A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Improving Mathematics
in Middle School:

Lessons from TIMSS and
Related Research

March 1998

Edward A. Silver
School of Education and LRDC
University of Pittsburgh

Richard W. Riley
U.S. Secretary of Education

This report, written under U.S. Department of Education Contract No. 43 31HA 7 10013, expresses the opinions of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Department. This report is based on a longer, forthcoming study titled Enhancing Mathematics Teaching and Learning in the Middle School Years: Lessons from TIMSS and Related Research by Edward A. Silver.

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