Over the next decade, the mathematical community and the nation's colleges and unversities must restructure fundamentally the culture, content, and context of undergraduate mathematics. Acknowledging the weaknesses in the present college mathematics curriculum and the ways in which it is taught, this book cites exemplary programs that point the way toward achieving the same world-wide preeminence for mathematics education that the United States enjoys in mathematical research.
Moving Beyond Myths sets forth ambitious goals for collegiate mathematics by the year 2000 and provides a sweeping plan of action to accomplish them. It calls on mathematics faculty, their departments, their professional societies, colleges and universities, and government agencies to do their parts to implement the plan, help the public move beyond commonly held myths about mathematics, and bring about a revitalization of undergraduate mathematics.
- MOVING BEYOND MYTHS
- Copyright
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- THE CHALLENGE
- PROFILES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
- Community Colleges
- Liberal Arts Colleges
- Comprehensive Universities
- Research Universities
- THE MYTHS
- BEHIND THE MYTHS
- DEPARTMENTS UNDER STRESS
- INADEQUACIES AND DEFICIENCIES
- FACING THE MYTHS
- WASTED BREATH
- MISSING CONTEXT
- CASUAL TEACHING
- FLAWED MODELS
- OUTMODED VALUES
- INVISIBLE INSTRUCTORS
- MOVING BEYOND MYTHS
- GOALS
- AN ACTION PLAN
- Develop and Promulgate Effective Instructional Models
- Faculty
- Departments
- Colleges and Universities
- Professional Societies
- Government
- Establish and Disseminate National Guidelines or Standards
- Professional Societies
- Faculty
- Departments
- Colleges and Universities
- Government
- Build and Sustain Supportive Attitudes and Structures
- The President and Governors
- Congress, State Legislators, Regents
- Federal and State Agencies
- Universities and Colleges
- Faculty and Departments
- Professional Societies and National Organizations
- MATHEMATICS BEYOND MYTHS
- EVIDENCE AND DOCUMENTATION
- REFERENCES
- Sources
- APPENDIX
- CHALLENGES FOR COLLEGE MATHEMATICS: AN AGENDA FOR THE NEXT DECADE (SUMMARY OF ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN COLLEGES-MATHEMATICAL…
- Goals and Objectives
- Breadth and Depth
- Learning and Teaching
- Access and Encouragement
- Using Computers
- Doing Mathematics
- Students
- Renewal
- COMMITTEE ON THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES IN THE YEAR 2000
- BOARD ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
- MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES EDUCATION BOARD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR MOVING BEYOND MYTHS
- AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
- NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
- COMMITTEE ON THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES IN THE YEAR 2000
- MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES EDUCATION BOARD
- COMPOSITION COURTESY OF
- FINANCIAL SUPPORT
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