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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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Math Roots: The Beginnings of the Metric System
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Johnson, Art; Norris, Kit; Adams,Thomasina Lott, Ed. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2007
This article reviews the history of the metric system, from a proposal of a sixteenth-century mathematician to its implementation in Revolutionary France some 200 years later. Recent developments in the metric system are also discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metric System, History, Mathematics
On My Mind: Cooperative Groups Can and Often Should Be Homogeneous.
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Hersberger, Jim – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1995
Discusses research on cooperative learning groups and concludes that cooperative groups should often be homogeneous. (15 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Homogeneous Grouping
Connecting Research to Teaching: Reflections on Mathematics Education Research over the Twenty-Five Years of JRME.
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Lambdin, Diana V.; And Others – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1994
Discusses educational research in mathematics, the relevance of research for classroom teachers, trends in the kinds of research being conducted in mathematics education, tips for reading research studies, and unanswered questions from research. (Contains 19 references.) (MKR)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Intermediate Grades