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• 07 Jun 08
  

  Sarah Bruce

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  • Panel (National Math Panel) in April 2006.

    
    
    

    The panel was charged with providing recommendations to the President and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings on the best use of scientifically based research to advance the teaching and learning of mathematics. Expert panelists, including a number of leading mathematicians, cognitive ps

  • Any approach that revisits topics year after year without bringing them to closure should be avoided.
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  • • Debates regarding the relative importance of each of these components of mathematics are misguided.
    • Students should develop immediate recall of arithmetic facts to free the "working memory" for solving more complex problems.
    • The Major Topics of School Algebra include Symbols and Expressions; linear equations; quadratic equations; functions; algebra of polynomials; and combinatorics and finite probability.
    • Teachers' mathematical knowledge is important for students' achievement.
    • The belief that children of particular ages cannot learn certain content because they are "too young" or "not ready" has consistently been shown to be false.
    • Mathematically gifted students should be allowed to accelerate their learning.

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