In this 1967 booklet, influences of technology, the non-achiever and the culturally disadvantaged, and the revolt against formalism are discussed in relation to the modern mathematics curriculum. Some projects and school programs described include PLATO, the Nuffield Project, the Nova School Program, Advanced Placement Program, and teacher…

Reports on the development of a course in modern mathematics for elementary school teachers. The subject matter for the course is concentrated on whole numbers, integers, and rational numbers. Ideas of logic and set theory are brought into the discussion incidently as needed for developing the number systems. Part 1 of the course is a brief essay…

The following topics are discussed in this state handbook: (1) characteristics of a modern math program (structure, vocabulary, correctness); (2) teacher preparation (program descriptions and source material lists for inservice education and the CUPM recommendations for training math teachers); (3) initiating a modern program in mathematics in a…

This document is a report on an International Working Session on New Teaching Methods for School Mathematics held at Athens, Greece, which was called to discuss developments since the 1959 Royaumont Seminar on "New Thinking in School Mathematics." Chapter I deals with the curriculum and, in addition to talks on specific topics, includes complete…

This publication provides reports from several mathematics educators on the gains that have been made, and the problems still unsolved, related to curriculum activities in mathematics. Answers to certain key questions which are basic in curriculum development are explored--(1) What are the goals of teaching mathematics, (2) What mathematical…

Reports on the development of a sample course in modern mathematics for elementary teachers. The approach to the course was based on three methodological principles--(1) that emphasis should be placed on mathematics as an organization of (experimental and other) information and not primarily as a deductive system, (2) that it is important to use…

The first part of this volume reports on the 1959 Royaumont Seminar on secondary school mathematics, an important factor in the spread of "New Mathematics" at the beginning of the last decade. Key addresses on Reform in School Mathematics (Stone) and New Thinking in School Mathematics (Dieudonne) are reported in full, and there are summaries of…

This workbook for elementary teachers presents basic definitions and examples in the areas of set theory, numeration systems, fundamental operations and geometry. Text organization does not use programming frames. Answers to examples are included in a separate section. (DT)

The context of the NACOME report is outlined, and some of the significant points with regard to the mathematics curriculum, patterns of instruction, teacher education, and evaluation are presented. (DT)