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ERIC Number: EJ180061
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Back-To-Basics in Mathematics: An Educational Fraud
Offner, Carl D.
Mathematics Teacher, 71, 3, 211-7, Mar 78
Discussion focuses on the three major approaches to mathematics education over the past century: traditional mathematics, modern mathematics, and mathematics as the language of science. Arguments are given in favor of the last approach and in opposition to the first two approaches. (MN)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Philosophy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education, Modern Mathematics, Relevance (Education), Teaching Methods
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