Middle school mathematics: student empowerment through quality innovations.
Clearing House, The, March, 1994 by Collins, Rhoda Powers
Current trends and innovations in middle school mathematics encourage students to become the quantitative thinkers that educators want them to be. The goals of these new movements are to enhance students' critical, creative, and logical problem-solving abilities, to increase their chances for succeeding in higher-level mathematics, and to prepare them for life experiences with mathematics. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has provided a worthy focus for middle school mathematics educators with its Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989), Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics (1991), and Assessment Standards for School Mathematics: Working Draft (1993).
The middle school mathematics curriculum has a broader...
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