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      • April 2002
        • What Motivates Teachers to Enter and Remain in the Profession?
        • Shareef Bacchus
        • Judith Broadwin
        • Ann Carlyle
        • Richard Caulfield
        • Cindy Chapman
        • Eddie Kilpatrick
        • Christine Oster
        • Susan Roosenraad
        • Tiffany Taylor
        • Kay Toliver
        • A Look Back—and Forward
      • November 2001
        • Performance of Asian and North American Students
        • The Singapore Story
        • Mathematics Achievement in Japan
        • Listening to the Voices from the Inside
        • Changing Winds in Japanese Math Education
        • Impact of Culture on Japanese Math Education
        • Thoughts on International Math Assessments
        • The Practice of Teaching
        • The Real Test
        • A Japanese Approach to Instruction
        • High School Calculus in the U.S. and in Japan
        • The Asian Advantage: Fact, Fiction, Fear, or Fantasy?
        • The Pressure for High Achievement in Taiwanese Education
        • High Achievement of Korean Students
        • Concrete Experiences and Understanding and Generalization
        • Chinese Math Pedagogy and Practices: What Can We Learn?
      • May / June 2001
        • Professional Development: Apple Pie or Raw Rhubarb?
        • Can I Continue to Be a Teacher?
        • Reader Reactions: In-Service Education
        • It's Not All or Nothing!
        • Growing Need for Professional Development
        • How I Spent My Teachers' Convention
        • Teaching with Technology (T) Institutes
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        • Cornerstone of Math Reform in Memphis
        • National Board Certification
        • Bonuses for Board-Certified Teachers Do Not...
        • Reader Reactions: Our New Format
      • January 2001
        • Integrate to Make Whole?
        • The Emperor's Old Clothes
        • Isolate, Then Integrate
        • Integrated Math Using Living Metaphors
        • Reader Responses
        • An Integrated Approach for Young Students
        • Where Is the Math in Interdisciplinary Studies?
        • Integrating Literature, Mathematics, and Science
        • The Problem with Real-World Problems
        • Integrated Math for Middle School
        • Integrated Mathematics after 25 Years
        • Integrated Math and High-Stakes Testing
        • Integrated Programs
        • Integrated Math? Yes, but Teachers Need Support!
        • Integrating Mathematics and Chemistry
        • Integrated Math and the NCAA Core Course System
        • Universities and Integrated Math
      • October 2000
        • Teacher Preparation: A Never-Ending Quandary
        • Prescription for Preservice Education
        • Knowledge and the Desire to Teach
        • Math in the Middle: Are We Prepared?
        • Teacher Responses
        • Yellow Brick Road
        • New Thinking about Teachers' Math Education
        • We Think That Elementary Teachers Need ...
        • More Knowledge of How Children Learn Math
        • Elementary Math Methods Revisited
        • Enabling Future Teachers
        • Moving beyond Awareness
        • Instruction in Statistics at the K–12 Levels?
        • Teaching Math in the IB Program
      • April 2000
        • Algebra? A Gate! A Barrier! A Mystery!
      • October 1999
        • Back to the Basics or Forward to the Basics--Which Philosophy Should We Embrace?
      • May / June 1999
        • Calculators—What Is Their Place in Mathematics Classrooms?
      • April 1999
        • Who Should Determine What You Teach?---(PDF)
      • November 1998
        • Tracking—a Help or a Hindrance?
      • May / June 1998
        • This Is a Test. It Is Only a Test
        • Testing and Reform: Historical Perspective
        • Does It Help or Does It Hurt?
        • Reader Responses: High-Stakes Testing
        • Should High-Stakes Tests Drive Math Curriculum and Instruction?
        • How Do They Affect Your Teaching?