{"id":2657,"date":"2017-05-07T09:47:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T13:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2019-02-04T15:22:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:22:37","slug":"early-findings-dana-center-mathematics-pathways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/early-findings-dana-center-mathematics-pathways\/","title":{"rendered":"Math in the Real World: Early Findings from a Study of the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Math in the Real World: Early Findings from a Study of the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3>By <a href=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/about\/research-staff\/elizabeth-zachry-rutschow\/\">Elizabeth Zachry Rutschow<\/a>, John Diamond, and Elena Serna-Wallender\u00a0| May 2017<\/h3>\n<\/div><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" alt=\"Students doing classwork in a developmental education classroom\" title=\"Students doing classwork in a developmental education classroom\" src=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/students-working-in-class-1024x512.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/students-working-in-class-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/students-working-in-class-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/students-working-in-class-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/students-working-in-class-800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/students-working-in-class.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Until recently, most colleges required students to pass a college-level algebra course in order to earn a degree. As many as 50 to 70 percent of community college students enter college underprepared to take these courses, and fewer than 20 percent of such students ever complete a college-level math course; the rest are effectively blocked from earning a college degree.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin introduced the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways (DCMP, formerly known as the New Mathways Project), which aims to revise the structure, content, and pedagogy of developmental and college-level math classes in an effort to improve students\u2019 outcomes. In 2014, CAPR partnered with the Dana Center to launch a rigorous evaluation of the DCMP.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the study&#8217;s findings are encouraging. DCMP students are having qualitatively different classroom experiences from those of students in traditional developmental math courses and enrolling in and passing these courses at higher rates. However, work still needs to be done to ensure that advisors are able to place eligible students into the correct pathways and that students&#8217; math credits will transfer seamlessly to four-year college partners.<\/p>\n<p>This brief reports on early findings of CAPR\u2019s math pathways project. A final report in 2019 will track students for a year or more, into their college-level math courses.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last pageside publication-widget publication-pageside\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3>Download:<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-align-block\"><style>.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1 .fusion-button-text{color:#429492;text-transform:none;}.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1 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.fusion-button.button-2:focus{border-color:#51afaa;border-width:0 0 0 0;background:#ffffff;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom button-2 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-default-type sidebar-download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dcmp-math-real-world-supplementary-tables.pdf\"><i class=\"fa-file-alt fas button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Supplementary Tables<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h3>Related Blog Post:<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-align-block\"><style>.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3 .fusion-button-text{color:#429492;text-transform:none;}.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3 i{color:#429492;}.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3{border-color:#ababab;border-width:0 0 0 0;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;background:#ffffff;}.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3:hover .fusion-button-text,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3:hover i,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3:focus .fusion-button-text,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3:focus i,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3:active .fusion-button-text,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3:active i{color:#51afaa;}.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3:hover,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3:active,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-3:focus{border-color:#51afaa;border-width:0 0 0 0;background:#ffffff;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom button-3 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-default-type sidebar-download\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/math-life-dana-center-mathematics-pathways\/\"><i class=\"fa-pencil-alt fas button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Math for Life: Preliminary Results From the CAPR Study of Dana Center Mathematics Pathways<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-widget-area fusion-widget-area-1 fusion-content-widget-area\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-widget-area-1 {padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget h4 {color:#333333;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget .heading h4 {color:#333333;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget h4 {font-size:13px;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget .heading h4 {font-size:13px;}<\/style><div id=\"text-12\" class=\"widget widget_text\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><strong>Project:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/research\/projects\/developmental-math-pathways\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Evaluation of Developmental Math Pathways and Student Outcomes<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fusion-additional-widget-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 publication-highlights nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Key Findings<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#429492;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 publication-highlights nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;border:1px solid #d2d3d4;padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-counters-circle counters-circle key-finding\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"counter-circle-wrapper\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\" data-originalsize=\"100\"><div class=\"fusion-counter-circle counter-circle counter-circle-content\" data-percent=\"78\" data-countdown=\"\" data-filledcolor=\"rgba(66,148,146,1)\" data-unfilledcolor=\"rgba(246,246,246,1)\" data-scale=\"\" data-size=\"100\" data-speed=\"1500\" data-strokesize=\"5\" style=\"font-size:22.727272727273px;height:100px;width:100px;\"><div class=\"fusion-counter-circle-content-inner\">78%<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>After one semester, 78 percent of DCMP students had enrolled in a developmental math class, compared with 68 percent of the comparison group, and 47 percent of DCMP students had passed a developmental math class, compared to 37 percent of comparison students.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;border:1px solid #d2d3d4;padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-fa-align-center\"><i class=\"fb-icon-element-1 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-map-marker-alt fas circle-no\" style=\"font-size:90px;margin-bottom:50px;\"><\/i><\/div><style>i.fb-icon-element.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-1{ color: #429492;}i.fb-icon-element.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-1:hover { color: #429492;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>To pave the way for DCMP courses, colleges had to revise institutional and course policies to allow statistics or quantitative reasoning to satisfy math prerequisities in certain majors, to negotiate with four-year colleges to ensure the courses would transfer, and to alter advising practices.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;border:1px solid #d2d3d4;padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-fa-align-center\"><i class=\"fb-icon-element-2 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-users fas circle-no\" style=\"font-size:90px;margin-bottom:50px;\"><\/i><\/div><style>i.fb-icon-element.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-2{ color: #429492;}i.fb-icon-element.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-2:hover { color: #429492;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p>DCMP students were much more likely to use math problems drawn from real-life scenarios, to work in small groups, and to use reading and writing in their work.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 publication-highlights nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Colleges in the Study<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#429492;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"452\" title=\"tx-community-colleges-map\" src=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tx-community-colleges-map-1-1024x452.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tx-community-colleges-map-1-200x88.png 200w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tx-community-colleges-map-1-400x177.png 400w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tx-community-colleges-map-1-600x265.png 600w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tx-community-colleges-map-1-800x353.png 800w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tx-community-colleges-map-1-1200x530.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 publication-highlights nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Test Yourself<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#429492;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;border:1px solid #c9c9c9;padding: 20px 20px 10px 20px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;color:#429492;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Can you solve this traditional algebra problem and prove you&#8217;re college material?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 85%;\">x &#8211; 2y + 3z =7<br \/>\n2x + y + z = 4<br \/>\n-3x + 2y \u2013 2z = -10<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;border:1px solid #c9c9c9;padding: 20px 20px 0px 20px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;color:#429492;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Can you solve this DCMP-style problem?<\/strong><\/p><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><p style=\"font-size: 85%;\">A research report estimates that individuals who smoke are 15- to 30-times more likely to develop lung cancer than individuals who never smoke. If the lifetime risk of developing lung cancer for non-smokers is about 1.9%, then what is the lower limit of the estimated risk for smokers, according to the report?<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6 publication-highlights nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-7 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">The DCMP Difference<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#429492;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><i class=\"fb-icon-element-3 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-quote-left fas circle-yes fusion-text-flow\" style=\"font-size:22px;line-height:42px;height:44px;width:44px;border-width:1px;border-radius:50% 50% 50% 50%;margin-right:12.5px;\"><\/i><style>i.fb-icon-element.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-3{ color: #ffffff; background-color: #429492; border-color: #429492;}i.fb-icon-element.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-3:hover { color: #ffffff; background-color: #429492; border-color: #429492;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><p>The DCMP seeks to alter the traditional sequencing, content, and pedagogy in developmental and college-level math courses by offering a revised developmental math course that emphasizes statistical and quantitative reasoning skills.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Elizabeth Zachry Rutschow, John Diamond, and Elena Serna-Wallender\u00a0| May 2017 <\/p>\n<p>A promising new community college intervention\u2014the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways\u2014involves a revised developmental math course that emphasizes statistical and quantitative reasoning skills to align with students\u2019 fields of study. 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