Cover Art © 1999 by Jem Sullivan
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February 1999 · Volume 80 · Number 6
FEATURES
424 The Mathematical Miseducation of America's
Youth: Ignoring Research and Scientific Study in Education, by
Michael T. Battista
434 Parrot Math, by
Thomas C. O'Brien
439 The California Mathematics Standards: They're Not Only
Right; They're the Law, by Wayne Bishop
441 Are California's Math Standards Up to the Challenge?,
by Ruth Cossey
444 Issues and Options in the Math Wars, by Harold
L. Schoen, James T. Fey, Christian R. Hirsch, and Arthur F. Coxford
454 Mathematics Curricula Based on Rigorous National Standards:
What, Why, and How?, by Barbara Reys, Eric Robinson, Sheila
Sconiers, and June Mark
458 Technology, Children, and the Power
of the Heart, by Matthew M. Maurer and George Davidson
462 It's Not About the Failure of Catholic Schools:
It's About Demographic Transformations, by David P. Baker and
Cornelius Riordan
463 More Assertions Not Backed by Data, by Andrew
Greeley
464 Shazam! You're a Teacher: Facing the Illusory
Quest for Certainty in Classroom Practice, by Selma Wassermann
469 An Affordable Teacher Exchange Program, by
John M. Chapman and Anna Thiel
DEPARTMENTS
418 EDITOR'S PAGE, Pluses and Minuses of Reformed Texts
419 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, by Anne C. Lewis
421 STATELINE, by Chris Pipho
472 RESEARCH, by Gerald W. Bracey
474 COURTSIDE, Rights of Passage?, by Perry A.
Zirkel
476 TECHNOLOGY, Guerrilla Technology, by Royal
Van Horn
479 BACKTALK |
