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Introduction
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... ~ntrocluction
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... Mathematics is, above all else, a habit of mind that helps clarify complex situations. Students must learn to gather evidence, to make conjectures, to formulate models, to invent counterexamples, and to build sound arguments.
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... reformist has now been aciclecl a third movement arriving from outside the eclucational community: the political call for assessment of progress towards our nation's new standards in mathematics education. In the decade since publication of A Nation at Risk, the United States has moved a long way toward a new consensus for education.


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