In June 2010, the National Governor's Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers published "Common Core State Standards" (CCSS) for K-12 mathematics. Forty-eight states collaborated in the development of CCSS and, to date, 34 states have officially adopted CCSS to replace existing state standards. CCSS presents an opportunity for…

A description of projects designed to produce mathematics teaching materials for the lowest forty percentile ability group, based on a study of the environment. (MM)

Reported is a project involving the preparation of a selected sample of new written materials which would be easily readable by the population of preservice and inservice elementary teachers. Three characteristics of the materials were to be (1) readability with a minimum of additional instructional help, (2) a display of some of the connections…

A miniconference (consisting of four 60-minute sessions) was organized to contribute to the exploration of frames, forms, and contents of systematic cooperation and interaction between the researcher and teacher in the classroom. These proceedings of the conference include descriptions of the organization, purpose, and background of the…

Describes science and mathematics projects in Thailand and Australia that emphasize material, teacher, and curriculum development. Three separate models are diagramatically explained. Suggested approaches for instructional improvement are discussed. Rating and analysis in terms of teacher and specialist inputs and cost factors are also presented.…

The project described in this report was designed to develop curriculum materials on gender equity issues for prospective teachers in education programs both at the University of Alaska and nationwide. Practicing teachers, together with university researchers, developed 10 teaching cases which present real-world classroom difficulties centering on…

This project was based on recent interview research which suggested that in choosing operations for story problems in mathematics many students are guided by computational considerations rather than meanings for the operations. This project aimed to refine the catalogue of strategies used by students and to design and test instructional materials…

Recent research suggests that many middle school students approach mathematical story problems with strategies that are not based on possible meanings for the operations, yielding success for one-step problems, but providing a weak background for approaching algebra story problems. This document reports the findings and the materials developed by…