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Since launching in 2011, the Carnegie Math Pathways have demonstrated consistently and significantly higher success rates than the traditional course sequence in college-level developmental mathematics. This report provides descriptive statistics for 2016-2017 student outcomes as well as insights into potential areas for improvement, based on data from the Pathways’ sixth year of implementation.
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A common concern among those considering mathematics pathways is the degree to which students who begin their college-level work in non-STEM pathways might be hindered if they switch to a STEM major. This brief summarizes numerous studies examining the prevalence of students who changed majors from non-STEM to STEM fields and provides recommendations for serving those students.
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The Charles A. Dana Center recently launched MathPaths, a video series bringing mathematics content to life by demonstrating how math is used in today’s workplaces. In MathPaths, scientists, engineers, and other STEM professionals share examples from their daily work to reveal the real-world uses of the mathematics that students study—or aspire to study. In particular, MathPaths videos connect concepts from the classroom (e.g., geometric reasoning, trigonometry, modeling with functions, rates of change, covariational reasoning, and so on) to actual STEM contexts, applications, and careers.
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This brief, written in collaboration with the Education Commission of the States, describes three math pathways models, lays out the evidence for their effectiveness, and gives recommendations for the effective implementation of math pathways.
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This report describes the Mathematics Pathways to Completion project developed by the Charles A. Dana Center and the state-level structures, conditions, and processes that facilitate the statewide implementation of math pathways reforms.
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Nancy Shapiro, associate vice chancellor for education and outreach for the University System of Maryland, describes Maryland’s math pathways initiative, how the reform’s leaders took advantage of a First in the World grant from the U.S. Department of Education, and lessons learned from the work.