Mathematics and mathematicians

Mathematics, Mathematicians, and Mathematics Education

I am one of a growing number of research mathematicians who are substantially engaged with school mathematics education. Such outreach has a long and honorable tradition. In this lecture, I illustrate some of the ways that I think this can be helpful, and even essential. Upon his retirement in 1990 as president of the ICMI, Jean Pierre Kahane spoke perceptively of the intimate connection betwee...

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics: A Guide for Mathematicians, Volume 47, Number 8

868 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 47, NUMBER 8 In April 2000 the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) released Principles and Standards for School Mathematics—the culmination of a multifaceted, three-year effort to update NCTM’s earlier standards documents and to set forth goals and recommendations for mathematics education in the prekindergarten-through-grade-twelve years. As the cha...

Mathematicians and Mathematics Textbooks for Prospective Elementary Teachers, Volume 53, Number 1

Research Mathematicians and Mathematics Education: A Critique, Volume 51, Number 4

S ince at least the publication of A Nation at Risk [2] in 1983, there has been ferment about precollege mathematics education in the U.S. Since then, but particularly since 1993, research mathematicians have been more active on the precollege mathematics scene than at any time since the days of the New Math in the 1960s. Indeed, the pages of the Notices have regularly had articles, opinion pie...

Role of mathematics in cancer research: attitudes and training of Japanese mathematicians.

An extensive survey of attitude towards scientific information of scientists in Japan was conducted in Japan. It was published in a technical report, and this survey is reviewed in this paper, with the hope that this will furnish findings important in working out the plan for promoting exploitation of mathematical talent in biomedical research. Findings are concordant with the impression of for...