Offers practical suggestions for implementing the National Council of Mathematics Teachers' (NCTM) Standards related to classroom discourse. Presents examples of discourse from various mathematics classrooms. (ASK)

Describes how probability is treated in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) "Principles and Standards of School Mathematics". (YDS)

Describes a school district's development and use of a guide to inform parents about the district's efforts to align its mathematics curriculum with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) Standards. (Author)

Offers ideas for helping parents do mathematics with their children as part of everyday family life in ways that are consistent with the National Council Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards. (Contains 11 references.) (ASK)

In this article, the authors share activities designed to help students make a connection between the complex roots of X[superscript 2] - 2x + 5 = 0 and the graph of y = X[superscript 2] - 2x + 5. We piloted these activities in three precalculus classes. The activities involved both concrete and technological representations of the mathematical…

Presents practical, teacher-tested tools and techniques based on National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards for teaching mathematics. Covers Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) technique; story problems across the curriculum; advantages of using calculators in instruction; and manipulatives for plane geometry. Includes a chart…

Describes a project that used the process of cognitive coaching to implement the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards. Argues that cognitive coaching is a vehicle that helps teachers change and reform both curriculum development and instruction, combats the isolation of teaching, provides feedback, aids in reflective…

Presents ideas for an assessment that reflects the curriculum standards set forth by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Discusses how assessment tasks are created to support instruction that values a mastery of the basics, mental mathematics, mathematical vocabulary, problem solving and writing in mathematics, calculator…

This two-year study documents and examines the changes in four teachers' beliefs and practices while they were in transition from traditional practices to a closer approximation of a mathematics program that reflected the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) Standards. Types of support and difficulties encountered during the…

Addresses some concerns about teaching and learning geometry by describing how The Geometer's Sketchpad software program allows for the implementation of many of the recommendations from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in the mathematics classroom. Explains the types of activities that can be used with the software and…

Presents a brief history on the evolution of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) standards and reform efforts in mathematics education. Discusses the advantages of having standards. Mentions some research results stating dramatic increases in reading and mathematics achievement for schools with the highest implementation of…

Discusses the messages in problem contexts in Standards 2000 from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Makes comparisons with the NCTM Standards from 1989. Indicates that the new standards continue to ignore the power that mathematics can have in debate and discussion of issues critical to the elimination of social and economic…

This book focuses on the implementation of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards. Chapters include: (1) "Math Power"; (2) "Directions for Change: The NCTM Standards"; (3) "Children Constructing Knowledge"; (4) "Teachers as Problem Solvers"; (5) "Building Understanding";…

This book contains activities designed to help teachers enrich the mathematical experiences of all children and reach toward fulfillment of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards. Chapters include: (1) "Prenumber, Number, Non-Number"; (2) "Place Value"; (3) "Addition, Subtraction"; (4)…

This book is the third in a series of family math books whose aim is to involve parents and their children in middle school mathematics. All the activities contained in this guide are based on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards, and most activities involve several integrated math concepts rather than isolated skills.…