Full Description
This volume contains papers from the Second International Curriculum Conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum (CSMC). The intended audience includes policy makers, curriculum developers, researchers, teachers, teacher trainers, and anyone else interested in school mathematics curricula.
Contents
Preface.
Chapter 1. Introduction.
Chapter 2. Early Algebraic Thinking: The Case of Equivalence in an Early Algebraic Context; Elizabeth Warren.
Chapter 3. A Brief Essay on the Need to Consider the Superficial Aspects of Learning Algebra; Romulo Lins.
Chapter 4. Early Algebra; Maria Blanton.
Chapter 5. A Davydov Approach to Early Mathematics; Barbara J. Dougherty.
Chapter 6. Technology and the Yin and Yang of Teaching and Learning Mathematics; Bernhard Kutzler.
Chapter 7. CAS and the Future of the Algebra Curriculum; Kaye Stacey.
Chapter 8. Algebra in the Age of CAS: Implications for the High School Curriculum Examples from the CME Project; Al Cuoco.
Chapter 9. A Perspective on the Future of Computer Algebra Systems in School Algebra; M. Kathleen Heid.
Chapter 10. Three-Dimensional Citizens Do Not Deserve a Flatlanders' Education: Curriculum and 3-D Geometry; Claudi Alsina.
Chapter 11. Manipulating 3-D Objects in a Computer Environment; Jean-Marie Laborde.
Chapter 12. Algebra and Geometry, from Two to Three Dimensions; Thomas F. Banchoff.
Chapter 13. Thoughts on Elementary Students' Reasoning About 2-D Arrays of Cubes and Polyhedra; Michael T. Battista.
Chapter 14. Linking Geometry and Algebra in the School Mathematics Curriculum; Keith Jones.
Chapter 15. Linking Geometry and Algebra Through Dynamic and Interactive Geometry; Colette Laborde.
Chapter 16. Linking Algebra and Geometry: The Dynamic Geometry Perspective; Nicholas Jackw.
Chapter 17. Linking Algebra and Geometry in the Interactive Mathematics Program; Diane Resek.
Chapter 18. Making Future Trends Realities in U.S. Classrooms; Diane J. Briars.
Chapter 19. Tools, Technologies, and Trajectories; Douglas H. Clements.
Chapter 20. Future Trends in School Algebra and Geometry: Reflections on the Vision of Experts; James Fey.
Chapter 21. Thoughts from a Classroom Teacher; Jim Mamer.
Chapter 22. Restoring and Balancing; William McCallum.
Chapter 23. Insights into Dynamic Mathematical Learning Environments; Sarah J. Hicks, Melissa D. McNaught, and J. Matt Switzer.
Chapter 24. Instrumental Genesis and Future Research in School Algebra and Geometry; Daniel J. Ross.
Chapter 25. Closing Remarks; Zalman Usiskin.
Conference Program and Biographies of Presenters.
