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Author Wilson, Suzanne M., 1955-

Title California dreaming : reforming mathematics education / Suzanne M. Wilson
Published New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 303 pages) : illustrations
Contents Curriculum wars -- Ours is not to reason why. Just invert and multiply: school mathematics and its critics -- Capturing professional consensus: the California State Department, 1983-1990 -- Earlier reforms and their legacies -- Networks and their leaders: broadcasting and shaping reform -- Riding the tiger: the California State Department, 1990-1992 -- The tide turns: 1993-1995 -- Dueling standards -- Parsnips and orchids side by side: a view from the classroom -- Toward a civil, constructive discourse
Summary Tells the history of the past two decades of efforts to reform mathematics education in California. That history is a contentious one, full of such fervour and heat that participants and observers often refer to the 'maths war'
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- California -- History -- 20th century
Educational change -- California -- History -- 20th century
MATHEMATICS -- Study & Teaching.
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Mathematics.
Educational change
Mathematics -- Study and teaching
California
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300127539
0300127537