This book reviews the evaluation research literature that has accumulated around 19 K-12 mathematics curricula and breaks new ground in framing an ambitious and rigorous approach to curriculum evaluation that has relevance beyond mathematics. The committee that produced this book consisted of mathematicians, mathematics educators, and methodologists who began with the following charge: Evaluate the quality of the evaluations of the thirteen National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported and six commercially generated mathematics curriculum materials; Determine whether the available data are sufficient for evaluating the efficacy of these materials, and if not; Develop recommendations about the design of a project that could result in the generation of more reliable and valid data for evaluating such materials. The committee collected, reviewed, and classified almost 700 studies, solicited expert testimony during two workshops, developed an evaluation framework, established dimensions/criteria for three methodologies (content analyses, comparative studies, and case studies), drew conclusions on the corpus of studies, and made recommendations for future research.
Author(s): Committee for a Review of the Evaluation Data on the Effectiveness of NSF-Supported and Commercially Generated Mathematics Curriculum Materials, National Research Council
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 288
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Contents......Page 14
Executive Summary......Page 18
1 The Challenge and the Charge......Page 28
2 Committee Procedures and Characteristics of Studies Reviewed......Page 35
4 Content Analysis......Page 82
5 Comparative Studies......Page 113
6 Case Studies and Synthesis Studies......Page 184
References......Page 223
Appendix A Biographical Sketches......Page 236
Appendix B Bibliography of Studies Included in Committee Analysis......Page 240
Appendix C Outcome Measures......Page 276
Index......Page 278
