COGNITIVE TUTOR SUCCESS STORIES - ESL SUCCESS
Columbus Middle School, Los Angeles Unified School District , CA
Teaching math to English language learners. :
Columbus Middle School in Canoga Park serves almost 500 students who are in the process of learning English. The Structured English Immersion Program provides instruction in English with curriculum designed to help students acquire the language they need to meet grade level standards. The middle school purchased Bridge to Algebra with Title I funds for their beginning level English Language Learner students. The curriculum adds structure and a uniform math content that math teachers at Columbus can use with all of their students.
John A Ferguson Senior High School, Miami-Dade County School District, FL
Lower level Students Succeeding in both math and reading comprehension :
John A Ferguson Senior High School began using Carnegie Learning Cognitive Tutor® Algebra I curricula in 2004 when they were searching for an Algebra solution to improve student learning gains using an innovative combined approach of student group work, student presentations, text and software. Teachers at Ferguson Sr. High have noticed student interest and participation in math has improved significantly. They believe students are excelling with Carnegie Learning curricula because it holds their attention and actively involves them in the learning of math concepts.
Miami Sunset Senior High School, Miami-Dade County School District, FL
Honors, ESE, and ESOL Students all succeed using Carnegie Learning’s Algebra I and Geometry Curricula. :
Miami Sunset first purchased Carnegie Learning curricula because the curricula was among the few programs supported by written studies demonstrating that it is a research based solution proven to engage students and help them to succeed in math. Educators at Miami Sunset appreciated, in particular, the way that Carnegie Learning curricula crosses both math and reading curricula by emphasizes the importance of reading and understanding word problems. Miami Sunset supports Carnegie Learning’s methodology, and believes that Learning by Doing® is the way of the future.
Killough-Lewisville High School North, Lewisville Independent School District, TX
Carnegie Learning curricula helps students to achieve success on TAKS assessment test. :
Carnegie Learning’s curricula is helping all students at Lewisville succeed in math and achieve success on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Assessment (TAKS). “This curriculum requires student to read and write in math class and has demonstrated skills benefits for students who struggle in reading. Students now have a better math vocabulary and are able to break down mathematical situations into small parts in order to answer higher level thinking questions” said Ro Stark, Math Department Chair and TAKS facilitator at Lewisville. “Carnegie Learning’s Cognitive Tutor has become an integral part of helping our students to become math masters and to achieve success on the TAKS assessment test.”
South Miami Senior High School, Miami-Dade County School District, FL
Carnegie Learning’s Algebra I curriculum is proven to help students understand abstract mathematics concepts :
Mrs. Zorrilla, the Lead Cognitive Tutor Algebra I Teacher at South Miami, saw some of her students having difficulty with Algebra concepts. These students are now performing better on the same types of problems when working on the Carnegie Learning software program. Mrs. Zorrilla finds that the greater number of problems in the Carnegie Learning software allows these students to master the concepts both on the computer and on paper. “In previous years, my students were having problems with solving equations, graphing lines and word problems,” said Mrs. Zorrilla. “Carnegie learning has helped them to learn how to do all of these processes with ease and in an enjoyable manner.”
