ABSTRACT
THE REFORM MOVEMENT Talk of the “new” mathematics, the “new” physics, and the “new” biology is commonplace today. Various groups and individuals, handsomely supported by the National Science Foundation-and, to a lesser degree, by several private philanthropic foundations-have developed new courses and instructional materials to go with them for high-school mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, geography, anthropology, English, and foreign languages, and for several subjects taught in elementary schools. Thousands of teachers and students have participated in the preparation and trial use of these materials. Clearly, a massive reformulation of what is to be taught and learned in the schools of the United States of America is under way.
