What's Going on in Your School?: A Mathematics Inquiry

1948 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 147-153
Author(s):  
Raleigh Schorling
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Simple Technique ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
National Council ◽  
Mathematical Programs ◽  
Post War

The Commission on Post-War Plans of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics collected information relating to mathematical education by an inquiry entitled: “What's Going on in Your School?” This inquiry was printed in three parts respectively,—in the February, April and May, 1947, issues of The Mathematics Teacher. Although the Commission no longer exists, the persons who responded to the Inquiry are entitled to a report. This article will therefore attempt to interpret the data that were collected. The response to the Inquiry was far greater than could reasonably be expected. The 136 reports received on Part I described the mathematical programs for 133, 121 pupils; and the 358 responses received on Part II reported on the mathematical programs of 174,746 pupils. The responses to Part III were fewer, although, as a matter of fact, they are still coming. It is truly amazing that the various journals of our national societies have not used this simple technique for following the trends in their fields.

Nominations for the 1966 election

1965 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 582-588
Author(s):  
Philip Peak ◽  
Philip S. Jones ◽  
Frank Hawthorne ◽  
Eunice Lewis ◽  
Adrien Hess ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
National Council ◽  
The Board Of Directors

The following named persons have been nominated for the indicated offices in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics by the Nominations and Elections Committee. The Committee's report was approved by the Board of Directors at its August, 1965, meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Biographical material and photographs of these nominees will be published in the January, 1966, issues of The Arithmetic Teacher and The Mathematics Teacher.

Research and Teacher Education: In Search of Common Ground

1994 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 608-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Cooney
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Effective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
National Council ◽  
Mathematics Teacher Educators ◽  
Mathematics Educators

Most mathematics educators are involved in the practice of teacher education at some level. Indeed, the field of mathematics education is predicated on the assumption that someone has to be educated to teach mathematics in our schools. This raises the question of what it means to be educated in o rder to become a teacher of mathematics. What kinds of knowledge do teachers need to become effective teachers of mathematics? What sorts of experiences are needed for teachers to acquire this knowledge? A fundamental question for mathematics teacher educators is how the field of teacher education can be conceptualized so that programs and activities can be created to assist in the acquisition of this knowledge. Given the high visibility of standards developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) (NCTM, 1988, 1991, in press), a question of interest to many is, What does it take to develop teachers who can move the field toward realizing these standards?

Will you contribute to a forthcoming yearbook?

1961 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Julius H. Hlavaty
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
National Council ◽  
Talented Student ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
K 12

The Board of Directors of The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics at the April, 1960 meeting approved the preparation and publication of a yearbook to be devoted to the problem of the mathematical education of the talented student in grades K- 12.

Introduction

2006 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Steve Willoughby
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Quarterly Journal ◽  
Official Journal ◽  
National Council ◽  
School Year ◽  
Syracuse University ◽  
Annual Publication

The annual publication of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in the Middle States and Maryland became a quarterly journal called the Mathematics Teacher in 1908. W. H. Metzler, a professor at Syracuse University, served as its editor from its inception until it became the official journal of the newly formed National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in January 1921, with J. R. Clark as the new editor. In 1921, the present monthly schedule of publication for the school year was adopted.

Technology Tips: When Is a Good Fit Not a Good Fit? Dynamic Regression with the TI-Nspire Graphing Calculator

2008 ◽  
Vol 102 (4) ◽  
pp. 300-305
Author(s):  
Michael Edwards ◽  
Michael Meagher ◽  
S. Asli Özgün-Koca
Keyword(s):  
Graphing Calculator ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
National Council ◽  
Mathematics Textbooks ◽  
Multiple Points ◽  
Complex Concept ◽  
Mathematics Classrooms ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Principles And Standards

In Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) acknowledges the importance of exploring mathematical ideas from multiple points of view: “Different representations often illuminate different aspects of a complex concept or relationship…. The importance of using multiple representations should be emphasized throughout students' mathematical education” (2000, p. 68). In particular, NCTM notes that the introduction of technology in school mathematics classrooms provides new ways for teachers and their students to explore connections among representations: “Computers and calculators change what students can do with conventional representations and expand the set of representations with which they can work” (2000, p. 68). In this article, we discuss an interesting finding that our students made as they explored linear regression with a teacher-constructed TI-Nspire calculator document. The calculator's capability to link variables across two or more pages in the same document led students to findings that are important yet rarely discussed in school mathematics textbooks.

What is Wrong With Teachers of Mathematics?

1933 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 455-456
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Short Description ◽  
National Council ◽  
Missionary Work ◽  
Individual Support ◽  
Teacher Needs ◽  
The Individual

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics needs the individual support of two groups of teachers of mathematics who are not members. The first group consists of those teachers who, according to their own testimony, have never heard of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics or The Mathematics Teacher, to say nothing of the yearbooks published annually by the Council. If anyone doubts that the situation is serious, let him travel about the country and talk to groups of teachers. It will soon be obvious that some vigorous missionary work needs to be done. Surely no meeting of mathematics teachers of any importance should be held anywhere without someone's giving at least a short description of the work that the Council is trying to do and what a teacher needs to do to become a member of the organization. If reports that come to the office of The Mathematics Teacher are true, many meetings of mathematics teachers are held and not one word is said about the magazine or the yearbooks, and no one is urged to join the Council. The office of The Mathematics Teacher will gladly send subscription blanks describing the work of the Council to anyone who is interested enough in the work we are trying to do to write us about them.

Report on the Second Delegate Assembly

1951 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 436-438
Author(s):  
John R. Mayor
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
National Council ◽  
State Representatives

The Agenda of the Second Delegate Assembly of The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, held in Pittsburgh, March 29 and 30, 1951, was determined by questions proposed by Affiliated Groups during the year and reported in thissection of The Mathematics Teacher and in the Newsletter of the Affiliated Groups. Among the topics given considerat ion by the Delegates were clarification of requirements for affiliation, relationships between Affiliated Groups and State Representatives, distribution and sharing of materials prepared by the various Groups, problems of publicity, Speakers Bureau, budget of the Committee on Affiliated Groups, possibilities for a traveling exhibit, and contest sponsorship.

The Place of Mathematics in General Education

1948 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 274-277
Author(s):  
Edward A. Cameron
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Liberal Education ◽  
Arithmetic Geometry ◽  
National Council ◽  
Recent Issue ◽  
The Subject

The place of mathematics in general education was discussed at least as long ago as some 2500 years, when the Pythagoreans established the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music, subjects which were to be considered the heart of a liberal education for many centuries. That the subject is still being discussed today can be readily verified by consulting almost any recent issue of The Mathematics Teacher. The Eleventh and Fifteenth Yearbooks of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics contain much valuable information on the subject under discussion, and I heartily recommend them to any teacher of mathematics who has not yet read them.

The President's Page

1953 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-98
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
School System ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
National Education Association ◽  
National Council ◽  
National Scale ◽  
National Education ◽  
Education Association ◽  
State Regional

One of the ways in which the National Council can contribute to the improvement of mathematics teaching is through the promotion of and participation in co-operative and constructive planning among teachers of mathematics and of other subjects and school administrators within a school system and on a county, state, regional, and national scale. The fact that National Council programs and many of our publications, as well as the programs and publications of the Affiliated Groups, are planned for teachers at all levels of instruction is continuing to assist in improved understanding among elementary, secondary, and college teachers of mathematics. In the May, 1951 number of The Mathematics Teacher a report was made on the co-operation and affiliation of the Affiliated Groups with education associations in the areas which they represent. The advantages which can come to the National Council through affiliation with the National Education Association will be reported on this page at a later date.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1930-31

1931 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 283-284
Author(s):  
John P. Everett
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
National Council

There are Some things concerning the National Council that are especially obvious and that a great many people know about, such as the annual meeting and The Mathematics Teacher. There are some other types of the Council's activities that also deserve mention and about which I think you will be glad to hear.

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