Reckoning with Mathematics: Tools and Challenges for the Information Age

最近关于数学教育和学习心理学的研究表明，数学教学应该承认和支持学生在构建自己对数学的理解方面所起的作用。这就要求课程能够使学生体验到数学服务于有用和有趣的目的，将解决问题作为核心的数学活动，并将数学概念建立在具体的经验之上。这个项目将为满足这些需求的新的小学数学课程奠定基础。它将概述K-6数学课程的学习目标，使学生能够掌握信息时代识字所必需的数学工具和程序，定义完整的范围和顺序，开发原型课程模块，并为教师培训和学生评估提供支持材料。教材将强调数学的问题解决和应用，结合最好的传统教材，并将计算器和计算机作为工具充分整合到课程中。

Recent research on mathematics education and the psychology of learning indicates that mathematics instruction should recognize and support the role that students play in constructing their own understanding of mathematics. This requires a curriculum that enables students to experience mathematics as serving useful and interesting purposes, that treats problem solving as the central mathematics activity, and that builds mathematical concepts on concrete experiences. This project will lay a foundation for a new elementary mathematics curriculum that responds to these needs. It will outline learning goals for a K-6 mathematics curriculum that will enable students to master the mathematical tools and procedures essential for literacy in an information age, define a complete scope and sequence, develop prototype curriculum modules, and produce supporting materials for teacher training and student assessment. The materials will emphasize problem solving and applications of mathematics, incorporate the best traditional materials, and fully integrate the calculator and computer, as tools, into the curriculum.