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Thompson, Denisse R. – 1991
Precalculus and Discrete Mathematics (PDM) is the sixth and final course in the secondary mathematics curriculum developed by the University of Chicago (Illinois) School Mathematics Project. During the 1989-90 academic year, a formative evaluation of the third field-trial edition of PDM was conducted among a volunteer sample of 9 high schools with…
Descriptors: High Schools, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Achievement
Download full textUnited States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1911
The purpose of high-school education has generally been twofold--not only to furnish preparation for college, but also to provide some of the elements of a liberal education for those whose formal and directed study is to go no further. In not a few communities high schools were established in which the former purpose was expressly waived; but…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, College Preparation, Mathematics Education, Correspondence Schools
