AS PART OF A LARGER INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS ON THE ATTITUDES AND INTERESTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARD MATHEMATICS, THIS STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF SEVERAL EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS UPON THE INTEREST OF STUDENTS WHO WERE COMPARED WITH STUDENTS IN MORE CONVENTIONAL PROGRAMS…

AS PART OF A LARGER EVALUATION PROJECT, THIS RESEARCH EFFORT WAS ORGANIZED TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF THE NEW MATH PROGRAMS ON HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS' SUBSEQUENT ENROLLMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE COURSES. THE PARTICULAR MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN THE STUDY WERE (1) THE BALL STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE PROGRAM, (2) THE UNIVERSITY OF…

THE JUDGMENTS OF TEACHERS AND THEIR REACTIONS TO THE EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS THEY WERE TEACHING IN CONNECTION WITH A PROJECT WHICH EVALUATED SEVERAL RECENTLY DEVELOPED PROGRAMS WERE OBTAINED AND ANALYZED. OBSERVATIONS AND JUDGMENTS ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS WERE OBTAINED THROUGH A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THE…