Principles and Standards
The Principles and Standards book does a wonderful job explaining the importance of “the best mathematics education possible (3).” We need to be able to “ensure quality, to indicate goals, and to promote change (5)” in our mathematics curriculum. In order to accomplish these three things we need to look at each of the principles and standards. The six principles for school mathematics are equity, curriculum, teaching, learning, assessment, and technology. Equity “requires high expectations and worthwhile opportunities for all (12).” These expectations can be achieved with instructional programs that are interesting for all students and for the students to see how important math is in their everyday life. In order to have high expectations from all we have to teach to all students’ learning styles and difficulties. This is achieved easier when the resources are there for every classroom and student. The second standard is curriculum. A mathem
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