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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825953103321

Titolo

High school mathematics at work : essays and examples for the education of all students / / Mathematical Sciences Education Board

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998

ISBN

0-309-17473-2

0-309-52133-5

0-585-02012-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

510/.71/273

Soggetti

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Secondary) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""FOREWORD: MATHEMATICS FOR A MODERN AGE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""1  MATHEMATICS AS A GATEWAY TO STUDENT SUCCESS""; ""2 MARKET LAUNCH""; ""3 INTEGRATING VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC EDUCATION""; ""4 THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKPLACE AND EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS""; ""5 WORKING WITH ALGEBRA""; ""PART TWO THE ROLES OF STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""6 SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: FINDING COMMON GROUND""; ""7 SCANS AND MATHEMATICSà‚€? SUPPORTING THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOLS TO CAREERS""; ""8 THINKING ABOUT THE SAT""

""9 EXTENDED RESPONSE TASKS IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS""""PART THREE CURRICULAR CONSIDERATIONS""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""10 FITTING TASKS TO CURRICULUM""; ""11 MATHEMATICS AS A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THINGS""; ""12 PREPARING STUDENTS FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION""; ""PART FOUR IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""13 PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR PROBLEM-CENTERED TEACHING""; ""14 THE ROLE OF COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL TASKS IN TEACHER EDUCATION""; ""15 ASSESSMENT CONVERSATIONS AS A TOOL FOR REFORM""; ""PART FIVE EPILOGUE""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""A SOURCES OF PROBLEMS AND TASKS""

""B TASK FORCE MEMBERS""""INDEX""