Table of Contents
Prologue. Perspectives on mathematics education / Stephen S. Willoughby -- pt. 1. Numeracy and standards. The four faces of mathematics / Keith Devlin -- The many roads to numeracy / Dorothy Wallace -- The standards movement in mathematics education : reflections and hopes / Joan Ferrini-Mundy -- pt. 2. Technology and the mathematics classroom. Calculators in mathematics teaching and learning : past, present, and future / Bert K. Watts, Franklin Demana -- Technology-enriched learning of mathematics : opportunities and challenges / Frank Wattenberg, Lee L. Zia -- Using extranets in fostering international communities of mathematical inquiry / Lyn D. English, Donald H. Cudmore -- pt. 3. The school mathematics curriculum. As the century unfolds : a perspective on secondary school mathematics content / Johnny W. Lott, Terry A. Souhrada -- The impact of Standards-based instructional materials in mathematics in the classroom / Eric E. Robinson, Margaret F. Robinson, John C. Maceli -- Beyond eighth grade : functional mathematics for life and work / Susan L. Forman, Lynn Arthur Steen -- Statistics for a new century / Richard L. Scheaffer --