In the mid eighties, mathematics educators propagating the teaching of mathematics by
applications represented a small and unique group. Emphasizing the value of necessity of …

Your problem may be modest; but if it challenges your curiosity and brings into play your
inventive faculties, and if you solve it by your own means, you may experience the tension …

Significant instructional changes in mathematics will be achieved only if each educator
involved with school mathematics engages in a personal rethinking of various aspects of …

This study investigated mathematics teachers' interpretation of higher-order thinking in
Bloom's Taxonomy. Thirty-two high school mathematics teachers from the southeast US …

Teaching Secondary and Middle School Mathematics combines the latest developments in
research, technology, and standards with a vibrant writing style to help teachers prepare for …

Evaluation sends a message. It points to what is valued and ignores what is not perceived to
be important. Educational evaluation--testing and assessment--has been telling students …

Changes in educational assessment are currently being called for, both within the fields of
measurement and evaluation as well as in disciplines such as statistics. Traditional forms of …

This book is the result of a conference sponsored by the Educational Testing Service and
the University of Wisconsin's National Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences …

This book is written to help teachers develop plans and ideas for implementing innovative
approaches to assessment in their mathematics classes. Chapter titles are:(1)" Purposes …

Reviews research on the characteristics and identification of students displaying
mathematical gifts and talents, as well as discussing research on the level of mathematical …