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An Existence Proof: Successful Joint Implementation of the IMP Curriculum and a 4 x 4 Block Schedule at a Suburban U.S. High School
Steven L. Kramer and Regina Keller Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, January 2008, Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 2 - 8 Abstract (from article): This “Brief Report” summarizes results from a study that investigated joint effects of two innovations adopted at a high school in an affluent suburban community in the northeast United States: 4 [...]
Impact of Investigations in Number, Data, and Space
This link provides a summary of research related to the innovative curriculum, Investigations in Number, Data, and Space. This link provides a summary of research related to the second edition.
Standards-based Mathematics Curricula and Secondary Students’ Performance on Standardized Achievement Tests
By Michael R. Harwell, Thomas R. Post et al. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, January 2007, Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 71 - 101 Abstract (from article): The current study examined the mathematical achievement of high school studentsenrolled for 3 years in one of three NSF funded Standards-based curricula (IMP,CMIC, MMOW).
Standards-Based School Mathematics Curriculum: What Are They? What Do Students Learn?
Book by Sharon L. Senk & Denisse R. Thompson on Routledge Press, 2003 — order information ABSTRACT: Over the past decade, a number of curricula have been designed to enact the vision of “reform mathematics” in general, and the specific recommendations of the NCTM Standards. The question is whether these curricula have resulted in an improvement [...]
Responding to Calls for Change in High School Mathematics
By H. Schoen and C. Hirsch In The American Mathematical Monthly, 110(2), pp. 109-123 ABSTRACT: This article provides an overview of mathematics reform in high school, and reports on research evidence related to the Core-Plus Mathematics Project (CPMP), one of the new NSF-funded curriculum projects, including its effectiveness in preparing students for the study of collegiate mathematics.