MSPGP
MSPnet Hub
Welcome, Guest
Search Contact Project

Library
The Joint Impact of Block Scheduling and the Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP) Curriculum on High School Mathematics Achievement

submitter:
published in:
NCTM Research Presentation
presented at:
Paper presented at NCTM Research Presession, May, 2003, San Antonio TX
published:
2003
keywords:
MSP Key Features / Challenging Courses and Curricula, Institutional Change and Sustainability
Ed Change & Policy / School Culture
Teaching and Learning / Mathematics
Prof. Dev. / Promoting Change, Curriculum
( search for all keyword matches )
description:
"This study investigated mathematics learning at a suburban United States high school that simultaneously adopted a semestered (4 x 4) block schedule and the Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP), a curriculum designed to implement the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards. Previous research has often found that at sites where a block schedule was adopted without changes to mathematics curriculum and instruction, mathematics achievement has declined. In contrast, when a semestered block schedule and the IMP curriculum were implemented jointly, with extra time allocated to planning and staff development, the two innovations were followed by improvements in student mathematics achievement."

MS-Word documents may be opened with Microsoft Word (and many other word processors).
posted to site:
12/29/2005
MSPnet: Math Science Partnerships' Learning Network © TERC 2008, all rights reserved