Reviews of Math Text Parallel Pedagogy Rifts



Both sides of the "math wars" say that few middle school textbooks are excellent, and that many are mediocre or poor. But they disagree on which books belong in which category.

In recent separate reviews of commonly used mathematics books, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a professional group that endorses model national innovations in math instruction, and Mathematically Correct, a parent group opposed to those changes, reached opposite conclusions about the...

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