In this section you will find information on:
Development of CMP
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Authors and Staff
- Authors
- CMP Staff
- CMP 2 Development Team
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Theory and Research
- Influence of Theory and Research on the CMP Curriculum
- Research from the Cognitive Sciences
- Research from Mathematics Education
- Research from Education Policy and Organization
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Guiding Principles (See also Overarching Goal)
- Rationale for a Problem Centered Curriculum
- Characteristics of Good Problems
- Practice with Concepts. Skills and Algorithms
- Rationale for Depth versus Spiraling
- Developing Depth of Understanding and Use
- Support for Classroom Teachers
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Field Testing
- Research, Field Testing and Evaluation
- An Example of Effective Sequencing of Problems
- CMP: A Curriculum Co-Developed with Teachers and Students
Research and Evaluation Reports
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Past Reports
- Studies conducted by the CMP team during the last year of field testing
- Studies conducted by non-CMP professionals
- State and district reports of achievement data
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New Reports
- As new studies become available, CMP will post summaries.
The extensive field-testing of Connected Mathematics, in conjunction with reviews from mathematicians and experts from the fields of special education, policy, and English Language Learners, has helped produce classroom-tested student materials, and teacher materials that are rich with teachers' successful strategies, classroom dialogues and questions, and examples of student solutions.
Other Curriculum Reviews of The Connected Mathematics Project:
Mathematics and Science Expert Panel for the U.S. Dept of Education (1999)
Project 2061 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1999).
