The probability and statistics portion of an optional comprehensive mathematics sequence offered at the secondary level in New York public schools is presented. (MP)

An innovative feature added to one high school curriculum is described whereby mathematics students write programs for problems that relate to topics studied in a given course. Sample programs illustrating the type of work being done are given. (MN)

The development of the new mathematics curriculum of the late 1950s is examined in light of current calls for changes in the instructional program. Thoughtful, imaginative reform that offers radically new models of approach to teaching mathematics is called for. (MP)

Describes the Recognizing and Recording Reform in Mathematics Education Project created to monitor the implementation of the NCTM Standards and monitor a broader program of research and development. Discusses key issues in mathematics reform and describes the methodology of the project. (Contains 10 references.) (MKR)

The underlying philosophies and the teaching methods used in several Israeli mathematics programs for disadvantaged students are explained and described; a study that used a psychological approach concerned with the rehabilitation of the impaired intelligence of disadvantaged children also is discussed. (DT)

A new program of instruction for freshmen high school students in general mathematics classes is described. (MP)

The experience of a mathematics teacher in a school system as it established a computer science course is reviewed. (MP)

The advanced study program sponsored by the U.S. Naval Academy for the Anne Arundel Public Schools is described. Graphs, Games, and Puzzles and Strange Algebras are two of the courses presented. (MNS)