Contemporary Issues in Mathematics Education (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications, Series Number 36)

✍ Scribed by Estela A. Gavosto (editor), Steven G. Krantz (editor), William McCallum (editor)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Leaves: 187
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

During the past decade, mathematics education has changed rapidly, giving rise to a polarization of opinions among the community of research mathematicians. What is the appropriate balance among theory, technique, and applications? What is the role of technology? How do we fulfill the needs of students entering other fields? The purpose of this volume, the proceedings of a conference held at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley in 1996, is to present a serious discussion of these educational issues, with a balanced representation of opposing ideas. Part I deals with general issues in university mathematics education; Part II presents case studies on particular projects; Part III presents a range of opinions on mathematics education in elementary and secondary schools; and Part IV presents the reports of the working groups.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Copyright
Writings from the Conference on the Future of Mathematics Educationat Research Universities, held at MSRI on December 5 and 6, 1996, andsupported in part by National Science Foundation grant DUE 9252521.
Contents
Preface
Keynote Address: Mathematicians as Educators - HYMAN BASS
Mathematics Education at the University
On the Education of Mathematics Majors - HUNG-HSI WU
The Mathematics Major at Research Universities - PETER G. HINMAN AND B. ALAN TAYLOR
On the Role of Proof in Calculus Courses - THOMAS W. TUCKER
Case Studies in Mathematics Education
If I Could Talk to the Animals - DOROTHY WALLACE
The Research Mathematician as Storyteller - WILLIAM YSLAS V ELEZ AND JOSEPH C. WATKINS
Redesigning the Calculus Sequence at a Research University - HARVEY B. KEYNES, ANDREA OLSON, DOUGLAS SHAW, AND FREDERICK J. WICKLIN
Is the Mathematics We Do the Mathematics We Teach? - JERRY UHL AND WILLIAM DAVIS
Japan: A Different Model of Mathematics Education - THOMAS W. JUDSON
The Debate over School Mathematics Education
Reflections on Teacher Education - ANNELI LAX
The Third Mathematics Education Revolution - RICHARD ASKEY
Instructional Materialsfor K-8 Mathematics Classrooms: The California Adoption, 1997 - BILL JACOB
Beyond the Math Wars - JUDITH ROITMAN
Afterword - WILLIAM G. MCCALLUM
Reports from the Working Groups
How the Working Groups Worked
The Renewal of Teaching in Research Departments
The Use of Technology in the Teaching of Mathematics
Different Teaching Methods
The First Two Years of University Mathematics
The Mathematics Major
The Education of Non-Mathematics Majors
Outreach to Other Departments
Outreach to High Schools
Research Mathematicians and Research in Mathematics Education
Appendix: Internet Resources in Mathematics Education

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