Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ575178
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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Double-Dose: A Viable Instructional Alternative.
Peele, Louise Loughran
NASSP Bulletin, v82 n599 p111-14 Sep 1998
A feasible instructional method for reducing failure in first-year algebra is the double-dose approach pioneered by Douglas MacIver. Two studies conducted in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and in Norfolk, Virginia, reveal the educational benefits of providing second math periods for ninth-grade algebra students. (MLH)
Descriptors: Algebra, Failure, Grade 9, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Remedial Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts; Virginia (Norfolk)
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