Program Information

Developer and contact

Carnegie Learning Curricula and Cognitive Tutor^® Software was developed and is distributed by Carnegie Learning, Inc. Address: Frick Building, 20th Floor, 437 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Email: info@carnegielearning.com. Web: http://www.carnegielearning.com/secondary-curricula. Telephone: (888) 851-7094.

Scope of use

Pilot implementation of the program began in 1992 with 84 students in one school. As of January 2010, components of Carnegie Learning Curricula and Cognitive Tutor^® Software—Bridge to Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Integrated Math—have been used by more than 500,000 students in approximately 2,600 schools across the United States.⁵

Teaching

Carnegie Learning Curricula and Cognitive Tutor^® Software addresses both mathematical content and process standards. Generally, three periods per week are spent using Carnegie Learning Curricula text for classroom activities, and two periods per week are spent in the computer lab using the Cognitive Tutor^® Software. The textbooks aim to foster a collaborative classroom environment in which students develop skills to work cooperatively to solve problems, participate in investigations, and propose and compare solutions. Students learn with the adaptive software at their own pace. The math problems are designed to emphasize connections among verbal, numeric, graphic, and algebraic representations.

Cost

The Carnegie Learning website sells the following products related to Algebra I as of 2009–2010: Curriculum Kit (Software/Text) for $99, Teacher Text Set for $85, Software only for $84, and Student Text Set for $22. Volume discounts are available for school districts. The Campuzano et al. (2009) study estimates the annualized cost per student to be $69, of which 43% is the license fee and the remaining 57% is for teacher training and support, technical support, and printed materials and supplies.