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Mathematics As Thinking. A Response To “Democracy And School Math”, Kasi C. Allen
Mathematics As Thinking. A Response To “Democracy And School Math”, Kasi C. Allen
Democracy and Education
Math education in the United States remains resistant to systemic change, and our country pays the price. Stemhagen's article "Democracy and School Math" further confirms this trend. Despite repeated calls for reform, decades of research on how people learn, millions of dollars invested in teacher professional development, and years of politicized debate, the math wars rage on—between those who believe students have the capacity to construct their own mathematical ideas and others who insist mastery of the traditional canon must come first. Meanwhile, algebra failure among secondary students remains rampant and elementary education majors report the greatest rates of math …