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ERIC Number: EJ588606
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Preparing Students for Modern Work: Lessons from Automobile Manufacturing.
Smith, John P. III
Mathematics Teacher, v92 n3 p254-58 Mar 1999
Discusses important lessons on the mathematics of manufacturing and how curriculum content and teaching can prepare students for working. Features concepts such as the importance of spatial and geometric reasoning, problem solving, numbers and computation, and measurement. (ASK)
Descriptors: Computation, Education Work Relationship, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Measurement, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Spatial Ability, Visualization
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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