Increasing Student Success in Developmental Mathematics
The National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. convened a workshop in March 2019 to explore how to best support all students in postsecondary mathematics with an eye toward issues of access, promising reforms, and equitable learning environments.
Workshop Proceedings
The two-day workshop brought together a variety of stakeholders, including experts who have developed and/or implemented new initiatives to improve the mathematics education experience for students. The overarching goal of the workshop was to take stock of the mathematics education community's progress in this domain. Participants examined the data on students who are well-served by new reform structures in developmental mathematics and discussed various cohorts of students who are not currently well served. Throughout the workshop, participants also explored promising approaches to bolstering student outcomes in mathematics, focusing especially on research and data that demonstrate the success of these approaches; deliberated and discussed barriers and opportunities for effectively serving all students; and outlined some key directions of inquiry intended to address the prevailing research and data needs in the field. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop.
National Academies Videos
The Importance of Mathematics Education
Introduction (Panel 1)
The Importance of Mathematics Education
Discussion (Panel 1)
The Importance of Mathematics Education
Q & A (Panel 1)
Summary of Vision, Evidence, and Action
Introduction (Panel 7)
Summary of Vision, Evidence, and Action
Vision (Panel 7)
Summary of Vision, Evidence, and Action
Discussion (Panel 7)
Summary of Vision, Evidence, and Action
Q & A (Panel 7)
Closing Reflections
Full Workshop
The workshop was recorded as 53 separate videos, all of which can be accessed via the National Academies website.