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Coxford, Arthur F.; Fey, James T.; Hirsch, Christian R.; Schoen, Harold L.; Burrill, Gail; Hart, Eric W.; Watkins, Ann E. – 1998
Contemporary Mathematics in Context is a four-year, integrated mathematics program developed by the Core-Plus Mathematics Project (CPMP) at the Everyday Learning Corporation. The program features student and teacher materials for a three-year core curriculum for all students as well as a fourth-year course continuing the preparation of students…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, High Schools, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction
Coxford, Arthur F.; Fey, James T.; Hirsch, Christian R.; Schoen, Harold L.; Burrill, Gail; Hart, Eric W.; Watkins, Ann E. – 1998
Contemporary Mathematics in Context is a four-year, integrated mathematics program developed by the Core-Plus Mathematics Project (CPMP) at the Everyday Learning Corporation. The program features student and teacher materials for a three-year core curriculum for all students as well as a fourth-year course continuing the preparation of students…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, High Schools, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction
Schoen, Harold L.; Fey, James T.; Hirsch, Christian R.; Coxford, Arthur F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics formulated its Standards in response to a broad consensus demanding change. The Core-Plus Mathematics Project (CPMP) is an effective National Science Foundation-supported effort to design, prepare, evaluate, and disseminate curricular options for an NCTM standards-based high-school mathematics…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement
Peer reviewedCoxford, Arthur F.; Hirsch, Christian R. – Educational Leadership, 1996
The Core-Plus Mathematics project is a National Science Foundation project to design, evaluate, and disseminate innovative high school curricula based on National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards. The CPMP program has five mathematical and structural design features: multiple connected strands, emphasis on mathematical modeling, access…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Disadvantaged Youth, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement
Peer reviewedHirsch, Christian R.; Lappan, Glenda – Mathematics Teacher, 1989
Elaborates the importance of transition to high school emphasized in the "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics." Describes teaching examples related to each of three dimensions for change: from number to variable; from specifics to generalization; and from description to proof. (YP)
Descriptors: High Schools, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum
