Mathematics curricula based on rigorous national standards: What, why, and how?

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 454-456

  Reys, Barbara ^a   Robinson, Eric ^b   Sconiers, Sheila ^c   Mark, June ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c COMAP Inc ^*  (United States)

^d EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

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References (13)

1. James W. Stigler and James Hiebert, "Understanding and Improving Classroom Mathematics Instruction: An Overview of the TIMSS Video Study," Phi Delta Kappan, September 1997, pp. 14-21.
2. Hung-Hsi Wu, "The Mathematics Education Reform: Why You Should Be Concerned and What You Can Do," American Mathematical Monthly, December 1997, pp. 946-54;
3. and Jeremy Kilpatrick, "Confronting Reform," American Mathematical Monthly, December 1997, pp. 955-62.
4. For a complete transcript of Riley's speech, see http://www.ed.gov/Speeches/01-1998/980108. html.
5. Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (Reston, Va.: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1989);
6. Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics (Reston, Va.: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1991);
7. and Assessment Standards for School Mathematics (Reston, Va.: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1995).
8. William M. Carroll, "Results of Third-Grade Students in a Reform Curriculum on the Illinois State Mathematics Test," Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, vol. 28,1997, pp. 237-42;
9. Mark N. Hoover, Judy S. Zawojewski, and James Ridgway, "Effects of the Connected Mathematics Project on Student Attainment," paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 1997;
10. Richard T. Lappan, David E. Barnes, Barbara J. Reys, and Robert E. Reys, "Standards-Based Middle Grade Mathematics Curricula: Impact on Student Achievement," paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, 1998;
11. and Harold L. Schoen and Steven W. Ziebarth, "A Progress Report on Student Achievement in the Core-Plus Mathematics Project Field Test," NCSM Journal of Mathematics Education Leadership, vol. 1, no. 3, 1997, pp. 15-23.
12. Robert E. Reys and Barbara J. Reys, "Standards-Based Mathematics Curriculum Reform: Impediments and Supportive Structures," Journal of Mathematics Education Leadership, July 1997, pp. 3-8. See also the case studies available on the NCTM website: www.nctm.org/information/case-studies.
13. For more information about the specific services of each center, readers are invited to visit the centers' websites or to contact their directors.