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December 1983/January 1984 | Volume 41 | Number 4

Mathematical and Scientific Literacy for the High Tech Society

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Original Cover/Front Matter

Overview / We Tried That But...

Ron Brandt

Education and National Survival: Confronting the Mathematics and Science Crisis in American Schools

Izaak Wirszup

Toward New Meaning for School Science

Robert E. Yager

Science Education: The Search for a New Vision

Paul DeHart Hurd

On Science and Curriculum: A Conversation with James Rutherford

Ron Brandt

What Accounts for Japan's Success in Science Education?

Kay Michael Troost

You Can Lead a Horse to Water...

Morris H. Shamos

Ants in Space

Fred Reiss

From the Rhetoric of Reports to the Clarity of Classrooms

Katherine K. Merseth

Holding the Line for Quality in Mathematics and Science Teachers

Fred H. Wood

Mathematics for 21st Century Citizens

Stephen S. Willoughby

Problem Solving Makes Math Scores Soar

Grayson H. Wheatley

Making Problem Solving Real

Deborah Cheves and Terry Parks

Math Beyond Computation

Kathleen Devaney

Instructional Policy Issues in Mathematics Education

Meredith D. Gall

How Can We Teach Abstractions to Nonintellectual Students?

Henry M. Brickell

Literacy for Modern Times

Roy R. Pellicano

The House of Tomorrow

Margaret L. McNay

Merit Pay: Reflections on Education's Lemon Tree

Fenwick W. English

Synthesis of Research on the Effects of Coaching for Aptitude and Admissions Test

Robert L. Bangert-Drowns, James A. Kulik and Chen-Lin C. Kulik

Educational Trends and U. S. Commitments Since the Brown Decision

Kenneth B. Clark

Facing Educational Facts: A Respectful Response to Kenneth Clark

Derrick Bell

Clark and Bell Are Both Right

Laval S. Wilson

School Desegregation: Moving the Debate Forward

Alex Molnar

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Letters

Briefing / Education for Pluralism

Francione N. Lewis and Ramon L. Santiago

Briefing / Curriculum Trends: English

Charles Suhor

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