Michael Atherton wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>I work in a university environment dominated
>by constructivists. I have been trying to find authors
>or researchers who are publishing views contrary to
>the NCTM standards...without much luck. Can any
>one tell me who are the national figures with views
>opposed to the constructivist approach to mathematics
>education?
>
The following book may be of interest, though it is not about mathematics
education:
The flight from science and reason, edited by Paul R. Gross, Norman Levitt,
and Martin W. Lewis, published by The New York Academy of Sciences, 1996
(ISBN 1-57331-003-4).
The book includes contributions from various disciplines scrutinizing the
irrationalism resulting from social constructionism. The book incudes some
chapters on science education, including a critique on the constuctivistic
point of view in the National Science Education Standards.
Have a great 2000!
Rinus Voeten.
