The Effects of Curriculum on Achievement in Second-Year Algebra: The Example of the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-84

  Thompson, Denisse R ^a   Senk, Sharon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Algebra; Curriculum; Evaluation; High school, 9 12; Program project assessment; Reform in mathematics education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035579635     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749621     Document Type: Article

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