President's Messages: Lee V. Stiff
Lee V. Stiff
Has the time come for NCTM to provide greater clarity of what Standards-based curricula might look like? (News Bulletin, April 2002)
Once more, NCTM must lead the way by demonstrating that we can faithfully measure the Standards we believe students should master. (News Bulletin, March 2002)
What teachers think and believe about their students have consequences that are real. (News Bulletin, January/February 2002)
NCTM's Standards documents recognize that successful mathematics education programs include the best of traditional and reform-based mathematics education. However, the political debate surrounding reform in mathematics education asks educators to choose between the two. (News Bulletin, December 2001)
The mathematics performance gaps between white students and their Hispanic and black counterparts are allowed to exist in the United States because there is no national will to eradicate them. (News Bulletin, November 2001)
Things to consider when looking for textbooks, mathematics programs, and other resources that will help you implement the Standards in your classroom. (News Bulletin, October 2001)
The NAEP findings highlight the importance of staffing schools with properly prepared teachers of mathematics. (News Bulletin, September 2001)
Constructivist math is a term coined by critics of Standards-based mathematics who promote confusion about the relationships among content, pedagogy, and how students learn mathematics. (News Bulletin, July/August 2001)
The differences in student performance in mathematics by ethnicity have been well documented. How is it, then, that academic differences between majority and minority students have persisted? (News Bulletin, May/June 2001)
A recent newspaper article critical of calculator use reported that calculators harm students' ability to learn mathematics. (News Bulletin, April 2001)
Weighing ourselves repeatedly and crash dieting don't really achieve the long-term results we want, as many of us have learned the hard way. (News Bulletin, March 2001)
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics is a vision, a guide, a tool, and focal point of discussion. It is not a state, national, or international curriculum. (News Bulletin, January 2001)
The numbers aren't adding up. Too many mathematics classes, too few well-prepared mathematics teachers--this is the situation facing both the United States and Canada. (News Bulletin, December 2000)
When was the last time you fully planned a lesson and shared it with others for feedback? For many of us, detailed, written-out lesson plans often fall by the wayside as we juggle numerous other duties and responsibilities throughout the school day and school year. (News Bulletin,November 2000)
We have refined the ways we prepare children to understand and use mathematics. Principles and Standards for School Mathematics urges us to start building the foundations of mathematics success even before students enter kindergarten. (News Bulletin, October 2000)
NCTM is the premier mathematics education organization in North America. Our membership includes a significant number of Canadian members, and we hold regional conferences and other meetings in Canada each year. But what about our other North American neighbor, Mexico? (News Bulletin, September 2000)
A good starting point is NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, one of our latest initiatives for promoting high-quality mathematics for all the children of Canada and the United States. (News Bulletin, July/August 2000)