The article presents the outline of a curriculum that was used successfully to teach deaf elementary school children the concept of "borrowing" as it applies to arithmetic. (Author/DLS)

Use of calculators rather than computers or paper and pencil when calculators can do the job is stressed. When the use of calculators is more appropriate is indicated. (MNS)

About half of the half-million students taking the introductory college calculus course each year fail. Some ways to change the course and the way it is taught were discussed at a conference attended by 25 persons. (MNS)

Discusses the need for curriculum evaluation in mathematics as well as in other disciplines. Also discusses methods and techniques of curriculum evaluation, some of which are particularly relevant to evaluating mathematics curricula. (Author/JN)

Two British mathematics educators share their views about mathematics education in Britain and mathematics education in the United States, examining similarities and differences in mathematics education between the two countries. (JN)

The development and role of algebra in the curriculum are traced historically. The slow development over centuries is emphasized. (MNS)

The viewpoint of industrial mathematicians about education is presented, with a plea for cooperation between them and the mathematics education community. (MNS)

The author compares and contrasts the mathematics curriculum in the USSR and the United States. The Soviet mathematics curriculum is not divided into separate courses, but instead consists of a series of steps teaching the method of thinking about mathematics problems. (BW)

Characteristics of mathematics curricula for moderately/severely retarded and autistic students are described and the development of two curricula, the Perceptual and Numerical Correspondence Curricula, are reviewed. Preliminary field testing results are described, as are differences in learning demonstrated by autistic and retarded Ss. (CL)

This document constitutes the final report of a Curriculum Management Audit of mathematics education in the Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland). The audit was commissioned by the Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education/Governing Authority within the scope of its policy-making authority. The audit was conducted June 5-9, 2000.…

This document, from "The Teacher's Desk Reference to Standards and Performance Indicators for Curriculum Planning and Unit Development," is part of the Delaware Department of Education's ongoing efforts to provide assistance and support to local school districts in their development of a standards-based curriculum. This document explains…

This paper shares the findings from four years of Eisenhower-funded research which identified conceptual obstacles and enabling strategies for interdisciplinary teams of grade 4-12 teachers to develop and implement integrated standards-based science and mathematics teaching and assessment plans in their classes that are effective in helping…

This digest provides research on curriculum and assessment in the age of Computer Algebra Systems (CAS). The digest presents research on assessment with CAS technology, teacher accounts of assessment with CAS technology and curriculum issues. (Contains 18 references.) (MM)

This document compiles information about 13 comprehensive mathematics curriculum programs that were developed specifically to address the recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics. Three of the programs are elementary programs, five are for middle school,…

Mathematics as a curriculum area might be taught from the point of view of several philosophies of education. This paper discusses philosophical considerations in teaching mathematics such as the philosophy of experimentalism, philosophy of decision making, and measurement driven philosophy. It is concluded that the philosophy or philosophies…