David Klein (mathematician)

David Klein is a professor of Mathematics at California State University in Northridge.^[1] He is an advocate of increasingly rigorous treatment of mathematics in school curricula and a frequently cited opponent of reforms based on the NCTM standards. One of the participants in the founding of Mathematically Correct, Klein is a popular figure in the Math Wars.

Klein is director of CSUN Climate Science Program.

References

↑ California State University Northridge. Department of Mathematics, Tenure Track Faculty.

External links

Professor David Klein's campus home page
Open Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger and Members of the California Legislature in support of California's Standards System for K-12 Education
Why Johnny Can't Calculate by David Klein and Jennifer Marple, Los Angeles Times, September 26, 2005

Standards-based mathematics controversy

Traditional mathematics	Mathematically Correct (David Klein) NYC HOLD Saxon math Singapore math

Reform mathematics	Connected Mathematics Core-Plus Mathematics Project Everyday Mathematics Focus on Algebra Integrated mathematics Interactive Mathematics Program Investigations in Numbers, Data, and Space Mathland WASL

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