WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- There's more to the struggle over math "reform" than meets the eye. On the surface it appears to be simply a question of emphasis. Parents' groups, along with allied ...
More than 15 years after its publication of influential national standards in mathematics, a leading professional organization has unveiled new, more focused guidelines that describe the crucial ...
Since the late 1980s, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has been the leading advocate of standards of math teaching that attempt to create among students a greater engagement with ...