CMP active, collaborative pedagogy with productive struggle and productive persistence in the corequisite pairs¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The instructional design carried from the original Quantway and Statway pathways into the new corequisite courses: student-centered, collaborative problem solving in authentic contexts, small-group productive struggle, and productive persistence supports for mindset and belonging. The report states that "the pedagogy centers on active, collaborative learning within rich, authentic contexts," using themes such as citizenship, personal finance, medical literacy, and social justice. Both the college-level course and the developmental-level corequisite use this pedagogy. Faculty reported initial student resistance to struggling in groups with minimal instructor support, followed by deeper engagement once students adapted, and noted that time pressure sometimes pushed them back toward direct instruction.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Faculty preparation time or prior experience with CMP curricula to build familiarity with the pedagogy and materials

Constraints¶

Under time constraints, faculty reduced time for collaboration, exploration, and discovery and used more direct instruction, selecting which rich tasks students could fully explore

Target Learners¶

College students placed into developmental mathematics

Learning Goals¶

Engagement, persistence, and deep learning of quantitative reasoning or statistics concepts

Claims¶

Quantway Statway Corequisite 65 Percent Success [+M]

Same-faculty cohort pairing of college-level and corequisite courses

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Strother, S., & Klipple, K. (2019). Corequisite remediation in math: A review of first-year implementation and outcomes of Quantway and Statway. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://carnegiemathpathways.org/reports/

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`type`	`design`
`id`	`cmp-active-collaborative-productive-struggle-pedagogy`
`title`	`CMP active, collaborative pedagogy with productive struggle and productive persistence in the corequisite pairs`
`description`	`The instructional design carried from the original Quantway and Statway pathways into the new corequisite courses: student-centered, collaborative problem solving in authentic contexts, small-group productive struggle...`
`status`	`review`
`generated`	by `process:settle-candidates` on `2026-10-10`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	1 — `strother-2019`

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