Everybody counts : a report to the nation on the future of mathematics education / / Mathematical Sciences Education Board [and] Board on Mathematical Sciences Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in the Year 2000, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1989
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (128 p.)
• Disciplina: 510/.7/1073
• Soggetto topico: Mathematics - Study and teaching - United States; Mathematical readiness
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Everybody Counts -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Everybody Counts -- Opportunity… Tapping the Power of Mathematics -- CONTEXT FOR CHANGE -- MATHEMATICS FOR TOMORROW -- A PUMP, NOT A FILTER -- MATHEMATICS PIPELINE -- NUMERACY -- ATTITUDES -- GOALS -- STUDENTS AT RISK -- Human Resources… Investing in Intellectual Capital -- INTENDED MATHEMATICS MAJORS OF TOP HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS -- SHIFTING STUDENT INTERESTS -- DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS -- MINORITIES -- WOMEN -- DISTRIBUTION OF PH.D. DEGREES -- DISABLED PERSONS -- GRADUATE STUDENTS -- DECLINE IN MATHEMATICS PH.D.'S -- SUPPLY AND DEMAND -- BACHELOR'S DEGREES -- EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE -- Mathematics… Searching for Patterns -- OUR INVISIBLE CULTURE -- FROM ABSTRACTION TO APPLICATION -- COMPUTERS -- THE MATHEMATICAL COMMUNITY -- UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS -- Curriculum… Developing Mathematical Power -- PHILOSOPHY -- STANDARDS -- ELEMENTARY EDUCATION -- SECONDARY EDUCATION -- HIGHER EDUCATION -- Teaching… Learning through Involvement -- UNDERSTANDING MATHEMATICS -- LEARNING MATHEMATICS -- ENGAGING STUDENTS -- IMPACT OF COMPUTERS -- EDUCATION OF TEACHERS -- RESOURCES -- ASSESSMENT -- Change… Mobilizing for Curricular Reform -- CHALLENGES -- COUNTERPRODUCTIVE BELIEFS -- THE AMERICAN WAY -- MODERN MATHEMATICS -- LESSONS FROM THE PAST -- TRANSITIONS -- Action… Moving into the 21st Century -- NATIONAL GOALS -- REACHING CONSENSUS -- NATIONAL STRATEGY -- SUPPORT STRUCTURES -- LEADERSHIP -- TAKING ACTION -- References -- References… Documenting the Challenge -- NOTES -- Opportunity -- Human Resources -- Mathematics -- Curriculum -- Teaching -- Change -- Action -- SOURCES -- Bibliography -- Credits For Everybody Counts.
• Titolo autorizzato: Everybody counts
• ISBN: 0-309-18552-1; 1-280-21479-1; 9786610214792; 0-309-59584-3; 0-585-00201-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813260503321
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