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Peer reviewedCain, Judith S. – Journal of Educational Research, 2002
Evaluated the Connected Mathematics Project (CMP), a middle school reform mathematics curriculum used in Louisiana's Lafayette parish. Analysis of Iowa Test of Basic Skills and Louisiana Education Assessment Program mathematics data indicated that CMP schools significantly outperformed non-CMP schools. Surveys of teachers and students showed that…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Mathematics Education, Middle Schools, Problem Solving
Download full textSherwood, Robert D. – 1991
Prior to college-level mathematics coursework, students are not routinely provided with the opportunity to engage in the kind of sustained mathematical thinking necessary to solve complex, multistep problems, most likely because of the difficulties that school mathematics teachers face in communicating problem settings and contexts that are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 6
Ruffin, Minnie R.; And Others – 1991
During the 1989-90 school year, the Barrett Math Program was piloted in selected sections of grades K-7 in five Atlanta (Georgia) Public Schools (APS) elementary schools. The Barrett Math Program is designed to improve the total mathematical skills of elementary school students, including computation, concepts, and problem solving, as measured by…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Cognitive Measurement, Computation
