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graduate courses in elementary mathematics education. Students and seriouspractitioners in this field would do well to include it in their libraries inthe opinion of this reviewer.

Jo PHILLIPSDepartment of Curriculum and InstructionCollege of Education and Home EconomicsUniversity of Cincinnati

Common Elements in New Mathematics Programs: Origins and EvolutionHELENE SHERMAN. Paper, 15 x 23 cm., xi + 162 pages, 1972. Teachers CollegePress, 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027.

^"i^ in§redients on the ^bel were listed by volume then History ofMathematics would be the first part of the title. Sherman looks at the newmath phenomenon, mentioning ten programs, six in more detail. She abstractssix key elements ’ from these six and gives historical background informationtor the common notions.The programs are: The Ball State University Experimental Mathematics

T-L0^ Greater Cleveland Mathematics Program, The Madison Projectthe Minnesota Mathematics and Science Teaching Project, The SchoolMathematics Study Group Program, and the Stanford University Sets andNumbers Program. Naturally a half-page summary of a program can’t beperfect, but she has generally caught the flavor and strength. Numerationmeasurement, geometry, algebra, structure, and sets are the elements identi^fied. While calculation is also a common element of the programs it isnot separately listed, she says, since it is common to the traditional curriculumNot much math goes on in any elementary school (nor is likely to) thatcould not be included under these broad "elements," so maybe the "newmath approach is really a convenient ruse for getting teachers to learnsomething of the history of their subject; no complaint here. Some of thehistory material is a bit tight. The implications for education which followeach part are sometimes passing comments; still okay.Should be good for inservice work, collectively or individually or for

preservice study. j» ^

JOE KENNEDYMiami UniversityOxford, Ohio

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