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'Best Available Scientific Evidence' for Teaching, Learning
Strategies On April 18, President George W. Bush issued an
executive order creating the National Mathematics Advisory Panel
to advise him and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
on the "best available scientific evidence" for teaching and
learning math. Following in the footsteps of the influential
National Reading Panel, the math advisory panel will convene
experts to evaluate the effectiveness of various math teaching
approaches and, in so doing, create a research base to improve
instructional methods for teachers. The group's interim report
will be submitted by the end of January 2007, with specific
recommendations on a range o