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ERIC Number: EJ230978
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Aug
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Whatever Became of Significant Figures? The Trend Toward Numerical Illiteracy.
Anderlik, Barbara
Journal of Chemical Education, v57 n8 p591-92 Aug 1980
Discusses the problems associated with teaching uncertainties in measurements and significant figures. Appendices present an experiment on measurement that introduces uncertainty in measurement, and an exercise in significant figures. (CS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Error of Measurement, Measurement, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Significant Figures