IP 92-2 Implementing the NCTM Standards: Hopes and hurdles.
Abstract
In this report, the author traces the recent development of standards for mathematics teaching. Two central tensions are examined_(a) the tension between arriving at consensus and effecting change and (b) the tension between providing direction and affording discretion in practice. With a focus on the challenges inherent in the ambitious vision of teaching articulated in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards, the author examines a case from her own teaching. The report concludes with a discussion of issues inherent in the notion of "implementation" of these new standards.