Table of Contents

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Beyond Eighth Grade: Functional Mathematics for Life and Work
    
    
• NEED AND URGENCY
• EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION
• THEORY AND PRACTICE
  
  
• HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS
• FUNCTIONAL MATHEMATICS
• FUNCTIONAL CURRICULA
  
  
• TEACHING FUNCTIONAL MATHEMATICS
• MATHEMATICS IN CONTEXT
• EMPLOYING COMPUTERS
• AVOIDING PITFALLS
  
  
• MATHEMATICS IN LIFE AND WORK
  • Reading Maps
  • Ensuring Quality
  • Using Spreadsheets
  • Building Things
  • Thinking Systemically
  • Making Choices
    
    
• MAKING MATHEMATICS MEANINGFUL
  
  
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIX A: EXCERPTS FROM DIFFERENT STANDARDS
• APPENDIX B: ELEMENTS OF FUNCTIONAL MATHEMATICS
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS