Interactive Mathematics Program: Difference between revisions

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* "...the role of the teacher changes from that of "imparter of knowledge" to that of observer and facilitator."

The text, which represents the entire first year of high school mathematics, centers around 5 sections:

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Alarmed by low scores, Tacoma school officials OK added Saxon textbook. by Debby Abe; The News Tribune (Tacoma WA) August 25th, 2006 </ref>

* One reviewer states IMP negatively impacts SAT Mathematics performance. The first two LA Unified pilot schools were Roosevelt HS and Marshall HS, both started IMP in 1992. When they took the the SAT a few years later, it was a disaster. Roosevelt dropped an average of 25 points while having 39 fewer seniors electing to take the SAT and Marshall dropped 41 points with 64 fewer students taking the SAT from 1992 to 1996. Within a couple of years, IMP was dropped even at those two schools and, within LAUSD, it has been a dead issue ever since.<ref>[http://www.nychold.com/rev-bishop-0302.html]Standards-Based School Mathematics Curricula</ref>

== External Linkslinks ==

* [http://gphillymath.org/ListServes/IMP_info.pdf General Information about the Integrated Mathematics Program] Students do just as well in college entrance exams with IMP.

* [http://mathforum.org/mathed/imp.html List of pro-IMP sites]]

* [http://www.mathematicallycorrect.com/kmimp.htm] Mathematically Correct Review

"there are several anecdotes about problems with IMP including its inability to prepare students for higher level math and science classes and the remediation sometimes necessary for college-bound students."

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