Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity

No one disputes how important it is, in today''s world, to prepare students to un­ derstand mathematics as well as to use and communicate mathematics in their future lives. That task is very difficult, however. Refocusing curricula on funda­ mental concepts, producing new teaching materials, and designing teaching units based on ''mathematicians'' common sense'' (or on logic) have not resulted in ...