By Diane Resek
This article was prepared for the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
General Characteristics of IMP®
The Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP) is a four-year, problem-based mathematics curriculum for secondary-school students that focuses on open-ended explorations of complex problems, yet covers the essential content of the traditional Algebra I-Geometry-Algebra II/Trigonometry-Precalculus sequence. The design of this integrated program began in 1989 and was conceived for non-college bound as well as college preparatory students to fulfill the mathematics standards developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The program currently is used in roughly 250 high schools in 21 states.