Reference+Material

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**(A) Reports on Developmental Mathematics ... the Good, the Bad, and the ___**

[|Technology Solutions for Developmental Math: An Overview of Current and Emerging Practices] (Gates & Hewlett foundation) -- January 2009



Developmental Mathematics Texas Public Institutions of Higher Education [|Texas Report 2005]

Community College Research Center: Effectiveness of Developmental Education

[|Community College Chronicle article April 21, 2009] A moral imperative to improve 'remedial' education (does not discuss just mathematics).

** (B) Prior Efforts ... Reforms, Redesigns, Background **

California Basic Skills Initiative ... includes searchable 'effective practices': see [|BSI California]

Promising practices ( Office of Vocational and Adult Education 2005)

NADE Math Spin "Best Practices" [|Best Practices by NADE]



MAA website on Curriculum Foundations []

Achieving the Dream and related reports: State Policy

Promising Practices

Promising Instructional Reforms




 * (C) Opinions, Analysis, and Good Reading **

Ted Panitz Sabbatical Report on Developmental Mathematics [|Sabbatical Report]

Jack Rotman Sabbatical Reports on Cognitive Science, Developmental Mathematics [|Rotman's Sabbatical Reports]

Let's Abolish Pencil-and-Paper Arithmetic by Anthony Ralston [|__http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ar9/abolpub.htm__]

Is Mathematics Necessary? by Underwood Dudley (DePauw University) []

[] Although this document from the MAA focuses on college algebra, I believe it sets the tone for what also needs to be done in algebra courses leading up to college algebra (i.e., developmental math).

[] And another from the MAA website. This one focuses on algebra - developing procedural fluency, conceptual understanding, and problem-solving skills.

Applications and Misapplications of Cognitive Psychology to Mathematics Education
**A bit 'old', but still a good summary of scientific cognitive psyhcology to math ed; might challenge your beliefs.**
 * by** [|**John R. Anderson et al http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/papers/misapplied.html**]

ACT report on 2008 testing

http://www.maa.org/columns/launchings/launchings_4_08.html And another from the MAA website. This one focuses on algebra - developing procedural fluency, conceptual understanding, and problem-solving skills.

Long-term trends in college mathematics enrollments (pre-college, precalculus, calculus) versus high school math courses. Not specifically about developmental, though obvious connections are present. [|www.macalester.edu/~bressoud/talks/College_Perspective.ppt]