Comparisons of Middle School Mathematics Curricula

西雅图华盛顿大学应用数学系的教职员工和研究生正在对中学数学教材进行比较研究。具体地说，正在对6、7和8年级的三套材料进行彻底检查。我们的目标是进行必要的研究，将新加坡使用的教材与该国这些年级广泛使用的教材进行比较，并与最近在NSF支持下开发的一套中学教材进行比较。特别注意所处理的数学主题，处理的水平和复杂程度，各种主题在课程中的出现程度，以及在材料的不同点上应用闭合的程度。对数学的应用和数学主题提出的背景也进行了调查。

9978400ADAMSFaculty and graduate students in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington, Seattle are conducting a comparative study of middle school instructional materials in mathematics. Specifically, a thorough examination of three sets of materials at grade levels 6,7, and 8 is underway. The goal is to do the research needed to compare materials used in Singapore with texts widely used at these grade levels in this country and with a set of middle school materials recently developed with NSF support. Particular attention is given to the mathematics topics treated, the level and sophistication of the treatment, the degree to which the various topics appear as strands in the curriculum, and the degree to which closure is applied at various points in the materials. Applications of mathematics and the contexts in which the mathematics topics are presented are also investigated.