Notes from Millie D

NCTM: Curriculum Focal Points: Free Downloads

The last time NCTM took a stand about math curriculum, back in 1989, was a start of a math education revolution.  Now NCTM is at it again when it comes to math curriculum by applying the theory that less topics with greater coverage will mean more student retention of the material.  In the prekindergarten through eighth grade years each year is broken down into 3 main topics of math study/investigation.

Hopefully this model is adopted on a national level and NCLB takes a page from NCTM.  Teachers everywhere will rejoice and not stress/burn out on covering volumes of topics that might stick into long-term memory.

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