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The Real Challenge
Take "The Real Challenge" for mathematics and compare your performance against students worldwide! When you finish, compare your results to those from 42 countries around the world who answered the same questions as part of the 1995-99 Third International Mathematics and Science Studies (TIMSS). Why do you think U.S. students do progressively worse when measured by such assessments, as they advance through the grades, when compared to the rest of the world?

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Examine a lesson or activity from one of the elementary reform curricula. How does this approach to learning mathematics reflect the vision of reform described in NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics?

Everyday Mathematics
Select the Educator's Homeroom for sample lessons. Investigations in Number, Data, and Space
Under "Components, select "Sample Activities." Math Trailblazers
Select "Sample Activities" for sample lessons.

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Show-Me Center
The Show-Me Center supports standards-based middle school mathematics curricula. Examine a lesson from one of the middle school reform curricula: (a) Connected Mathematics, (b) Mathematics in Context, (c) MathScape, or (d) MathThematics. How does this approach to learning mathematics compare to how you learned mathematics in grades 6-8? How does it reflect the vision of reform described in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics?

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

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