New-Math Influences in Iceland : Selective Entrance Examinations into High Schools

Title:	New-Math Influences in Iceland : Selective Entrance Examinations into High Schools
Author:	Bjarnadóttir, Kristín Radford, Luis Furinghetti, Fulvia Hausberger, Thomas 4 authors Show fewer authors
Date:	2016
Language:	English
Scope:	13
School:	Education
ISBN:	2-909916-51-0
Series:	International Study Group on the Relations between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics; ()
Subject:	Mathematics (all)
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4885
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Citation: Bjarnadóttir , K 2016 , New-Math Influences in Iceland : Selective Entrance Examinations into High Schools . in L Radford , F Furinghetti & T Hausberger (eds) , International Study Group on the Relations between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics : Proceedings of the 2016 ICME Satellite Meeting . IREM de Montpellier , Montpellier , pp. 303-315 , The 2016 ICME Satellite Meeting of the International Study Group on the Relations Between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics. , Montpellier , France , 18/07/16 . conference
Abstract: The New Math was implemented in Iceland with the intention to facilitate understanding in the midst of increased demands for education for all. The article contains an analysis and comparison of typical papers in a selective entrance examination into high schools before and after the implementation period of the New Math during 1966–1968, and a discussion on the understanding it was expected to facilitate.