The shift to higher goals is best summarised as a shift from content to what?
AExamination results
BLearning environments
CTeacher salaries
DTextbook length
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Learning environments
1. The paper sums up the move as a shift in focus from mathematical content to mathematical learning environments.
2. Results, salaries and book length do not capture that idea.
3. It adds that this is no dilution of standards.
_Source: NCERT National Focus Group Position Paper on Teaching of Mathematics, 5.1 Towards the Higher Goals_
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