P1. It is stated in the text that "Mathematics is alive and constantly changing. As we complete the last decade of this century, we stand on the threshold of major changes in the mathematics curriculum in the United States." Write a report on some of these recent changes.
REFERENCES
Lynn Steen, Everybody Counts: A Report to the Nation on the Future of Mathematics Education (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1989).
See also, Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (Reston, VA: NCTM, 1989).

• http://standards.nctm.org/
  
• http://illuminations.nctm.org/INDEX2.html

P2. Begin a journal for this course. You should write in your journal after each class and after you spend some time reading the book or doing homework problems. Make notes about how much time you spent reading the text and how much time you spent working on homework problems. As you progress through this book, keep the following cartoon in mind.