Seeing and Thinking Mathematically

教育发展中心公司（EDC）与七个学区、两个分包商（EdCo和Inverness Research Associates）、一家出版商（Sunburst Communications）以及一大群顾问和顾问合作，提议开发一套新的数学课程，以满足中学生的独特需求。本课程将建立在数学在人类经验的中心主题上，并将重点放在学生学习用数学来看待和思考。它将反映一种观点，即学习是一个构建自己知识的过程，它将强调学习的社会背景对中学生的重要性。它将集成计算机模拟、探索环境和工具的使用。这个项目将带来数学的新视野、新的学习体验和中学课程的新结构。它还将解决决定新课程是否被广泛接受和良好使用的关键问题，包括教师支持、学生评估、课堂实施、课程评估和家长参与。

Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), in collaboration with seven school districts, two subcontractors (EdCo and Inverness Research Associates), a publisher (Sunburst Communications), and a large group of consultants and advisors, proposes to develop a new mathematics curriculum that will address the unique needs of middle school students. This curriculum will build upon the central theme of mathematics in the human experience and will focus upon students' learning to see and think mathematically. It will reflect a view of learning as a process of constructing one's own knowledge, and it will emphasize the importance of the social context of learning for middle school students. It will integrate the use of computer simulations, exploratory environments, and tools. This project will bring a new vision of mathematics, new types of learning experiences, and a new structure to the middle school curriculum. It will also address the critical issues that can determine whether a new curriculum is widely accepted and used well, including teacher suport, student assessment, classroom implementation, curriculum evaluation, and parent involvement.