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Across the United States, there is a shortage of qualified mathematics instructors. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Despite their best intentions, parents may transmit their mathematical anxiety to their children, who may also have school teachers who fear mathematics, [ 20 ] [ 21 ] and they overestimate their children's mathematical proficiency. [ 22 ]
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.
Founded in 1920, The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) is a professional organization for schoolteachers of mathematics in the United States. One of its goals is to improve the standards of mathematics in education.
In the United States there has been general cooling of the "Math wars" during the first decade of the 21st century as reform organizations such as the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and national committees, such as the National Mathematics Advisory Panel convened by George W. Bush, have concluded that elements of both traditional ...
This category contains mathematics curricula and curriculum projects developed in or for use in the United States. Pages in category "Mathematics curricula in the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Mathematics education in the United States (6 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Mathematics in the United States" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Topics introduced in the New Math include set theory, modular arithmetic, algebraic inequalities, bases other than 10, matrices, symbolic logic, Boolean algebra, and abstract algebra. [2] All of the New Math projects emphasized some form of discovery learning. [3] Students worked in groups to invent theories about problems posed in the textbooks.
Pages in category "Mathematics education programs in the United States" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .