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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Too Much Is Not Enough: Teaching Maths through Useful Applications with Local and Global Perspectives.
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Alsina, Claudi – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2002
Explores the challenge of providing all future citizens with an appropriate quantitative literacy by means of teaching mathematics through useful applications with local and global perspectives. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Global Education, Hands on Science
Becoming a Mathematics Teacher: The Use of Personal Construct Theory.
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McQualter, J. W. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1986
Some possible uses of the Personal Construct Theory, which gives prospective teachers another way of analyzing or reflecting on mathematics teaching, is described. Discussed are its uses in teacher self-evaluation and as a way of studying teacher thinking and practical knowledge. (MNS)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction