Improving Mathematics Education: Resources for Decision Making -- Copyright -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What Should We Teach? -- RESOURCE AVAILABLE -- OVERVIEW OF THE RESOURCE -- RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE REPORT -- ACTIONS EDUCATORS MIGHT CONSIDER -- 3 How Should We Teach? -- RESOURCES AVAILABLE -- OVERVIEW OF THE RESOURCES -- Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics -- How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School -- ACTIONS EDUCATORS MIGHT CONSIDER -- 4 What Preparation and Support Do Teachers Need? -- RESOURCES AVAILABLE -- OVERVIEW OF THE RESOURCES -- Before It's Too Late -- Educating Teachers of Science, Mathematics, and Technology: New Practices for the New Millennium -- The Mathematical Education of Teachers -- ACTIONS EDUCATORS MIGHT CONSIDER -- 5 How Do We Know That What We Are Doing Is Working? -- RESOURCE AVAILABLE -- OVERVIEW OF THE RESOURCE -- RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE REPORT -- ACTIONS EDUCATORS MIGHT CONSIDER -- 6 What Must Change? -- RESOURCE AVAILABLE -- OVERVIEW OF THE RESOURCE -- RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE REPORT -- ACTIONS EDUCATORS MIGHT CONSIDER -- 7 Conclusion -- Closing Comments -- Securing Copies of the Resources Summarized -- References.