March 2006, Vol. 37, Issue 2
The Challenge of Linking Research and Practice
NCTM Research Committee
This article
discusses the challenge of improving the interrelationships between research
and practice in mathematics education, and it outlines actions being taking
to respond to that challenge. The need for improvement is bidirectional. The
practice of classroom mathematics
teaching needs to be better informed by an understanding of the implications
of existing bodies of research, and researchers need to learn more from the
insights and knowledge of practitioners. Building on its series of
initiatives designed to use research to guide mathematics teaching and
learning, NCTM has made a new commitment to a flexible, nimble, and
sustainable initiative that will strengthen the bidirectional link between
research and practice. This initiative includes the development of Research Analyses,
Briefs, and Clips (ABCs), research
syntheses designed through collaboration of teacher leaders and researchers
to inform instructional leaders and policymakers about research perspectives
on critical issues of practice.
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