本刊记者报道,人民教育出版社最近出版了《美国学校数学教育的原则和标准》(2000年版)的中译本,主译者蔡金法教授写在书前的一番肺腑之言,值得我们深思。 我们的基本立场是借鉴和参考书中的观点和思想,而不是没有消化地照搬、照抄。新加坡的学生在“第三次国际数学和科学研究(TIMSS)”中,名列前茅。美国的一些学校直接采用新加坡的教材,但在具体使用时,遇到了很大的挑战,这在很大程度上是因为教学是和社会、文化 Our correspondents reported that People’s Education Press recently published the Chinese version of the Principles and Criteria for Mathematical Education in the United States (2000 edition). The main translator, Professor Cai Jinfa, wrote something in front of his book and deserved our deep consideration. Our basic position is to draw on and reference the ideas and thoughts in the book, rather than copying and copying without any digestion. Singapore students are among the best at TIMSS. Some schools in the United States directly adopt the teaching materials in Singapore, but in actual use, they face great challenges. This is due in large part to the fact that teaching and social, cultural