Contents -- preface -- acknowledgments -- part i: background -- the core-plus mathematics curriculum design and development -- review of related literature -- method and procedures -- teachers and the curriculum -- part ii: yearly patterns in student achievement -- achievement patterns in year 1 -- achievement patterns in year 2 -- achievement patterns in year 3 -- achievement patterns in year 4 -- part iii: attitudes, beliefs, and conceptions of students -- attitudes about the curriculum and pedagogy -- beliefs and conceptions about mathematics
Part iv: post-high school survey, individual cases, and perspectivesperformance in post-high school educational institutions -- longitudinal experiences of three students -- description and effects of a local controversy -- summary and interpretations -- references
