Everybody Counts: A Report to the Nation on the Future of Mathematics Education

Everybody Counts -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Everybody Counts -- Opportunity… Tapping The Power Of Mathematics -- Context For Change -- Mathematics For Tomorrow -- A Pump, Not A Filter -- Mathematics Pipeline -- Numeracy -- Attitudes -- Goals -- Students At Risk -- Human Resources… Investing In Intellectual Capital -- Intended Mathematics Majors Of Top High School Seniors -- Shifting Student Interests -- Demographic Trends -- Minorities -- Women -- Distribution Of Ph.d. Degrees -- Disabled Persons -- Graduate Students -- Decline In Mathematics Ph.d.'s -- Supply And Demand -- Bachelor's Degrees -- Equity And Excellence -- Mathematics… Searching For Patterns -- Our Invisible Culture -- From Abstraction To Application -- Computers -- The Mathematical Community -- Undergraduate Mathematics -- Curriculum… Developing Mathematical Power -- Philosophy -- Standards -- Elementary Education -- Secondary Education -- Higher Education -- Teaching… Learning Through Involvement -- Understanding Mathematics -- Learning Mathematics -- Engaging Students -- Impact Of Computers -- Education Of Teachers -- Resources -- Assessment -- Change… Mobilizing For Curricular Reform -- Challenges -- Counterproductive Beliefs -- The American Way -- Modern Mathematics -- Lessons From The Past -- Transitions -- Action… Moving Into The 21st Century -- National Goals -- Reaching Consensus -- National Strategy -- Support Structures -- Leadership -- Taking Action -- References -- References… Documenting The Challenge -- Notes -- Opportunity -- Human Resources -- Mathematics -- Curriculum -- Teaching -- Change -- Action -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Credits For Everybody Counts.