Carnegie Learning
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| Carnegie Learning, Inc. | |
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| Type | Privately Held |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States  |
| Key people | Dennis Ciccone, CEO William S. Hadley, Co-Founder Dr. Steven Ritter, Co-Founder John R. Anderson, Co-Founder Kenneth Koedinger, Co-Founder |
| Industry | Software and Publishing |
| Products | math curricula, software, textbooks |
| Website | http://www.carnegielearning.com/ |
Carnegie Learning, Inc. is an American publisher of math curriculum for middle school, high school, and post-secondary students. The company uses a blended approach, with a textbook and software (called Cognitive Tutor) for each subject. The company also produces products for the homeschool and tutoring markets.
Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Learning was founded by cognitive science researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in conjunction with veteran mathematics teachers.
All of the Cognitive Tutor curricula are based on extensive scientific research from Carnegie Mellon University, along with field tests in schools throughout the United States. The Cognitive Tutors are based on the ACT-R theory of learning, memory and performance, which has been validated by hundreds of lab and field studies. The Tutors themselves were developed using a rigorous empirical testing process resulting in over 50 publications validating the effectiveness of cognitive modeling.[1]
On April 18 2007, Carnegie Learning was announced as the winner of the The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE for Best K-12 Instruction Solution. [2]
On May 1, 2007 it was announced that Tom Vilsack, former governor of Iowa, joined the Carnegie Learning Board of Directors.[3]
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[edit] Media Articles
- Using Computers to Teach Math (WABC New York news story on Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor software)
- Educators, legislators see pilot math program in action
- New Breed of Digital Tutors Yielding Learning Gains
[edit] References
- ^ Koedinger, Kenneth R.; Corbett, Albert T.; Ritter, Steven & Shapiro, Lora J. (2000-06-22), [http://www.carnegielearning.com/web_docs/CMU_research_results.pdf “In this paper, we describe various evaluations that demonstrate the power of the Cognitive Tutor solution.”], Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor: Summary Research Results, Carnegie Mellon University
- ^ SIAA (April 18, 2007). "S22nd Annual Codie Award Winners Announced" (in English). Press release.
- ^ Carnegie Learning, Inc. (May 1, 2007). "Governor Tom Vilsack Joins Board of Carnegie Learning, Inc." (in English). Press release.
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