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ERIC Number: EJ213440
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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New Math or New Education?
Freudenthal, Hans
Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, v9 n3 p321-31 1979
Explains and presents examples to illustrate a mathematics curriculum developed in Holland to help elementary school students understand: 1) relationships rather than isolated phenomena, 2) multiple approaches to new concepts, 3) contexts rather than attainment of concepts, and 4) reinvention rather than transfer of ideas. (DB)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Needs, Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Illustrations, Intellectual Disciplines, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Netherlands