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Exploring modes of engagement within reform-oriented primary mathematics textbooks in India
In India, a curriculum reform inspired by critical perspectives has sought to transform primary mathematics teaching and learning. It is aimed at...
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The Educational Standards Reform
The first wave of reform collapsed under the burden of claims that its misguided pedagogical approaches were responsible for poor educational...
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Reasoning and Proof in Algebra: The Case of Three Reform-Oriented Textbooks in China
Examining the narratives of algebra content of three popular series of mathematics textbooks in China, this study explored the opportunities for...
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Case Studies in Agents and Processes of Mathematics Curriculum Development and Reform
This chapter is based on concrete experiences of curriculum design, development, and reforms in school mathematics across a range of social and...
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The Influence of Royaumont on Mathematics Education in the USA
The influence of the 1959 Royaumont Seminar on US mathematics education is described. Five periods are discussed: The 1960s New Math, the post-New...
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Facilitating a Sustainable Transformation of Sociomathematical Norms Through Mathematical Modeling Activities
We investigated and compared sociomathematical norms in secondary mathematics teachers’ classrooms before and after using mathematical modeling...
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Making Sense of Mathematics and Making Mathematics Make Sense
Two complementary stances toward mathematics are illuminated in this chapter; the sense-making stance on one hand, and the making-sense stance as a...
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Process over product: associations among math anxiety, feelings about math, and instructional beliefs in early childhood preservice teachers
Providing high-quality mathematics instruction is vital for children because early mathematics skills are a strong predictor of later academic...
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Slow emergencies of racism in mathematics education
This paper adopts a biopower lens to examine emergency declarations that posit race or racism as problems to be addressed through mathematics...
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United States Statistics Curriculum
This paper describes the role of national organizations in bringing coherence to the statistical curriculum in the United States, which has no...
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The Rise of the American New Math Movement: How National Security Anxiety and Mathematical Modernism Disrupted the School Curriculum
In the 1940s, the teaching of mathematics in the secondary schools of the United States began to recover from a long period of disrespect. This...
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International Co-operation and Influential Reforms
This chapter focuses on four national reforms that started in the second half of the past century and were influenced by international movements,...
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School Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: Insights and Reflections
A critical part of mathematics education in any system of schooling is the curriculum, which includes the prescribed mathematics content in the form...
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Student Mathematics Learning Activities
This chapter provides an overview of different conceptualizations of student engagement with mathematical ideas in studies that occur in mathematics...
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Learning to Struggle: Supporting Middle-grade Teachers’ Understanding of Productive Struggle in STEM Teaching and Learning
This qualitative study examines the influence of a 3-year professional development project for middle school mathematics, science, and special...
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The Researcher and the Practitioner: Stories About Establishing Pipelines, Building Bridges, and Crossing Borders
This chapter focuses on the experiences of the first author, an experienced high school mathematics teacher, who in the early 1990s undertook...
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Problems and Puzzles in History of Mathematics
Since the publication of Polya’s book How to Solve it, and in special after becoming a central aspect of curricular recommendations, problem solving...
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Pre-existing Mathematics Teacher Characteristics
This chapter addresses the pre-existing mathematics teacher characteristics (PMTC) of prospective mathematics teachers on entry to their teacher...