Testing the Problem-Solving Skills of Students in an NCTM-Oriented Curriculum

dc.creator	Carmen M. Latterell
dc.date	2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:41:41Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:41:41Z
dc.identifier	1062-9017
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a713c43daac045e0a5bfd4e5a63fd837
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23372
dc.description	An interesting question concerns how well NCTM-oriented students do on standardized mathematics tests. Another important question that has received less attention is: Are standardized tests truly measuring the skills that NCTM-oriented students have? Would other tests reveal skills that differentiate NCTM-oriented students from traditional students? Moreover, what are these skills? This paper contributes to the answers to these questions, and finds that students in one NCTM-oriented curriculum displayed such qualities as engagement, eagerness, communication, flexibility, and curiosity to a much higher degree than traditional students did. The implication given is that not only should we use standardized tests, but we should revise them and/or supplement them to measure the qualities that are not currently being measured.
dc.publisher	University of Georgia
dc.relation	http://math.coe.uga.edu/TME/Issues/v13n1/v13n1.Latterell.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1062-9017
dc.source	Mathematics Educator, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 5-14 (2003)
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.title	Testing the Problem-Solving Skills of Students in an NCTM-Oriented Curriculum
dc.type	article