“It is currently well acknowledged that the recent NCTM
recommendations for reform in mathematics education emphasize a
need to change the way mathematics is taught and learned ..”which I can scarcely disagree with. A few lines later we read that
“Current evidence from existing research projects that were instigated
prior to, or coinciding with, the release of the reform documents indicate
that students in reform-based classes do have significantly better
achievement in mathematics than those in traditional instruction.”
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