March 14, 2008

U.S. Panel on Math Education Laments Gaps in Research on What Works Best

By JJ Hermes

Washington

An advisory panel President Bush charged with strengthening mathematics education publicly released its final report on Thursday. While the report's authors spent little time focusing on higher education's role in educating young students, they did have a subtle message for academe: There's not enough tangible research on the subject to benefit policy decisions.

"The dearth of relevant rigorous research in the field is a concern," the

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