Roger Howe (Yale University) has been thinking about the curriculum-not just particular textbooks, but the issue of what to include.
Roger Howe (Yale University) has been thinking about the curriculum -not just particular textbooks, but the issue of what to include. Given new expectations that all students learn algebra, how might arithmetic be presented so that it helps students learn algebra rather than poses a hindrance? He sees place value as an under- recognized leitmotif through a very large portion of the curriculum, affecting all of arithmetic, and connecting arithmetic to algebra. For instance, every integer (in fact, every decimal number) is the i sum of multiples of very special odeled by numbers powers of ten. the These products of powers of ten are important enough that they deserve their own name, usable in elementary school (perhaps place value numbers n of the resents or very round numbers). each this work he seeks to unpack and clarify mathematics in the elementary school curriculum that would forge connections and strengthen the curriculum.