04459nam 22005534a 450 991082614250332120240410153534.097808157985160-8157-9815-6(CKB)111087027973560(OCoLC)614603649(CaPaEBR)ebrary10026248(Au-PeEL)EBL3004318(CaPaEBR)ebr10026248(OCoLC)53482742(MiAaPQ)EBC3004318(EXLCZ)9911108702797356020010712d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe great curriculum debate how should we teach reading and math? /Tom Loveless, editor1st ed.Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20011 online resource (368 p.) 0-8157-5310-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Roots of the Education Wars -- 3 Mathematics Education: The Future and the Past Create a Context for Today's Issues -- 4 Research and Reform in Mathematics Education -- 5 A Darwinian Perspective on Mathematics and Instruction -- 6 The Impact of Traditional and Reform- Style Practices on Student Mathematics Achievement -- 7 Beyond Curriculum Wars: Content and Understanding in Mathematics -- 8 Good Intentions Are Not Enough -- 9 A Tale of Two Math Reforms: The Politics of the New Math and the NCTM Standards -- 10 It Is Time To Stop the War -- 11 Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children: Precursors and Fallout -- 12 Contemporary Reading Instruction -- 13 Does State and Federal Reading Policymaking Matter? -- 14 The Politics of the Reading Wars -- Contributors -- Index.Since the early twentieth century, American educators have been engaged in a heated debate over what schools should teach and how they should teach it. The partisans--"education progressives" and "education traditionalists"--have usually kept their disagreements within the walls of the nation's schools of education. Periodically, however, arguments have erupted which have generated headlines and attracted public attention, making clear the potential for bitterness and rancor in education politics. In the 1990s, progressives and traditionalists squared off in a dispute over reading and mathematics. Arguments over how best to teach these two subjects is detailed in The Great Curriculum Debate: How Should We Teach Reading and Math? This book includes contributions from distinguished scholars from both sides of the debate, as well as influential nonpartisans. The proponents of "whole language" and "phonics" present their opposing views on reading. Advocates and opponents of "NCTM math reform"--the agenda of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)--discuss their differing opinions about math. Although the authors disagree on many of the most important aspects of learning, they agree on one point: the school curriculum matters. Decisions made now about the content of reading and mathematics will have long term consequences, not only for students and schools, but for society as a whole. Contributors include E. D. Hirsch Jr. (University of Virginia), Gail Burrill (Mathematical Sciences Education Board), Michael T. Battista (Kent State University), David C. Geary (University of Missouri, Columbia), Roger Shouse (Penn State University), Adam Gamoran (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Richard Askey (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Diane Ravitch (New York University), Catherine E. Snow (Harvard University), Margaret Moustafa (CaliforniaState University, LA), Richard L. Allington (University of Florida), William Lowe Boyd (Penn State University), a.Curriculum planningUnited StatesEducationCurriculaUnited StatesMathematicsStudy and teachingUnited StatesReadingUnited StatesCurriculum planningEducationCurriculaMathematicsStudy and teachingReading375/.001/0973Loveless Tom1954-1634827MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826142503321The great curriculum debate4009801UNINA