This monograph looks at mathematics education today in the United States, particularly at how girls are treated in mathematics education in order to identify ways to increase female interest and achievement in mathematics. The first section of the review describes the current status of females in mathematics education including achievement history…

Participants at a conference on mathematics teaching discussed what it means to know and understand a subject and what teachers need to know, understand, and believe in order to teach a subject to elementary learners. The first section of the report covers the first day of the conference that was spent in a series of whole-group sessions.…

This book provides applications for use in the secondary school mathematics curriculum by selecting related articles appearing in the "Mathematics Teacher" during the last 15 years. The articles are grouped into chapters that reflect the main secondary school mathematics courses and categorized by the highest level of mathematics needed…

This study attempted to implement and validate a 5-month effort to transition 42 pupils with mild and moderate disabilities (most with learning disabilities) out of math instruction in special education resource rooms and into regular education math. A preliminary discussion examines the "cascade of services" model and transenvironmental…

The Mat-Su Math Co-op Project was a joint effort by the mathematics department of the University of Alaska Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna campus, and the Matanuska-Sustina Borough School District (Alaska) in the 1990-1991 and 1991-1992 school years. The project was designed to train 40 teachers from the district in improved mathematics instruction…

In 1988-89 the Connecticut Vocational-Technical School System initiated a program for the ongoing review and upgrading of all trade and academic curricula use in the system's 17 schools to insure that each curriculum is consistent with current standards. Every 3 years the Curriculum Steering Committee for the trade or academic subject conducts a…

The product of a project conducted in Massachusetts to apply the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" to adult basic education (ABE) learning environments, this volume is a collection of teacher-researchers' essays on field-based application of the adapted…

Although high schools typically concentrate on preparing students to enter baccalaureate degree programs, it is estimated that by the year 2000 more than 70% of the jobs in America will not require a four-year college degree. The Tech Prep program is designed to provide technically oriented backgrounds to the middle fifty percent of high school…

Previous studies have examined the day-to-day behavior of principals in an attempt to identify specific, concrete behaviors that help teachers in their efforts toward improvement. But, there is still a gap in knowledge about principal interventions during the period in which decisions are made about prospective changes and reform, and plans for…

Gender differences in mathematics learning continue to attract much research attention. Single-sex settings as the preferred option for improving schooling for girls have evoked fierce advocates as well as critics. This case study, undertaken in response to a specific request from a co-educational state school in the outer area of Melbourne,…

The purpose of this two-year study was to document and examine changes in four teachers' beliefs and practices while implementing National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) mathematics standards. Qualitative research methodology was used to develop multiple case studies, which were analyzed individually and across cases. Data came from…

This program was developed and implemented to promote higher-level thinking skills and problem-solving skills and to strengthen the understanding of mathematical concepts in second grade students through the use of the Logo programming language. The objectives for this study were that 70 percent of the target students should demonstrate the basic…

Jobs requiring mathematical skills are growing at double the rate of overall employment. Standards for Two-Year College and Lower Division Mathematics (STCLDM) are being developed to guide reform in introductory college mathematics. Efforts to develop the STCLDM began at an August 1991 planning session with the Mathematical Sciences Education…

The objectives of this research were to review existing computer-assisted instruction systems for propositional calculus proofs or elementary logic and to develop an instructional computer program that guides students in the valid construction of propositional calculus proofs. The system is unique in that it provides assistance at each step of the…

Developed by the major committees of the Minnesota Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (MinnMATYC) and approved by its Executive Board, these four position statements are intended to guide discussion and influence decisions affecting mathematics in Minnesota's two-year colleges. The first position statement suggests that the prerequisite…