Summary of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Position Paper on Basic Mathematical Skills

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 16 Issue 3, February 1977

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Summary of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Position Paper on Basic Mathematical Skills

NCTM

Mathematics supervisors are concerned that as a result of the “back-to-the-basics” movement, today in many schools there is too much emphasis on computation and not enough stress on other important mathematical skills.