lnfluences from the Disciplines
_ Two disciplineshave had a seminal influence on research
in tnathematics education The first is mathematics itself. Math-
'¢tp;ti_cia_ns have a long; if sporadic, history of interest in study-
ing the teaching and learning of their subiect. Disputes be-
W1/cen pure and applied mathematicians over the appropriate
preparation for advanced study in the discipline have led not
°'_'1Y to periodic attempts to revise school and college curric-
bul at times to eiforts to survey the extent of those revi-
dy how students respond to them. Concerns
H preparation in the lower schools, falling en-