A Quality Math Curriculum in Support of Effective Teaching for Elementary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Hook, William; Bishop, Wayne; Hook, John
Titel	A Quality Math Curriculum in Support of Effective Teaching for Elementary Schools
Quelle	In: Educational Studies in Mathematics, 65 (2007) 2, S.125-148 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1954
DOI	10.1007/s10649-006-9050-4
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Curriculum; Elementary School Mathematics; Textbooks; Test Results; Foreign Countries; Economically Disadvantaged; Instructional Effectiveness; Immigrants; Urban Schools; English (Second Language); Performance Based Assessment; Asia; California; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Ausland; Unterrichtserfolg; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Leistungsermittlung; Asien; Kalifornien
Abstract	This paper presents a curriculum, textbook and test result analysis for the new (to California) elementary school "Key Standard" mathematics curriculum, transplanted in 1998 from it's foreign roots in Asia and Europe, locations with far different cultural and economic backgrounds. Based on topic analysis methods developed by Michigan State University, this curriculum is a "quality" curriculum, since it is closely aligned with the curriculum of the six leading TIMSS math countries. Five-year test results are presented for two cohorts totaling over 13,000 students, all from four "early adoption" urban districts where 68% of the students were economically disadvantaged. Included are two cohorts of English learning immigrants totaling over 4,400 students. Performance was found to be statistically superior to similar (control) districts which continued with the old 1991 curriculum and textbooks (0.003 less than p less than 0.015). The focus of this paper is on the transition from far-below to above average learning performance of these students over the 1998-2002 period. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10