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The '''Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP)''' is a four-year, problem-based mathematics curriculum for high schools. It was one of several curricula funded by the [[National Science Foundation]] and designed around the 1989 [[National Council of Teachers of Mathematics| National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)]] [[Principles and Standards for School Mathematics|standards]]. The curriculum replaces the traditional [[Algebra]] I-[[Geometry]]-Algebra II/[[Trigonometry]]-[[Precalculus]] sequence. The IMP books were authored by Dan Fendel and Diane Resek, professors of mathematics at [[San Francisco State University]], and by Lynne Alper and Sherry Fraser.

Designed in response to national reports pointing to the need for a major overhaul in mathematics education,<ref>[http://www.nap.edu/books/0309039770/html/] ''Everybody Counts: A Report to the Nation on the Future of Mathematics Education'', Mathematical Sciences Education Board, National Research Council, 1989</ref><ref>[http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309041872] ''Reshaping School Mathematics: A Philosophy and Framework for Curriculum'', Mathematical Sciences Education Board, National Research Council, 1990</ref><ref>[http://www.project2061.org/publications/sfaa/online/sfaatoc.htm] ''Science for all Americans'', American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1989</ref> the IMP curriculum is markedly different in structure, content, and [[pedagogy]] from courses more typically found in the high school sequence.<ref>''Introduction and Implementation Strategies for the Interactive Mathematics Program: A Guide for Teacher-Leaders and Administrators'', Key Curriculum Press, 1997</ref>