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ERIC Number: EJ672130
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Mathematics in the Age of Jane Austen: Essential Skills of 1800.
Gray, S. I. B.
Mathematics Teacher, v93 n8 p670-79 Nov 2000
Discusses textbooks from the 1800s for young ladies versus young men, for the youngest students, more advanced students, and university students. Regards these publications as furnishing a record of the skills thought to be essential at the turn of the previous century. (KHR)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Mathematics History, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Textbooks
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Focus issue: History.