A Descriptive Analysis of Mathematics Curricular Materials from a Pedagogical Perspective

Author:

Carnine Douglas1,Jitendra Asha K.2,Silbert Jerry3

Affiliation:

1. Douglas Carnine, PhD, is director of the National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators (NCITE) and is professor of special education at the University of Oregon. His program and research interests include policy for educational improvement, knowledge utilization, and curriculum design. e-mail: Douglas_Carnine@ccmail.uoregon.edu.

2. Asha K. Jitendra, PhD, is an assistant professor of special education in the Department of Education and Human Services at Lehigh University. Her research interests focus on mathematics curriculum analyses, dynamic assessment, concept learning, and effective strategies for teaching students with mild disabilities.

3. Jerry Silbert, MS, is a research associate at NCITE at the university of Oregon. His program and research interests include professional development, schoolwide improvement initiatives, and curriculum design. Address: Douglas Carnine, National Center to improve the Tools of Educators 805 Lincoln, Eugene, OR 97401;

Abstract

In this article, we present six pedagogical criteria, five of which were gleaned from research related to effective teaching practices, followed by a narrative description of the extent to which the early 1990s editions of three basal mathematics programs applied these criteria in designing instructional sequences. Specifically, the purpose of the descriptive study was to compare lessons that taught adding and subtracting fractions in the fifth-grade books of each of the three basals. The present analysis of traditional basals revealed areas of serious concern: big ideas were rarely identified, introduced, or integrated; content was introduced too rapidly; teaching demonstrations were often not explicit or straightforward; manipulative activities were open-ended and ineffective; and review was inadequate. Finally, we propose recommendations for using the six curriculum design criteria to evaluate and modify mathematics curricular materials.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Education

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