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Review Questions

This activity contains 4 questions.

	The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) released the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics in 2000. What is a standard? How would you explain the purpose for developing standards?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	What are the six principles in Principles and Standards? Select one of the principles and summarize the key ideas you need to keep in mind as you begin teaching mathematics.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	How would you describe what it means to teach "according to the Standards"? Think back to your own experiences in learning mathematics and comment upon whether or not you were taught in a manner similar to that advocated in the Standards. Give specific examples to illustrate your comments.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Summarize the good news and the bad news from national and international studies regarding the mathematics achievement of students in the United States. Contrast the typical goals of U.S. and Japanese eighth-grade teachers.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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