ERIC Number: ED582412
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Oct
Pages: 34
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Quantway: A Multilevel Model with Propensity Score Matching. Carnegie Math Pathways Technical Report
Yamada, Hiroyuki; Bohannon, Angel; Grunow, Alicia
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Quantway is a Carnegie Math Pathways initiative which redesigns the content, pedagogy, and structure of traditional developmental math courses to simultaneously tackle traditional barriers of student success and support a broader range of developmental students in achieving their math potential. Specifically, Quantway is a quantitative reasoning sequence that is comprised of a single term developmental math course called Quantway 1 and a college-level math course called Quantway 2. This study assessed the effectiveness of the developmental math course, Quantway 1, between the spring of 2012 and the fall of 2014. A hierarchical linear modeling technique was used to conduct propensity score matching across 37 student characteristics in order to compare the course performance of Quantway 1 students with matched comparison students in traditional developmental math courses. Quantway 1 students demonstrated significantly higher odds of success than matched comparison students in fulfilling developmental math course requirements. Additionally, Quantway 1 effects were positive across all sex and race/ethnicity subgroups as well as in nearly all classrooms and colleges. This study provided robust evidence that Quantway 1 increases student success in fulfilling developmental math requirements and advances equity in student outcomes. Directions for future work are suggested.
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Probability, Scores, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Developmental Studies Programs, College Mathematics, Student Characteristics, Mathematics Achievement, College Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Equal Education, Cohort Analysis, Community Colleges, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Carnegie Corporation of New York; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Kresge Foundation; Lumina Foundation
Authoring Institution: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
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