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  2. New Math - Wikipedia

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    As a result of this controversy, and despite the ongoing influence of the New Math, the phrase "new math" was often used to describe any short-lived fad that quickly becomes discredited [citation needed] until around the turn of the millennium [7] [better source needed]. In 1999, Time placed it on a list of the 100 worst ideas of the 20th century.

  3. Reform mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Mathematics education reform built up momentum in the early 1980s, as educators reacted to the "new math" of the 1960s and 1970s.The work of Piaget and other developmental psychologists had shifted the focus of mathematics educators from mathematics content to how children best learn mathematics. [3]

  4. Mathematics education - Wikipedia

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    Discovery-based mathematics is at the forefront of the Canadian "math wars" debate with many criticizing it for declining math scores. New Math: a method of teaching mathematics which focuses on abstract concepts such as set theory, functions, and bases other than ten. Adopted in the US as a response to the challenge of early Soviet technical ...

  5. Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum Improvement Study

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    Work on the SSMCIS program began in 1965 [3] and took place mainly at Teachers College. [9] Fehr was the director of the project from 1965 to 1973. [1] The principal consultants in the initial stages and subsequent yearly planning sessions were Marshall H. Stone of the University of Chicago, Albert W. Tucker of Princeton University, Edgar Lorch of Columbia University, and Meyer Jordan of ...

  6. Everyday Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Everyday Mathematics curriculum was developed by the University of Chicago School Math Project (or UCSMP ) [1] which was founded in 1983. Work on it started in the summer of 1985. The 1st edition was released in 1998 and the 2nd in 2002. A third edition was released in 2007 and a fourth in 2014-2015. [2] A new one was released in 2020, dropping ...

  7. SlideShare - Wikipedia

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    SlideShare is an American hosting service, now owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos. Users can upload files privately or publicly in PowerPoint, Word, or PDF format. Content can then be viewed on the site itself, on mobile devices or embedded on other sites.

  8. Common Core - Wikipedia

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    The Common Core State Standards Initiative, also known as simply Common Core, was an American, multi-state educational initiative begun in 2010 with the goal of increasing consistency across state standards, or what K–12 students throughout the United States should know in English language arts and mathematics at the conclusion of each school grade.

  9. Lists of mathematics topics - Wikipedia

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    Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and integer-valued functions. German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss said, "Mathematics is the queen of the sciences—and number theory is the queen of mathematics." Number theory also studies the natural, or whole, numbers.