Standards 2000: Higher Standards for Our Students, Higher Standards for Ourselves

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 524
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
Principles And Standards ◽  
Opening Session

As we near the end of the more-than-four-yearlong process of creating NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, we can rightfully celebrate this new milestone in our continuing efforts to improve the mathematics education of all students. Attend the NCTM's 78th Annual Meeting in Chicago, and join your colleagues in the official celebration at the opening session on Wednesday, 12 April 2000, at 5:45 P.M., when the document and accompanying CD-ROM will be presented to the membership.

Principles and Standards: Shaping the Standards: Higher Standards for Our Students, Higher Standards for Ourselves

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 498-499
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
Principles And Standards ◽  
Opening Session

As we near the end of the more-than-fouryear- long process of creating NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, we can rightfully celebrate this new milestone in our continuing efforts to improve the mathematics education of all students. Attend the NCTM's 78th Annual Meeting in Chicago, and join your colleagues in the official celebration at the opening session on Wednesday, 12 April 2000, at 5:45 P.M., when the document and accompanying CD-ROM will be presented to the membership.

What influence will the new Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000) have?

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-395
Author(s):  
Judith T. Sowder
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Research Community ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
The Public ◽  
Principles And Standards

The new NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000) were presented to the public with great fanfare at the NCTM Annual Meeting in Chicago in April of this year. The mood was celebratory, perhaps even more so than when the 1989 Standards were presented. How will these new Principles and Standards be accepted? What influence will they have? Are there messages here to which the research community ought to be attending?

Spotlight on the Principles: The Pursuit of Mathematics for All!

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 479-483
Author(s):  
Laurie Rubel ◽  
Margaret R. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Speaking Out ◽  
Reasonable Accommodations ◽  
Equity Principle ◽  
Access To Technology ◽  
Principles And Standards

“EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICS education requires equity—high expectations and strong support for all students.” Thus begins the Equity Principle found in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 2000, p. 12). It goes on to detail some of the dimensions of equity: high expectations, strong support, reasonable accommodations, worthwhile opportunities, and access to technology. People are unlikely to disagree with the stance implied by the Equity Principle. “Mathematics for all” is a rallying cry akin to “liberty and justice for all.” To disagree with the Principle would be like speaking out against motherhood or apple pie. Yet the pathway to mathematics for all is not always clear. What does equity in mathematics look like in our classrooms and schools? How would individual teachers proceed if the Equity Principle was guiding their teaching?

Felix Klein and the NCTM's Standards: A Mathematician Considers Mathematics Education

2000 ◽  
Vol 93 (8) ◽  
pp. 714-717
Author(s):  
Kim Krusen McComas
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Rote Learning ◽  
German Mathematician ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
10Th Anniversary ◽  
Felix Klein ◽  
Look Back ◽  
Principles And Standards ◽  
Year 2000

The year 1999 marked the 10th anniversary of the NCTM's Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics. It also marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of German mathematician Felix Klein, who lived from 1849 to 1925. Although the relation between these two anniversaries may not be obvious, the connection is that Klein, were he still alive today, would probably support the NCTM's Standards. As the year 2000 brings us NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, let us look back to the year 1900 and find Felix Klein at the forefront of a movement to reform mathematics education from rote learning to more meaningful mathematical learning.

Focused Strategies for Middle-Grades Mathematics Vocabulary Development

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 200-207
Author(s):  
Rheta N. Rubenstein
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
Vocabulary Development ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Mathematical Language ◽  
Mathematics Vocabulary ◽  
Principles And Standards

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics reminds us that communication is central to a broad range of goals in mathematics education (NCTM 2000). These goals include students' being able to (1) organize and consolidate mathematical thinking; (2) communicate coherently with teachers, peers, and others; (3) analyze and evaluate others' strategies; and (4) use language to express mathematics precisely. One part of communication is acquiring mathematical language and using it fluently. This article addresses learning vocabulary as one dimension of mathematics communication.

From the 1980s: President's Annual Address: 58th Annual Meeting

2006 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
pp. 60-67
Author(s):  
Shirley A. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Mathematics Instruction ◽  
Public Support ◽  
School Mathematics

The main focus of the president's address is communicating recommendations for school mathematics summarized in the document “An Agenda for Action”. It defines three major problems and presents analysis of a set of recommendations on how to improve the situation. Recommendations covers eight major categories, from “Problem solving” to “Public support for mathematics instruction”. It is noted that problem in mathematics education can only be solved by the cooperation of all sectors of our society.

Connecting Research to Teaching: Addressing the Equity Principle in the Mathematics Classroom

2008 ◽  
Vol 101 (8) ◽  
pp. 604-608
Author(s):  
Tonya G. Bartell ◽  
Margaret R. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
Equity Principle ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
Principles And Standards

The publication of Curriculum and Evaluation Standards (NCTM 1989) marked the beginning of a period of significant change in mathematics education. However, that document and many contemporaneous calls for reform lacked a clear focus on equity (Meyer 1989). A decade later, Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 2000) began to address that shortcoming.

Reader Reflections: January 2000

2000 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-59
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Principles And Standards

The coming years will be exciting as NCTM's updated Standards document, Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, makes its debut in 2000. The coming years will also be challenging as we try to achieve our mission of a high-quality mathematics education for every child. Next year, NCTM members will elect their next president and four members of the Board of Directors.

Shaping the Standards: The Writers Want to Know What You Think

1999 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 346-347
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Final Version ◽  
Principles And Standards

This article is the sixth in a series inviting discussion of, and reaction to, the draft of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. By the end of May, the writers will have a summary of the feedback that we have received this year to help them when they revise the document this summer. The final version of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics will be released at the annual meeting in Chicago in April 2000.

Shaping the Standards: The Writers Want to Know What You Think

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 446-447
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Final Version ◽  
Principles And Standards

This article is the fifth in a series inviting discussion of, and reaction to, the draft of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. By the end of May, the writers will be given a summary of the feedback that we have received this year to help them revise the document during summer 1999. The final version of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics will be released at the NCTM annual meeting in Chicago in April 2000.

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