tailieunhanh - Journal for research in mathematics education

Throughout the world, members of the education research community have long decried the lack of attention to research and scholarship that is evident in most education policies promulgated by state, provincial, and national legislatures. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001 (ESEA 2001), which was recently signed into law in the United States, is an interesting case to consider in this regard. Because ESEA 2001 states that education programs and policies should rely on “scientifically based research,” it appears at first glance to offer a welcome counterexample to the longstanding tendency of policy professionals to ignore research when setting education policy | Journal Research Mathematics Education Volume 33 Number 2 March 2002 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Editorial Board Journal Staff Editor EDWARD A. SILVER University of Michigan Associate Editors KAREN D. KING Michigan State University VILMA MESA University of Michigan Assistant Editor PATRICIA ANN KENNEY University of Michigan Book Review Editor ANNA o. GRAEBER University of Maryland Editorial Panel BETSY BRENNER University of California Santa Barbara JINFA CAI University of Delaware MARTA CIVIL University of Arizona GUERSHON HAREL University of California San Diego KATHY IVEY Western Carolina University Chair LENA LICON KHISTY University of Illinois at Chicago CAROLYN KIERAN Université du Quebec à Montreal Board Liaison RICH LEHRER University of Wisconsin Madison NORMA PRESMEG Illinois State University MARTIN SIMON Penn State University Monograph Series Editor NEIL PATEMAN University of Hawaii HARRY B. TUNIS Director of Publications DAVID BARNES Director of Electronic Resources Initiative KRISTA HOPKINS Director of Marketing JEAN T. CARPENTER Publications Services Manager TOM PEARSON Advertising Manager SANDRA s. BELSLEY Advertising Assistant NCTM Board of Directors LEE V. STIFF North Carolina State University President JOHNNY w. LOTT University of Montana President Elect JAMES M. RUBILLO Executive Director MARY BUCK Helena Middle School Montana CINDY CHAPMAN Inez Science and Technology Magnet Elementary School New Mexico SUSAN K. EDDINS Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy JUDITH JACOBS California State Polytechnic University Pomona CAROLYN KIERAN Univcrsitc du Quebec à Montreal FRANK K. LESTER JR. Indiana University CAROL E. MALLOY University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill BEATRICE M. MOORE-HARRIS Bureau of Education and Research Texas MARK SAUL Bronxville Schools New York J. MICHAEL SHAUGNESSY Portland State University Oregon JUDITH SOWDER San Diego State University BERT K. WAITS Ohio State University The mission of the National Council of .