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The program received extensive evaluation, with over 50 studies. These studies showed broadly similar results for non CSMP students in computation, concepts and applications. However there was a marked improvement when assessed according to the The Mathematics Applied to Novel Situations (MANS) tests which were introduced to measure students ability for problem solving in novel situations.
One device used throughout the program was a ''mini-computer''. This was a 2 by 2 grid of squares, the squares represented the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 8. Checkers could be placed on the grid to represent different numbers in a similar fashion to the way the [[binary numeral system]] is used to represent numbers in a [[computer]].
==References==
*[http://ceure.buffalostate.edu/~csmp/Evaluation/1984CSMPFinalReport.pdf CSMP final evaluation report]
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