class of the day.”
 “This class has helped me in my other classes. This
has…exercised my mind enough for me to become a better
writer, believe it or not.”
 “I think I take a more careful approach instead of rushing
through it now. I take time to sit down and plan what I’m
going to do. I develop a strategy and carry it out.”
6
carnegiefoundation.org/developmental-math