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Teaching Strategies for Improving Algebra Knowledge in Middle and High School Students
This practice guide provides three recommendations for teaching algebra to students in middle school and high school. Each recommendation includes implementation steps and solutions for common roadblocks. The recommendations also summarize and rate supporting evidence. This guide is geared toward teachers, administrators, and other educators who want to improve their students’ algebra knowledge.
Audience:
- Administrators
- Researchers
- School Specialist
- Teacher
This practice guide was prepared for the WWC by Mathematica under contract ED-IES-13-C-0010.
The following research staff contributed to the guide: Pia Caronongan, Joshua Furgeson, Betsy Keating, and Julia Lyskawa.
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Jon R. Star
(Chair)
Harvard University -
Anne Foegen
Iowa State University -
Matthew R. Larson
Lincoln Public Schools
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William G. McCallum
University of Arizona -
Jane Porath
Traverse City Area Public Schools -
Rose Mary Zbiek
Pennsylvania State University
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Teaching Strategies for Improving Algebra Knowledge in Middle and High School Students: Practice Guide Overview Video (3:58 minutes)
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Play an interview with Josh Furgeson on the Teaching Strategies for Improving Algebra Knowledge in Middle and High School Students Practice Guide.
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About the Levels of Evidence
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April 1, 2015
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Play an interview with Josh Furgeson on the Teaching Strategies for Improving Algebra Knowledge in Middle and High School Students Practice Guide.
This protocol guided the review of research that informed the recommendations contained in the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) practice guide Teaching Strategies for Improving Algebra Knowledge in Middle and High School Students, published in April 2014.
