The science behind curriculum development and evaluation: Taking a design science approach in the production of a Tier 2 mathematics curriculum

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 97-111

  Doabler, Christian T ^a   Clarke, Ben ^a   Fien, Hank ^a   Baker, Scott K ^b   Kosty, Derek B ^c   Cary, Mari Strand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

curriculum development; explicit instruction; instructional design; mathematics instruction; theory of change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926210214     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: 2168376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731948713520555     Document Type: Article

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