School's In For Summer With Carnegie Learning Cognitive Tutor Curricula.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), the developer of the innovative 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) mathematics curricula, announced its 2005 Summer School program. The Cognitive Tutor curricula, recognized by the U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse as having strong proof of effectiveness on student learning, can now be purchased for summer use at significant discounts. Available courses include Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Integrated Math I, II, and III. New pricing will make the program more accessible to educators who want deliver a high-impact summer math program. School districts across the nation report improved test scores and grades after implementing Carnegie's Summer School program. In 2000, Denver Public Schools Denver Public Schools is the public school system in Denver, Colorado, United States. The first school was a log cabin on the corner of 12th street between Market and Larimer streets that opened in 1859. implemented Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor Algebra I software in two summer school sites. After doing so, an average of 77% of Denver students who previously failed algebra, passed summer school using the Cognitive Tutor software. Of those students, half received an A or a B. In 2004, Chicago Public Schools Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians, is a school district that controls over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois. reported that 82% of students who used the Cognitive Tutor Algebra I software in summer school said they were more confident of their math skills. Combining software and text, Cognitive Tutor courses fully integrate collaboration classroom activities and computer based training software. Real world scenarios in the form of word problems engage all students. The intelligent tutoring capabilities of the Cognitive Tutor software identify weaknesses in a student's skill mastery and customize hints that target individual skill needs. "Teachers were enormously positive in their reactions to Cognitive Tutor. Almost all teachers reported that they liked the program and that they felt their students enjoyed it using it," said a representative from Chicago Public Schools Department of Research, Evaluation and Accountability. To learn more about Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor Summer School program, please contact an education representative at edsales@carnegielearning.com or call Educational Sales at 888-851-7094 About Carnegie Learning Carnegie Learning, developer of the Cognitive Tutor(R) comprehensive curricula for secondary mathematics, is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse as has having strong proof of effectiveness. Established in 1998 by researchers, teachers and scholars from 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). , Carnegie Learning was founded to apply and extend more than 20 years of award-winning research in 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. to mathematics instruction. Headquartered in Pittsburgh and operating with a full-time staff of more than 60 educators, researchers, management, technical, marketing and support staff members, Carnegie Learning's mathematics courses now serve more than 200,000 students in over 2000 of the nation's schools, including Alaska State Department of Education Austin, Chicago Austin, located on the Far West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is the largest (by population) of the city's 77 officially defined community areas (neighborhoods), followed by Lakeview. Its eastern boundary is Cicero Avenue. Its northernmost border is the Milwaukee District/West Line. , Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami-Dade, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco and the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is a civilian agency of the United States Department of Defense. It is headed by a director who oversees all agency functions from DoDEA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. . Available courses currently include Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and Integrated Math. www.carnegielearning.com |
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