In this article, the author discusses the advantages of using the interactive engagement instructional method. A model of interactive engagement (IE) instructional method involves questioning students by challenging them to think deeply about a problem or complex question. Essential to this process is frequent and thoughtful interaction with the…

In light of recent reform documents in science and mathematics, all teachers need to think more carefully about the importance, meaning, and nature of the outcomes students are to achieve. Further suggests that teachers must critically analyze any discrepancies between what they advocate instructionally and what exists in the professional…

Building a network of college mathematics faculty interested in reform provided the impetus for faculty members to incorporate problem solving, cooperative learning, technology, manipulatives, writing, and alternative means of assessment into courses for preservice elementary teachers. Makes suggestions for setting up a network to provide guidance…

Summarizes and integrates the lessons learned from the last decade of professional development efforts based on the standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Identifies fundamental challenges to such reform and indicates strategies that have been helpful in overcoming these obstacles. (Author/MM)

Focuses on and discusses the common knowledge concerning research design and the statistical analysis of data. (Author/ASK)

Describes the centennial feature of this journal in which each month the history of the journal unfolds with a description of how the particular topic has been espoused across the long period of the journal's history. Focuses on intellectual independence as a persistent theme in the literature of science education. (Contains 24 references.) (ASK)

Describes various philosophical positions on the teaching of the scientific method in the middle years of the 20th century by examining articles published in this journal. Concludes that there is still no agreement on a definition of the scientific method or the best way to teach it. (MM)

Examines the interaction of large-scale mathematics assessments and standards efforts in the United States. Considers standards developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). (Author/MM)

Summarizes an interview with professional mathematicians Judy Roitman and Alfred Manaster, members of the writing group for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics". (Author/MM)

Discusses the implications of the recommendations in "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics" for preservice teacher preparation, the continuing professional development of teachers, and mathematics teacher certification policy. (Author/MM)

Suggests that there is a cyclical relationship between standards and research. Examines how the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards have influenced the agenda for mathematics education research and stimulated research on the impact of those standards. (Author/MM)

Discusses current reforms and reform documents in science and mathematics education with regard to problem solving and inquiry. Considers assessment methods of inquiry to measure students' performance relative to current reforms. (Author/ASK)

Presents opinions on science and mathematics teacher education, evaluation, and effectiveness. (ASK)

Discusses the current science education reform movement in the United States and identifies some of the pathways seen as contributing to a new vision of science education. Focuses on the changing image of science, scientific literacy, linking science education with the work place, modernizing science curricula, and future policy in science…

Discusses the level of knowledge, understanding, and ability relative to mathematics for the college graduate in the 21st century. Focuses on mathematical literacy and abstraction such as the definition of abstraction, difficulties in addressing abstraction, and one approach to helping students learn to address abstraction. (Contains 12…