Textbooks, Testing, Training : How We Discourage Thinking.

front cover -- Textbooks, Testing, Training -- copyright page -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Textbooks -- Word Problems -- Puzzles and Games -- Probability -- Choosing Textbooks -- Textbook Publishers -- SRA/McGraw-Hill -- Comments on Chapter One -- Tests -- CEEB Review -- Wisconsin Mathematical Association of America Test -- Some Dangers of Multiple-Choice Tests -- Possible Good in Standardized Tests -- The Real Failure of American Education -- International Studies -- Comments on Chapter Two -- Teachers -- Academic Disapproval -- Teacher Quality -- Discovery -- Teacher Educators -- Teacher Competence -- Tenure -- Evaluating Teachers and Students -- Gender -- Comments on Chapter Three -- Conclusion -- Test -- Index -- About the Author.