tailieunhanh - HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS AT WORK

Society’s technological, economic, and cultural changes of the last 50 years have made many important mathematical ideas more relevant and accessible in work and in everyday life. As examples of mathematics proliferate, the mathematics education community is provided with both a responsibility and an opportunity. Educators have a responsibility to provide a high-quality mathematics education for all of our students. | files AT ilioffli Examples FOR THE Education OF All Students HIGH. .SCHOOL OOM Essays and Examples for the Education of All Students Mathematical Sciences Education Board National Research Council Center for Science Mathematics and Engineering Education National Academy Press Washington . 1998 NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 2101 Constitution Avenue NW Washington DC 20418 NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. The National Research Council NRC is the operating arm of the National Academies Complex which includes the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The National Research Council was organized in 1916 by the National Academy of Sciences to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy s purposes of furthering knowledge and providing impartial advice to the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government the public and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce Alberts President of the National Academy of Sciences and Dr. William Wulf President of the National Academy of Engineering also serve as chairman and vice chairman respectively of the National Research Council. The Center for Science Mathematics and Engineering Education CSMEE was established in 1995 to provide coordination of all the National Research .