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Kimberly Dwyer; Angela M. Kelly – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2025
This quantitative correlational study examines school-level longitudinal outcomes of eighth-grade algebra universal acceleration in 15 U.S. school districts when compared with selective acceleration in 289 school districts. Universally accelerated school districts had higher enrollments, with large effect sizes, in geometry, algebra 2, and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction, Acceleration (Education)
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2016
"University of Chicago School Mathematics Project" ("UCSMP") is a core mathematics curriculum that emphasizes problem solving, real-world applications, and the use of technology. The curriculum is based on a student-centered approach with a focus on active learning that incorporates reading and uses a flexible lesson…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Curriculum, Problem Solving, Relevance (Education)
Drijvers, Paul – Mathematics Teaching, 2011
Nowadays, many technological means are available to support teaching, such as the interactive whiteboard, class sets of laptop or netbook computers, and high speed internet access. For mathematics education there are advanced software packages for geometry, algebra, calculus, and statistics, which in many cases are available on line at no cost.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Grade 8