Educational Research and Development

The past few years have witnessed the emergence of educational research centers in France. These include regional research centers (CRDP), which do mainly applied research; university research centers, which concentrate more on theoretical aspects of research; and several research institutes for the teaching of mathematics (IREM). The latter were recently created in response to university demands for in-depth study of the new mathematics approach, which has revolutionized mathematics curricula at all levels of education.