High school mathematics at work essays and examples for the education of all students (National Academy Press, 1998)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Foreword : mathematics for a modern age / Zell Miller -- Mathematics as a gateway to student success / Dale Parnell -- Market launch / Rol Fessenden -- Integrating vocational and academic education / Thomas Bailey -- The importance of workplace and everyday mathematics / Jean E. Taylor -- Working with algebra / Daniel Chazan, Sandra Callis Bethell -- Science and mathematics education : finding common ground / Jane Butler Kahle -- SCANS and mathematics : supporting the transition from schools to careers / Arnold Packer -- Thinking about the SAT / William Linder-Scholer -- Extended response tasks in international contexts / John Dossey -- Fitting tasks to curriculum / Zalman Usiskin -- Mathematics as a way of thinking about things / Albert A. Cuoco -- Preparing students for postsecondary education / Harvey B. Keynes -- Pedagogical implications for problem-centered teaching / Glenda T. Lappan -- The role of complex mathematical tasks in teacher education / Gilbert J. Cuevas -- Assessment conversations as a tool for reform / Paul G. LeMahieu, Marshá T. Horton