The STAAR Project: Supporting the Transition from Arithmetic to Algebraic Reasoning

  • The STAAR Project
  • About the Project
  • Technical Summary
  • Project Reports
  • Links
  • This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0115609. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

About the STAAR Project

The aim of this grant is to study learning, development and teaching of algebra in urban, rural, and suburban settings, understand the complexities of their interactions in the middle school classroom, and investigate how to cultivate algebraic reasoning.

For a professional introduction to the project as a whole, read the technical summary.

The STAAR Project is a grant funded by the Interagency Education Research Initiative (IERI)

Project Reports

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Download this PDF Document STAAR 2003 Annual Report (project year 1)

Download this PDF Document STAAR 2004 Annual Report (project year 2)

Download this PDF Document STAAR 2005 Annual Report (project year 3)

Download this PDF Document STAAR 2006 Annual Report (project year 4)


Links

The University of Wisconsin–Madison produced a course centered around the STAAR Project:
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/stellar/algebra/overview.htm
The University of Wisconsin–Madison's teaching tier:
http://labweb.education.wisc.edu/knuth/taar/