Assessing the Effectiveness of Quantway®: A Multilevel Model with Propensity Score Matching

Autor/inn/en	Yamada, Hiroyuki; Bohannon, Angel X.; Grunow, Alicia; Thorn, Christopher A.
Titel	Assessing the Effectiveness of Quantway®: A Multilevel Model with Propensity Score Matching
Quelle	In: Community College Review, 46 (2018) 3, S.257-287 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-5521
DOI	10.1177/0091552118771754
Schlagwörter	Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Probability; Scores; Developmental Studies Programs; Mathematics Education; Course Evaluation; College Mathematics; Acceleration (Education); Outcomes of Education; Student Characteristics; Comparative Analysis; Remedial Mathematics; Mathematics Achievement; Student Improvement; College Students; Outcome Measures; Program Effectiveness; Georgia; New York; Ohio; Minnesota; New Jersey; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Developmental studies; Developmental psychology; Study; Studies; Entwicklungspsychologie; Studium; Mathematische Bildung; Acceleration; Beschleunigung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Collegestudent
Abstract	Objective: Quantway is a Carnegie Math Pathways initiative, which redesigns the content, pedagogy, and structure of traditional developmental mathematics courses to simultaneously tackle traditional barriers to student success and support a broad range of developmental students in achieving their mathematics potential. Specifically, Quantway is a quantitative reasoning sequence that is comprised of a single term accelerated developmental mathematics course called Quantway 1 and a college-level mathematics course called Quantway 2. This study assesses the effectiveness of the developmental mathematics course, Quantway 1, during its first six semesters of implementation. Method: We used a hierarchical linear modeling technique to conduct propensity score matching across 37 student characteristics to compare the course performance of Quantway 1 students with matched comparison students from traditional developmental mathematics courses. Results: Quantway 1 students demonstrated significantly higher odds of success in fulfilling developmental mathematics course requirements and enrolling in college mathematics courses in the following year than matched comparison students. In addition, Quantway 1 effects were positive across all sex and race/ethnicity subgroups as well as in nearly all classrooms and colleges. Contributions: This study provides robust evidence that Quantway 1 increases student success in fulfilling developmental mathematics requirements and advances equity in student outcomes. Implications of and future directions for the Pathways are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01