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Debate over modern mathematics education, textbooks and curricula in the U.S.
In the United States, math wars are debates over modern mathematics education, textbooks and curricula that were triggered by the publication in 1989 of the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and subsequent development and widespread adoption of a new generation of mathematics curricula inspired by these standards. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Math warsA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Beyond the math wars: Focus on teachers to improve instructionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Code Breaking in the PacificThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Math WarsCited 278 times
- Go sideways: Reform mathematicsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: National Council of Teachers of MathematicsA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Math Wars
A quarter century of US ‘math wars’ and political partisanship
Curricular Controversy in the Math Wars: A Battle without Winners
Math Wars: Taking Sides
How is Mathematics Education Philosophy Reflected in the Math Wars?
Going beyond “The Math Wars”
Math Wars 2: It's the Teaching, Stupid!
THE TRANSREFORM APPROACH TO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS: RE-VIEWING THE MATH WARS
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Code Breaking in the PacificPeter Donovan, Mack, John · 2014
Game Counselor's Answer Book for Nintendo PlayersThe Game Counselor, Inc. · 1991
The Razor's EdgeD.H. Randolph · 2006
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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