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Impact of Curriculum Reform: Evidence of Change in Classroom Practice in the United States
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Moyer, John C.; Cai, Jinfa; Wang, Ning; Nie, Bikai – International Journal of Educational Research, 2011
The purpose of the study reported in this article is to examine the impact of curriculum on instruction. Over a three-year period, we observed 579 algebra-related lessons in grades 6-8. Approximately half the lessons were taught in schools that had adopted a "Standards"-based mathematics curriculum called the Connected Mathematics Program (CMP),…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Grade 6
Longitudinally Investigating the Impact of Curricula and Classroom Emphases on Equity in Algebra Learning
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Hwang, Stephen; Cai, Jinfa; Shih, Jeffrey; Moyer, John C.; Wang, Ning; Nie, Bikai – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2012
This paper explores how curriculum and classroom conceptual and procedural emphases affect the learning of algebra for students of color. Using data from a longitudinal study of the Connected Mathematics Program (CMP), we apply cross-sectional HLM to lend explanatory power to the longitudinal analysis afforded by Growth Curve Modeling that we have…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Algebra, Equal Education, Mathematics Curriculum