Back to the Basics or Forward to the Basics—Which Philosophy Should We Embrace?
(All content in one PDF)
October 1999

Content

• Back to the Basics or Forward to the Basics—Which Philosophy Should We Embrace? (PDF)
  by Johnny W. Lott, For the Editorial Panel 
• What’s Basic in Math Education: A View from Mathematically Correct—
  by Martha Schwartz
• Forward, with Caution, to (the New) Basics
  by Keith Devlin
• Basic Mathematics and the Public Perception
  by Richard C. Cole
• The Basics: More Than Rote Learning of Basic Facts!
  by Jacqueline Goodloe
• The Real Basics Are Children!
  by Vicki Walker
• Middle School Basics
  by Stephen Hake
• Basic Betrayals: Middle School Mathematics
  by Sharon Friesen, Pat Clifford, and David Jardine
• Basic Skills Instruction Is the Key to a Happy Marriage
  by Carl Burnside
• A Pythagorean View of the Basics
  by Judy Snyder
• Readers Respond to What’s Basic
  by Cynthia Ballheim, For the Editorial Panel 
• Basic Skills Should Include Mental Computation
  by Robert E. Reys
• Narrowing the Curriculum River
  by Richard M. Oldrieve
• A National Curriculum?
  by Cynthia Ballheim, For the Editorial Panel 
• Our Readers Count on Calculators!
  by Cynthia Ballheim, For the Editorial Panel 

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