Foundations for the future in mathematics education / edited by Richard A. Lesh, Eric Hamilton, James J. Kaput.

Preface,

Foundations for the future in engineering and other fields that are heavy users of mathematics, science and technology /

Richard Lesh --

What changes are occurring in the kind of problem-solving situations where mathematical thinking is needed beyond school? /

Eric Hamilton --

Meanings of statistical variation in the context of work /

Celia Hoyles and Richard Noss --

Problem-solving and learning in everyday structural engineering work /

Julie Gainsburg --

Modeling without end : conflict across organizational and disciplinary boundaries in habitat conservation planning /

Bruce Evan Goldstein and Rogers Hall --

Mathematical modeling 'in the wild' : a case of hot cognition /

Wolff-Michael Roth --

Learning in design /

David Williamson Shaffer --

Cognitive science of mathematics : why is it relevant for mathematics education? /

Rafael Núñez --

What changes are occurring in the kind of elementary-but-powerful mathematics concepts that provide new foundations for the future? /

Richard Lesh --

Models, simulations, and exploratory environments : a tentative taxonomy /

Judah L. Schwartz --

Technology becoming infrastructural in mathematics education /

Jim Kaput, Richard Lesh, and Steve Hegedus --

Why build a mathematical model? : taxonomy of situations that create the need for a model to be developed /

Maynard Thompson and Caroline Yoon --

Cultivating modeling abilities /

Caroline Yoon and Maynard Thompson --

Discrete mathematics in 21st century education : an opportunity to retreat from the rush to calculus /

Joseph G. Rosenstein --

Formalizing learning as a complex system : scale invariant power law distributions in group and individual decision making /

Thomas Hills ... [et al.] --

Systemics of learning for a revised pedagogical agenda /

Andrea A. diSessa --

DNR system as a conceptual framework for curriculum development and instruction /

Guershon Harel --

Aspects of affect and mathematical modeling processes /

Gerald A. Goldin --

What kind of instructional activities are needed to develop new levels and types of understanding and ability? /

Richard Lesh and Jim Kaput --

Beyond efficiency : a critical perspective of Singapore's educational reforms /

Mani Le Vasan, Richard Lesh, and Mardiana Abu Bakar --

John Dewey revisited-- making mathematics practical versus making practice mathematical /

Richard Lesh, Caroline Yoon, and Judi Zawojewski --

Use of reflection tools in building personal models of problem-solving /

Eric Hamilton ... [et al.] --

Diversity-by-design : the what, why, and how of generativity in next-generation classroom networks /

Walter M. Stroup ... [et al.] --

When the model is a program /

Fred G. Martin, Margret A. Hjalmarson, and Phillip C. Wankat --

Uncertainty and iteration in design tasks for engineering students /

Margret A. Hjalmarson, Monica Cardella, and Phillip C. Wankat --

Teacher development in a large urban district and the impact on students /

Roberta Y. Schorr ... [et al.] --

Directions for future research /

Richard Lesh, Eric Hamilton, and Jim Kaput.