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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Creating the 2015 CUPM Curriculum Guide
by Martha J. Siegel, Professor, Towson University I serve as chair of the Mathematical Association of America’s (MAA’s) Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM). Approximately every ten years, CUPM publishes a new curriculum guide, with the primary goal of … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Education Policy, Student Experiences
Tagged CUPM, Curriculum, MAA, Math Majors
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One Reason Fractions (and Many Other Topics) Are Hard: Equivalence Relations Up and Down the Mathematics Curriculum
By Art Duval, Contributing Editor, University of Texas at El Paso Why are fractions hard to learn for so many people? There are many reasons for this, but I like to think about one in particular, a mathematical idea hiding in … Continue reading
Mathematical education of teachers Part II: What are we doing about Textbook School Mathematics?
By Hung-Hsi Wu This two-part series is a summary of the longer paper, Textbook School Mathematics and the preparation of mathematics teachers. TSM (Textbook School Mathematics) has dominated school mathematics curriculum and assessment for the past four decades, yet, in … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy
Tagged Common Core, K-12 mathematics, teachers, Textbook School Mathematics
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