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Appendix F: Text of a Letter Endorsed by the Governing Boards of the Mathematical Association of America and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Concerning Calculus in the Secondary Schools
Appendix F: Text of a Letter Endorsed by the Governing Boards of the Mathematical Association of America and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Concerning Calculus in the Secondary Schools
Pages 69-72
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The first problem concerns the relationship between the calculus course offered in high school and the succeeding calculus courses in college. Ibe 33This letter was extracted from Calculus for a New Century: A Pump, Not a Filter, A National Colloquium, October 28-29, 1987 (MAA Notes, Number 8, edited by Lynn Arthur Steen for the Board on Mathematical Sciences and the Mathematical Sciences Education Board of the National Research Council, Mathematical Association of America, 1988)
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MM and NCTM recommend that all students taking calculus in secondary school who are performing satisfactorily in the course should expect to place out of the comparable college calculus course. Therefore, to verify appropriate placement upon entrance to college, students should either take one of the Advanced Placement (AP)
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DOSSEY President, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics a: 563
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