Carnegie Mellon Qatar Campus Implements Carnegie Learning Math Curricula; Research-Based Algebra II Curricula to Prepare Qatari Students for University.PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Learning Carnegie Learning, Inc. is a publisher of math curriculum for middle school, high school, and post-secondary students. The company uses a blended approach, with a textbook and software (called Cognitive Tutor) for each subject. (R), a leading research-based mathematics curricula provider, today announced the implementation of the Cognitive Tutor A cognitive tutor is an intelligent tutoring system which develops a cognitive model of a student as he or she interacts with the program, providing problems and individualized instruction based on this model. (R) math curricula at Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). in Qatar. Carnegie Learning's curricula is being taught as a supplemental, after school course to high-achieving high school students who are enrolled in a humanities track and plan to attend university in Education City in Doha, Qatar. Education City hosts branch campuses of many of the world's leading universities including Carnegie Mellon University, Texas A&M, and Cornell University Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000 and a tract of land. With the help of state senator Andrew D. . The goal of the Carnegie Learning implementation is to bring humanities track high school math skills to the same level as those in the country's science track, so that students are well prepared for the engineering, business, and medical school programs in Education City. "Education City university programs have highly quantitative coursework coursework Noun work done by a student and assessed as part of an educational course Noun 1. coursework - work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's , and students are expected to have strong math skills for entrance," said Bryan Zerbe, Director of Admissions for Carnegie Mellon Qatar. "Because Qatari students in the arts track are not required to take math courses in their final years of high school, we are finding that many do not have the preparation in mathematics needed to succeed in the university programs. Qatar's new mathematics standards emphasize use of technology, and Carnegie Learning's blended software and text curriculum is an ideal fit." About Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (www.qatar.cmu.edu) Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar is the first international branch campus operated by Carnegie Mellon University, a private American research university that is regularly ranked among the best in the world. In August 2004 Carnegie Mellon Qatar began offering its highly regarded undergraduate programs in business and computer science at the invitation of the Qatar Foundation The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a private, chartered, non-profit organization in the state of Qatar, founded in 1995 by His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar. . Carnegie Mellon plans to open a new facility on the Education City campus in 2007. About Carnegie Learning (www.carnegielearning.com) Carnegie Learning is a leading developer of core, full-year mathematics programs as well as supplemental intervention applications for middle school and high school students. The company's Cognitive Tutor(R) is helping more than 325,000 students in more than 750 school districts across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. succeed in math by integrating interactive software sessions, text, and student-centered classroom lessons into a unique learning platform for Bridge to Algebra algebra, branch of mathematics concerned with operations on sets of numbers or other elements that are often represented by symbols. Algebra is a generalization of arithmetic and gains much of its power from dealing symbolically with elements and operations (such as , Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and Integrated Math programs. The U.S. Department of Education recognizes Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor Algebra I program as one of only two math curricula scientifically proven to have significant, positive effects on student learning. Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Learning was founded by cognitive science cognitive science Interdisciplinary study that attempts to explain the cognitive processes of humans and some higher animals in terms of the manipulation of symbols using computational rules. researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in conjunction with veteran mathematics teachers. |
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