AS PART OF A LARGER INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS ON THE ATTITUDES AND INTERESTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARD MATHEMATICS, THIS STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF SEVERAL EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS UPON THE INTEREST OF STUDENTS WHO WERE COMPARED WITH STUDENTS IN MORE CONVENTIONAL PROGRAMS…

THE JUDGMENTS OF TEACHERS AND THEIR REACTIONS TO THE EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS THEY WERE TEACHING IN CONNECTION WITH A PROJECT WHICH EVALUATED SEVERAL RECENTLY DEVELOPED PROGRAMS WERE OBTAINED AND ANALYZED. OBSERVATIONS AND JUDGMENTS ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS WERE OBTAINED THROUGH A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THE…

A pilot project was conducted to determine if there was evidence to support an experimental program for comparison with the current, conventional programs of 9th grade social studies in the East Lansing, Michigan schools. The experimental program was one in which students were introduced into the world of work and spheres of the citizen within the…