The study examined mathematics education at three levels: curricular intentions, implemented curriculum, and student achievement. Student performance was measured and reported separately for five areas: - arithmetic - algebra - geometry - measurement - statistics. The study included some features that involved a replication of the First International Mathematics Study (FIMS). It also incorporated a detailed longitudinal component designed to investigate causal relationships between the output and input measures of mathematics education.
<br> Key Findings are given as well as major publications and a Link to the Study website.
This study was conducted to investigate the outcomes of various school systems in a field of schooling that was, at this time, undergoing various reforms in many countries. So-called “New Mathematics”, resulting from the international agreement on what essential new material should be included in the curriculum, had been introduced in some educational systems. FIMS research questions related to the organization of education, the curriculum, and methods of instruction. The study also examined how mathematics teaching and learning might be influenced by societal, scientific, and technological change. The data were collected in 1964.
<br> Key Findings are given as well as major publications and a Link to the Study website.