Editorial: The Evolving Practice of Scholarly Book Reviews

  • Editorial: The Evolving Practice of Scholarly Book Reviews

    Jinfa Cai, University of Delaware

     

    Although the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education (JRME) published its first issue in January of 1970, the first scholarly book review appeared in the January 1977 issue under the editorship of James Wilson. In it, Thomas Kieren (1977) reviewed the 1975 National Advisory Committee on Mathematical Education (NACOME) report, Overview and Analysis of School Mathematics Grades K–12. In his editorial for the issue, Wilson (1977) wrote,