Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Committee, Education, Education, Council (2001-11-27), Adding It Up, National Academies Press, Retrieved on 2014-04-21
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    21 APR 2014

     Number

    Number is a rich, many-sided domain whose simplest forms are compre- hended by very young children and whose far reaches are still being explored by mathematicians. Proficiency with numbers and numerical operations is an important foundation for further education in mathematics and in fields that use mathematics. Because much of this report attends to the learning and teaching of number, it is important to emphasize that our perspective is considerably broader than just computation. First, nu...
    Folksonomies: education mathematics
    Folksonomies: education mathematics
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    Mathematics summarized.

    21 APR 2014

     Five Strands of Mathematical Literacy

    Recognizing that no term captures completely all aspects of expertise, competence, knowledge, and facility in mathematics, we have chosen mathematical proficiency to capture what we think it means for anyone to learn mathematicssuccessfully. Mathematical proficiency, as we see it, has five strands: • conceptual understanding—comprehension of mathematical concepts, operations, and relations • procedural fluency—skill in carrying out procedures flexibly, accurately, efficiently, and appropria...
    Folksonomies: education mathematics
    Folksonomies: education mathematics
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    Cognitive tools.

    21 APR 2014

     Mathematics is one of humanity's great achievements

    Mathematics is one of humanity’s great achievements. By enhancing the capabilities of the human mind, mathematics has facilitated the development of science, technology, engineering, business, and government. Mathematics is also an intellectual achievement of great sophistication and beauty that epitomizes the power of deductive reasoning. For people to participate fully in society, they must know basic mathematics. Citizens who cannot reason mathematically are cut off from whole realms of hu...
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    Folksonomies: education mathematics
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    Mathematical illiteracy is crippling.

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