ABSTRACT

The research described in this chapter relates to student materials that were developed for American middle schools as part of the Mathematics in Context (MiC) project. This project was a collaboration between the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, School of Education, University of Wisconsin in Madison, United States, and the Freudenthal Institute at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, aimed at the development of a comprehensive mathematics curriculum for Grades 5 through 8.1 The work was supported by the National Science Foundation. The curriculum as it was developed addresses the recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989) with regard to philosophy as well as content.