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Making Math Education Count

SEP 13, 2006
Physics Today
ScienceNow : The leading organization for U.S. mathematics teachers today spelled out what’s important for students to know at each primary grade level. Officials at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) hope their 40-page document, titled Curriculum Focal Points: A Quest for Coherence, will help change the “mile-wide, inch-deep” approach that they say has left most U.S. students without a solid preparation for higher-level mathematics.
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