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Herbert, Martin – 1978
The Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP) is a program of CEMREL, Inc., one of the national educational laboratories, and was funded by the National Institute of Education (NIE). Its major purpose is the development of curriculum materials for the elementary grades. Beginning in 1973, CSMP ran an extended pilot trial of its elementary…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation Methods, Grade 4
Peer reviewedGood, Thomas L.; Grouws, Douglas A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
The effectiveness of an experimental mathematics teaching program was investigated. Observational measures revealed that teachers implemented the treatment. Analyses of product data showed that students of treatment teachers outperformed those of controls. Thus, teachers and/or teaching methods exerted a significant difference on student progress…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics, Experimental Programs, Grade 4
Peer reviewedHannafin, Michael J. – American Educational Research Journal, 1983
Eighty-five sixth-grade students were randomly assigned to either a traditional instruction or a systems instructional group and were blocked according to sex and ethnicity. Following eight months of mathematics instruction, skill assessments found significant differences for adding and subtracting fractions subtests related to both instructional…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Conventional Instruction, Ethnicity, Hispanic American Students
Peer reviewedBell, David; Leroux, Janice – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1992
This paper describes an accelerative instructional program in algebra provided to a sixth-grade boy, highly able in mathematics, by parental home tutoring. The boy's high intrinsic motivation and teaching sensitive to his needs and abilities led to successful achievement. (DB)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Algebra, Case Studies
Dougherty, Knowles; Herbert, Martin – 1978
The Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP) is a program of CEMREL, Inc., one of the national educational laboratories, and was funded by the National Institute of Education (NIE). Its major purpose is the development of curriculum materials for the elementary grades. Beginning in September 1973, CSMP ran an extended pilot trial of its…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation Methods, Grade 4
Peer reviewedQuinn, Bill; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1984
Two approaches to math instruction were compared in the fifth grade of the Jordan (Utah) School District. For middle- to lower-socioeconomic-status (SES) pupils, the Goal-Based Educational Management System Proficiency Mathematics approach was substantially more cost-effective. For high-SES pupils, a more traditional text-oriented approach was…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary School Mathematics
Download full textBerman, Paul; And Others – 1995
More than one-fifth of American school-age children and youth come from language-minority families--homes in which languages other than English are spoken. This volume, the first in a series of three, presents findings of a study that examined exemplary school-reform efforts involving the education of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. The…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Lara-Alecio, Rafael; And Others – 1996
A 3-year study applied the four-dimensional pedagogical theory and model of transitional bilingual education in a school with a large Hispanic population, using mathematics content as the vehicle for teaching English. Subjects were approximately 200 fifth-grade limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in three cohorts in a 6-week voluntary summer…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language), Grade 5
Gampert, Richard D. – 1989
The 1982-83 school year was the second year of the New York City (New York) Public Schools Promotional Gates Program. Under this program students in grades four and seven who failed to attain their promotional criteria (in both reading and mathematics) were retained for a year of intensive remedial instruction. This report is the result of a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Grade Placement, Dropout Prevention, Grade Repetition
Peer reviewedMills, Carol J. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1992
The author of EC 604 296 explains the evolution of a pilot project to improve the basic skills and thinking ability of gifted minority children to improve their performance on standardized tests. The paper reviews the effects of the project and notes changes recommended in repeating the program. (JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted
Wells, Stuart; And Others – 1974
The effects of varying amounts of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in mathematics, on the academic performance of 446 fifth and sixth graders scoring below norm on the California Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) were investigated. Independent variables were: (1) beginning-of-year CTBS mathematics pretest score; (2) teacher's verbal ability; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Compensatory Education
Rivera, Natasha F. – 1993
The federally funded Model Development Program of Bilingual Education served 385 students at one elementary and one middle school in Manhattan (New York) in 1992-93, its third year of operation. Participants included 168 native Spanish-speaking, limited-English-proficient (LEP) students and 217 English-proficient (EP) students, both…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Inservice Teacher Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Blank, Rolf K.; Kim, Jason J.; Smithson, John – 2000
This report presents results from four 1999 Urban Systemic Initiative (USI) school district surveys. The Survey of Enacted Curriculum is the study component of a grant from the National Science Foundation to examine how reform works in USI districts. The study explores the impact of USI programs on student achievement and the learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
